Raise your hand if you tend to tune out the flight attendants as they go over safety procedures prior to takeoff.

Topics: Risk Management, In the News, Logistics and Transportation, Safety Management

Pinsent Masons, an international law firm, gives us detailed information on an upcoming enforcement of personal data collection. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect organizations within the European Union (EU) and those managing EU citizen data.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Compliance, In the News

Earlier last week, the FDA issued a report on the increased number of deaths and incidents related to the consumption of dietary supplements containing kratom. 

Topics: In the News, FDA

The U.S. Department of Labor has released details of the 2019 fiscal year budget. Up 9.3% from FY 2018, this year’s budget request totals $10.9 billion.

Topics: OSHA, Workplace Health and Safety, Compliance, In the News

Back in December, EHS Insight issued a report on OSHA’s new health and safety rule pertaining to the electronic data reporting system. The rule outlined requirements for employers to submit their injury and illness data into the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) system over the internet.

Topics: OSHA, Workplace Health and Safety, Compliance, In the News, Safety Management

Tesla is proud to announce that it has made an effort to make its factories safer for all of its employees. The company’s total recordable incident rate (TRIR) has dropped by 25% since 2016. Tesla is now in line with industry average rates.

Topics: Workplace Health and Safety, Trends, In the News, Manufacturing, Automotive, Safety Management

In 2017, cruise ships failed more health inspections than they had in the last ten years. In all, 14 ships received failing grades—which is a significant increase from 2016, when only two ships failed their inspections.

Topics: EHS Management, In the News, Maritime, Audit Management, Logistics and Transportation, Safety Management

NFL players continue to raise concerns about their health and safety.

Topics: Trends, In the News

In November of 2011, Flt. Lt. Sean Cunningham died from injuries he sustained in a plane accident. But the plane in question wasn’t flying; it was on the ground at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.

Topics: In the News

It appears that the government has narrowly avoided yet another long shutdown. Are you familiar with the overall effects of a government shutdown? It could potentially hurt more than the government workers. It could hurt you, your family, and workers all across America.

Topics: In the News