When it was introduced, behavior-based safety (BBS) was seen as a magic panacea for everything that ailed safety programs. “It was the Swiss Army Knife of safety programs. It could take care of ...

LONDON, United Kingdom, November 3, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Workplace safety programs are evolving. For decades, companies relied on compliance-focused approaches. Checklists, protective equipment, and ...

The study of occupational safety and health has been in existence for as long as there have been structured work environments. Hippocrates (460-377 BC), for example, wrote of the harmful effects of an ...

Even with better technology and regulations, human behavior remains the leading cause of workplace incidents. Here’s what safety leaders need to understand—and fix—in 2026. As occupational safety ...

This chapter describes recent efforts by the chemical and petroleum industries to define process safety metrics suited to the needs of their enterprises. It then discusses how such concepts can be ...

After Matt Compher joined contractor PLH Group in 2009, he worked hard to protect employees as senior vice president for safety, health and environment. Since he left the firm in 2016 to join Quanta ...