Incidents of violence in the workplace are becoming more frequent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021 found that fatal workplace injuries had increased by 8.9 percent since the previous year.

Workers employed in strip clubs—including entertainers colloquially referred to as strippers or dancers—have the right to safe, healthy workplaces. But implementing OEHS programs in strip clubs is complicated by stigma and other factors.

Workers within the TV, film, and media (TFM) industry, also referred to as the entertainment industry, have historically received little attention from the OEHS profession, although the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in increased OEHS support.

Many workers employed in the museum and cultural heritage industry are not familiar with occupational health and safety practices. OSHA on-site consultants made contact and built trust with employees of museum and cultural heritage sites.

AIHA's Museum and Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group aims to overcome differences in knowledge and understanding between OEHS professionals and workforces outside their traditional purview through communication and collaboration.

Successful deployment of AI projects requires being acquainted with unfamiliar knowledge and collaborating with other professions. These challenges can be addressed through effective communication, as Dave Risi CIH, CSP, explained at AIHce EXP 2022.

In a presentation given at AIHce EXP 2022, Dean Frieders described how consulting firm Work Health Solutions helped clients build strong, effective occupational health programs after the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world in 2020.

Stories are powerful tools for communicating and contextualizing information, making sense or creating meaning, and building trust and relationships. Jonathan Klane aims to teach OEHS professionals to use stories to communicate about safety and risk.

If you’re an OEHS professional with ideas to improve health and safety, you know that your ideas are technically sound and backed up by science. But persuading everyone else to adopt your ideas might feel like you’re trying to sell them something.

Margretta Murphy, CIH, CSP, is a relatively young OEHS professional. When she started a new job as a safety manager, she became responsible for building up programs to protect her employer's field teams from hazards.

Preventing and managing COVID-19 in the workplace must be a significant concern for employers. COVID-19 could remain a threat to employee health and safety for at least the next five years, according to Anthony Harris, MD, MBA, MPH.

After hearing personal accounts about how the pandemic had affected essential workers, especially grocery store workers, graduate student Constancia Dominguez joined a research project to gather information about their experiences.