A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Dutch colleagues found that regional density of livestock is an important risk factor for people without direct contact with the animals.
The usage-based auto insurance policy became available in four more states Oct. 8 and will be in three additional states in November, the company recently announced.
Set for Oct. 25-26 in Helsinki, the event is intended to advance the EU-U.S. collaboration and raise the Communities of Research to a new level of activity.
Composite fire-resistant materials, particularly deck gratings, may lose their load-bearing capabilities after relatively short exposures to hydrocarbon pool fires, the agency warns.
The agency launched an investigation after an employee working on a parking lot paving job in Washington, D.C., suffered heat stress, was taken to a hospital, and died there.
The chairman of Safe Work Australia, Tom Phillips, said the 2010-2011 report shows compensated workplace fatalities continue to decline.
ASIS International has proposed the quality management standard, with stakeholders’ comments due by Oct. 26, ANSI announced Oct. 4.
BP has agreed to sell the refinery where a March 2005 explosion killed 15 workers and triggered record OSHA fines. Marathon Petroleum Corporation will buy it and part of BP's retail and logistics network in the southeastern United States.
Two federal agencies warn workers in these sectors to be especially careful in October and during the winter months.
It's not too early to be filling out your schedule if you are planning to attend the big conference this month.
Improper guarding is one of the most commonly cited violations in the metal and nonmetal mining industry, according to the agency.
The state's new plan works to incorporate the highway safety components of engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response in five emphasis areas.
Only 34 countries around the world generate high-quality data about cause of death, according to the organization.
Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.
One worker died and another was critically injured Sept. 29 in the explosive at CVR Energy Inc.'s Wynnewood refinery. Three months ago, authorities urged oil and gas operators in the state to take part in a safety stand down because of rising fatalities.
CDC's MMWR reported the vaccination rate among long-term care physicians and nurses was only 50.2 percent in its 2012 survey, lowest among surveyed health care workers.
Workplace alcohol abuse need not be accepted as an inevitable cost of doing business.
In a crashless world, U.S. emergency rooms won't have to treat more than 2 million crash victims per year as they do now.
Two recent reports warn they are an increasing threat both in the United States and abroad.
You can maintain your program effectiveness by understanding which drugs are being abused and modifying your testing panel based on that information.