How safety and health professionals can scope out the big picture of workplace hazards and assess their risks through Visual Literacy practices. Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You are a safety and ...

Countries where massive natural hazard events occur frequently are not more likely than others to make changes to reduce risks from future disasters. Countries where massive natural hazard events ...

Mounting evidence suggests that natural hazards are becoming more costly to businesses and individuals located in harm’s way. Last year, some 14 states suffered more than 30 tornadoes apiece, ...

Eliminating hazards around the home, such as clutter, stairs without railings and poor lighting, can reduce the risk of falls for older people by around a quarter, according to a new Cochrane review.

Seen through an actuarial lens, the changing climate is not an ideology. It’s a risk management challenge already reshaping ...

All medical devices have risk. “You, as the manufacturer, are responsible for determining the risk of your medical device and if that risk is acceptable,” said Joseph Tartal, FDA deputy director in ...

Fire rarely announces itself with drama at the start. It usually begins with something ordinary that has been quietly ...

Firefighters take too much risk for too little benefit. For example, firefighters were recently killed in two separate incidents, one involving the collapse of a residential building over 24 hours ...