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The Center for Construction Ressearch and Training (CPWR) has launched a website aimed at reducing construction industry fatalities caused by falls.

Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Workers Memorial Day:

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) will be one of the many organizations oberserving Workers Memorial Day and the National Day of Mourning on April 28. 

A new study on occupational safety among teenaged workers in the U.S. found that 20,000 teens were injured and 88 killed in work-related incidents in 2010.

As the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization, Prevent Blindness America has established a goal of dramatically increasing the number of Americans who regularly receive eye exams.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has announced the the winners of its worldwide annual election of open board of directors’ positions:

As National Volunteer Week wraps up, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is inviting industrial hygienists and other occupational health, safety and environmental professionals to volunteer their time, energy, and expertise to advance the science and practice of industrial hygiene.

A new OSHA directive specifies how, after an occupational fatality, agency representatives should keep victims' families informed about the investigation into their loved ones' deaths.

It’s National High Five Day!

The U.S. Department of Labor is notifying former Weldon Spring Plant workers in Weldon Spring, Mo., of a change in the status of their work site in connection with the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.