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.

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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 ...

When we embraced behavior-based safety (BBS) in the 1980s, we thought we had finally found the key to creating an accident-resistant environment. We sowed a wind and we are reaping a whirlwind. Why ...