Welcome to a new year of incident-prevention topics, as we publish our first monthly safety department feature of 2026!

Since we’re kicking off a new year, it seems appropriate to focus on safety calendars—monthly safety topics approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—for managers to use as training or refresher material for staff. We assembled the sample calendar that appears below using online resources. If you don’t already have a safety calendar program, we’d urge you to consider this option. Feel free to borrow from our sample and customize as needed.

Russell Holt, chief compliance officer for Superior ...