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More than one in every four working adults missed work in the past year due to pain.

Proportionately more young people than baby boomers (age 35-54) wear bicycle helmets while riding, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

What job puts you at the greatest risk of being killed by a violent criminal act?

OSHA chief Charles Jeffress recently outlined top priorities to Congress for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1.

The American Society of Safety Engineers told OSHA officials at hearings in Chicago that an ergonomics standard is needed.

EPA is giving companies more of an incentive to voluntarily report and correct environmental violations.

California Governor Gray Davis has proclaimed May as “Safe Jobs for Youth Month” to focus attention on teen injuries in the workplace as employers gear up for hiring summer help.

A recently released study into the root causes of 323 workplace fatality cases conducted for OSHA by a team of consultants found that most of the companies involved had safety programs and personnel in place, but traditional safety strategies were often ignored.

Thousands of young people are injured or killed at work each year.

There’s No Place Like Home… for Workplace Safety” is a new self-help brochure for telecommuters published by the American Industrial Hygiene Association.