The Safety Newsletter

Every edition carries a column. If you have a stake in how safely people work, and something worth saying about it, we want to share it.

Safety professionals, trainers, consultants, and the people actually doing the work — and anyone else with a stake in it. Owners. HR. Supervisors. Someone who sells into this industry and sees the same failure on a hundred sites. Someone who got hurt and learned something the hard way. Credentials help, and we'll print them. What matters more is that you have lived the thing you're writing about.

A byline with your name and credentials, and a link to your LinkedIn profile. Your article goes out to our subscribers and is published here the same day, with your byline — so you can share it and link to it straight away. It stays up permanently.

We don't pay for contributions. The value is the credit, the audience, and the link back to you. We would rather be straight about that up front than waste your time.

Three kinds of articles work here. Something timely that changed and what it means on a real jobsite. A real incident turned into a lesson. Or practical guidance a supervisor could actually use Monday morning.

Finished articles usually run 400 to 600 words. If you'd rather test an idea first, pitch it in a few sentences.

These are the same rules we hold ourselves to. An article that meets them is most of the way to published.

• Cite primary sources. OSHA, NIOSH, BLS, state plans. Link the actual page. We verify every link before anything runs.
• Incidents are lessons, not indictments. We don't name-and-shame companies or individuals. What happened, why, and how to prevent it.
• Write plainly. Short, direct sentences. No jargon, no marketing language, and please spell out acronyms the first time.
• Don't sell. No pitching your product or service inside the article. The byline and the link are the compensation.
• Original work. Unpublished, or tell us where it ran.
• We edit lightly. Minor changes for length and clarity. We won't change your argument or put it in someone else's voice.

Pitch an idea or send a finished article. Either is welcome, and a pitch is often the faster path since we can tell you early whether it's a fit.

We read everything and reply either way. If it's a fit, we'll tell you which edition we're aiming for.