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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced in a recent update a new initiative with its partners that will highlight the importance of incorporating worker safety and health into "green jobs" and environmental sustainability. The initiative will also develop guidance for preventing occupational injuries and illnesses in these growing sectors.

Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a new public opinion survey yesterday which finds that Americans rank prevention as the most important health care reform priority, and overwhelmingly support increased funding for prevention programs to reduce disease and keep people healthy.

On June 12, 2009, all full-power broadcast TV stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. According to a press release from Citizen Corps, a grassroots strategy from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), millions of Americans depend on TV as a source of information, including emergency alerts and warnings. Following the transition, the FCC estimates up to 20 million individuals could be left without TV communications because they haven’t taken the appropriate steps to transition.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced in a recent press release that it has launched its annual Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program (PROP) to highlight the potential hazards of roof falls and rib rolls.

The effects of accidents can be diminished by installing emergency fixtures throughout critical areas where hazardous materials are used and stored.

Increasing compliance for eye protection is one of the most effective means to increase worker safety and productivity.

This month we look at nine characteristics of a culture that supports zero-harm performance.

Reliance on hearing loss as the measure of your hearing conservation program’s effectiveness is too late. Take a look at other approaches to HCP assessment.

Guideline-based care provided by occupational physicians is an effective and economical treatment approach for employees with common mental health problems, according to research reported in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

June is National Safety Month. In recognition, here is a look at Bureau of Labor Statistics data on work-related fatalities and nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses, culled from a BLS press release.