Products being used within their end-product application can suffer systematic or random failures. Functional safety standards are designed to help influence the reduction of potential risks of ...

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, ...

While nearly every company will say that safety is a priority, are they really doing what they can to promote safe operations? Companies may possess a strong and sincere commitment to safety, but all ...

Each of the various pathways to global catastrophe presents its own winding course of possibilities. Nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics, advanced technologies, and space weather might appear ...

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 ...

Apply hazard analysis and effective communication to lessen the impact of hazard events on communities. Photo by Jose Fredy Cruz Centeno. Add geophysical and social aspects to your hazard mitigation ...

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 ...