Melissa J. Ruminski

1 month ago | safetyandhealthmagazine.com | Melissa J. Ruminski

If you’re a regular reader of Safety+Health (and if so, thank you), you’re probably familiar with our Job Outlook survey. This year, we’re trying something a little different: We’ve taken elements of the Job Outlook and added questions to create what we’re calling the State of Safety. The new questions ask about safety culture, leading/lagging indicators, technology, and current and future challenges. I hope you find them interesting.

2 months ago | safetyandhealthmagazine.com | Melissa J. Ruminski

I don’t know any women who haven’t felt frustration at one time or another when trying to find clothes that fit properly. Sizing among manufacturers is incredibly inconsistent, and a size that fits us perfectly in one brand can be either too large or too small in another. And as someone who’s over 6 feet tall, finding sleeves and pants that are long enough has been a challenge for me since high school. In the past decade or so, though, more tall sizes have become available.

2 months ago | safetyandhealthmagazine.com | Melissa J. Ruminski

Home » Editor’s Note: Keep those stories comingEditor's Note CEOs Who "Get It" National Safety Council Safety profession Safety professionals Every February, we introduce you to another group of the National Safety Council’s CEOs Who ‘Get It’ – leaders who demonstrate a personal commitment to worker safety and health. For NSC, “personal” is a key word. It’s echoed in the council’s Safety is Personal initiative, which has continued into 2025.

Nov 23, 2024 | safetyandhealthmagazine.com | Melissa J. Ruminski

I’ve been to the National Safety Council’s annual Safety Congress & Expo so many times that I can’t remember at which one I first met Richard Fairfax. A former director of enforcement programs at OSHA as well as deputy assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, Rich was a welcome presence during many presentations of OSHA’s Top 10 most cited standards, sharing data as well as his insights.

Oct 26, 2024 | safetyandhealthmagazine.com | Melissa J. Ruminski

You may find this amusing coming from someone who writes a monthly column, but I don’t care for the sound of my own voice. I mean it literally, though. To my ear, my voice is wildly inconsistent, ranging from a thin, pinched sound when I’m stressed to a raspy baritone when I’m fighting a cold or allergies. I also tend to talk too fast. Many years ago, I was tapped to moderate my first Safety+Health webinar.