The update is primarily for protecting healthcare and social service workers.
Next Tuesday's World Health Day is focused on food safety.
This is NIOSH's first time to issue recommendations on e-cigarettes; NIOSH recommends that they be included in indoor smoking bans.
The penalties add up to $328,550 in total.
The organization is launching a national campaign called #CallsKill.
An April 1 blog post by the agency's administrator, Pamela Hyde, featured it. The free app based on SAMHSA's Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) card.
Public Citizen and the Public Health Law Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created the free, publicly available database and unveiled it April 1.
The FDA has urged the California seafood company to stop operations until they demonstrate they can process food in compliance with food safety laws and regulations.
The bulletin includes guidance on reducing the hazards for tobacco workers.
Just because it's hard to measure the specific financial benefits of reducing injuries doesn't mean we should shy away from discussing safety's impact on an organization's bottom line.
Many risky, splash-creating activities are conducted without the proper PPE because there is a lower perceived risk.
With 139,820 lost-time cases resulting from hand injuries in 2013 alone, according to BLS, this is one of the higher incidence rates among all injury types.
"Knowing someone on hand is first aid trained should an event occurs reduces the stress level of all the employees and makes them feel safer."
The best method of obtaining safety footwear for your employees could be a combination of several elements.
The true value of employee assets cannot be standardized with a simple, flat ratio. Studies performed around the world have shown results vary.