Trends in health and safety for 2017 by Dave Rebbitt.  Available from <http://www.cos-mag.com/columnist/drebbitt/archive/2017/01/09/trends-in-health-and-safety-for-2017> [Jan 09, 2017] Looking ahead to 2017 we will see a year with some bright and interesting spots. It will remain a time of challenges. I have revisited some of the themes from last year. Others are new, and I hope they provoke…

Isuzu talks boosting safety training for small to medium fleets.  Available from <http://www.bigrigs.com.au/news/isuzu-talks-boosting-safety-training-for-small-to-/3128629/> [4th Jan 2017 4:36 PM ] Photo Credit:  By Mytho88 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons ISUZU has commented on the need for a stronger safety focus across transport world, noting road transport's high representation within…

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…