Key considerations for prioritizing worker safety during the holiday season

As the holiday shopping season commences, OSHA urges employers to prioritize worker safety, particularly in retail sales, delivery services, and order fulfillment centers. The agency’s Holiday Workplace Safety webpage features guidance and resources around the following topics:

• Ergonomics
• Forklift safety
• Warehousing safety
• Crowd management
• Workplace violence in late-night retail
• Trucking industry
• Safe driving
• Winter weather hazards/precautions
• Training
• Temporary/seasonal workers
• Workplace stress
• Young workers