A new study finds that U.S. companies with at least two women executives have significantly better workplace safety records, in part due to lower employee workloads.

Industrial workplaces are typically dangerous, with heavy machinery, hazardous substances and complex processes. Despite safety protocols, accidents still happen. According to the International Labour ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The growth of the gig economy has transformed the modern workforce and upended traditional models for developing a workplace safety culture and worker safety training. New and ...

Psychological safety—the belief that it is safe to speak up with concerns, questions or mistakes—is widely recognized as ...

Accidents account for a range of injuries in the workplace. In 2009, hazards in the workplace resulted in 3,277,700 nonfatal injuries and illnesses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- One of the root causes of workplace injuries, illnesses and incidents is the failure to identify or recognize hazards which are present or could have been anticipated in ...

Biological hazards, or biohazards, contain living organisms that can pose dangers to human health. In the workplace, these can include blood, human waste, pathogens, and more. Biological hazards are ...

Power companies understand the importance of safety and incorporate many safeguards into plant designs. Yet, the materials used in these defenses also matter, and fiberglass-reinforced polymer (FRP) ...

Every worker deserves a safe and healthy workplace. That principle is at the heart of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which created OSHA and established the duty for employers to ...

Biological workplace hazards are not limited to professions where you might expect this kind of issue, such as companies with laboratories or factory settings. Biological hazards can be found in a law ...

The lawsuit was filed in Mecklenburg County Court in December.