The Franklin Hospital Medical Center in Valley Stream, N.Y., has been issued OSHA citations and a proposed fine of $4,500 after a nurse at the hospital was attacked and severely injured while performing normal duties that included providing group therapy sessions to psychiatric patients.
Public health officials from around the country recently attended a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., with staff from OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to discuss common goals and means of improving joint efforts to protect the health of workers.
With the 2011-2011 flu season still in full swing, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is offering advice for how to reduce influenza in the workplace.
L & K Contracting Co. in Dothan, Ala. is being cited with five safety violations by OSHA following a cave-in last September at an excavation site in Enterprise. One employee died and another was hospitalized after wet, heavy soil collapsed into a deep trench while the men were installing a sewer pipe.
A National Transportation Safety Board team arrives in New York City this afternoon to begin an investigation into a tour bus accident early this morning in the Bronx that claimed the lives of 15 people.
The death of Notre Dame University student who fell after a scissor lift he was on was toppled by high winds will be the subject of an Indiana Department of Labor news briefing tomorrow.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using its third annual Fix a Leak Week to remind Americans that fixing those easily corrected household leaks can reduce their water bills
Despite promising signs of economic recovery, many employees feel undervalued and stressed out at work and many are dissatisfied with aspects of their job, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, recently unveiled a new high-speed robot screening system that will test 10,000 different chemicals for potential toxicity.
Drinking more than a cup of coffee a day was associated with a 22 percent to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with those who drank less, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.