Chemical Safety

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently released a chemical management strategy that can quickly and accurately assign chemicals into categories to protect workers on the job.

Trench Safety

Learn how to keep workers safe during trenching and excavation operations with OSHA resources including a poster, flyer, alert, stickers, and videos.

OSHA tree care worker safety: falls and falling objects, electrocution, and other hazards.

OSHA has solutions to keep tree care workers safe from falls and falling objects, electrocution, and other hazards.

Water. Rest. Shade.

Prepare for hot environments, whether indoors or outdoors. OSHA has resources to keep workers safe from heat. 

Millions of U.S. workers are exposed to heat in their workplaces. Although illness from exposure to heat is preventable, every year, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure, and some cases are fatal. Most outdoor fatalities, 50% to 70%, occur in the first few days of working in warm or hot environments because the body needs to build a tolerance to the heat gradually over time. The process of building tolerance is called heat acclimatization. Lack of acclimatization represents a major risk factor for fatal outcomes.

Using Leading Indicators to Improve Safety and Health Outcomes

A new OSHA webpage shows how businesses can improve safety and health programs by tracking workplace conditions and events to prevent injuries or illnesses before they occur.

Leading indicators can play a vital role in preventing worker fatalities, injuries, and illnesses and strengthening other safety and health outcomes in the workplace. Leading indicators are proactive and preventive measures that can shed light about the effectiveness of safety and health activities and reveal potential problems in a safety and health program.