Moreover, 20 percent of people said in the survey they are concerned for their physical safety in the workplace.
Writing in the Fall 2012 issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health, Dean Michael J. Klag calls for the same kind of collaboration as has been used to reduce annual traffic deaths significantly.
A trio of NIOSH employees discussed the enormous cost of arthritis on the agency's Science Blog. They report its prevalence is expected to rise to 25 percent of the adult population by 2030.
NFPA announced Oct. 26 that the new high was reached by the addition of Vansant Mobile Home Park #2 in Cullman County, Ala.
The Form 483 posted by the agency covers five October inspections of the Framingham, Mass., compounding pharmacy.
A new app provides real-time safety information to those in the path of deadly wildfires.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced schools will remain closed Wednesday. The toppled crane at the top of a high-rise building under construction at 57th Street is stable and will be secured for removal later, he said.
The National Safety Council celebrated its centennial in style, although not without some grumbling from exhibitors, and looked forward to the next chapter in its long history of service and advocacy.
The firm was fined $300,000 on Oct. 26.
It helps small businesses make use of the recognized quality management standards.
The agency also is drafting amendments to its regulations to adapt to OSHA's crane operator accreditation requirement by Nov. 10, 2014.
Safety and health professionals who also have security and environmental responsibility may want to stay a while: Chicago’s McCormick Place plays host to ASIS, Safety Congress, and WEFTEC conferences in a three-week span of September and October.
Several federal agencies are participating in the preparations for Hurricane Sandy, including DoD, FAA, the Coast Guard, and the Department of Energy.
Certain Samaritan 300/300P PAD public access defibrillators made before December 2010 intermittently turn on and off, which eventually may deplete their batteries, the company announced.
The Centers for Health and Public Safety is joining Emergency University to raise awareness about preventable deaths.
The Oct. 31 presentation will include a video and will explain how the technology prevents serious table saw injuries, including two case studies of users' experience.
A worker died in April 2012 in Portsmouth, N.H., when a plastic keg exploded as he was using a compressed air line to purge liquid from it.