PSM in the oil and gas industry, the legacy of a mine disaster and three decades of hearing loss data were among the top occupational safety and health stories posted on ISHN.com this week.
From 2000 through 2013, the age-adjusted rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly quadrupled from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).