Category Safety News

This week, trench and struck-by enforcement, new overdose-response guidance, and a finished standard for mobile robots all point to the same lesson: the controls that prevent the worst outcomes are the ones crews have to get right before work starts.…

This week: six-figure excavation penalties in New York, criminal charges over a trench death in San Francisco, a fatal skylight fall in Washington, a new head-protection standard, and a contractor cited for the sixth time in under two years. The…

This week brings a fast-approaching OSHA deadline on chemical labels, a willful citation after a fatal trench collapse, heavy penalties over a deadly tunnel failure, a fatal boom-lift upset in Cincinnati, and a new first-aid standard that puts overdose-reversal medication…

A quick roundup of what’s moving in the safety world this week — new standards, OSHA enforcement, and incidents worth learning from. New ANSI head protection standard. ISEA released ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2026, the first major revision of the industrial head protection…