Workplace safety and health (workplace injuries, workplace hazards, health and safety)

Our new mirror check initiative will help raise awareness of backover hazards in the construction industry and how to keep workers safe.

Our new rule will help make sure safety gear fits all workers in the construction industry, regardless of sex or body type.

This holiday season, prioritize worker safety. Employers must ensure safe work conditions, while workers should know their rights. Together, we can protect those who make the holidays possible.

Whether you are a construction worker working at heights, an agricultural worker handling a chemical substance or a warehouse worker lifting heavy objects, you can use a job hazard analysis to stay safe.

May 14-20 is National Women’s Health Week. The Mine Safety and Health Administration encourages women miners to check the condition and fit of their personal protective equipment.

In an unsafe trench, thousands of pounds of soil can bury a worker within seconds. Help get the word out about trench hazards and how to keep workers safe.

Clarissa Romero, a safety and health compliance officer in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, helps make sure that workers come home safe at the end of every shift.

Establishments in certain industries are required to report injuries and illnesses for each calendar year using OSHA's Injury Tracking Application, which has been updated. Find out what's different.

Fatalities related to fall hazards are far too common, particularly in the construction industry, where 351 workers died after falling at construction worksites in 2020, and many more were seriously injured. Fortunately, the hazards can be avoided, and employers can prevent falls with three simple steps.