Seeing Safety Differently by Christopher G. Machut.  Available from <https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2017/01/01/Seeing-Safety-Differently.aspx> [Jan 01, 2017] Safety programs in construction have been shifting focus from reactive assessments to proactive measures designed to mitigate risk in real time. In an industry that accounts for nearly 20 percent of the nation's workplace fatalities, according to the Occupational Health & Safety…

Safe Footwear Improves Worker Outcomes by Richard Kallis.  Available from <https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2017/01/01/Safe-Footwear-Improves-Worker-Outcomes.aspx?Page=1> [Jan 01, 2017] According to statistics gathered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were an estimated 2.9 million private-sector workplace injuries reported in 2015. The same study reported that an estimated 752,600 public workers reported on-the-job injuries. Many of these injuries required…

Reforms to work health and safety regulations will commence on 1 January to ensure protection of Queensland coal miners from black lung disease. Mines for Natural Resources and Mines Dr. Anthony Lynham said the new safety regulations would ensure dust levels are made public, compulsory health checks for underground and bove-ground miners conducted, and compulsory…