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The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) issued a statement recently to a key U.S. Senate environmental panel, expressing its opposition to the Safe Chemicals Act introduced earlier this year by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). 

There's good news for those who head to their computer when seeking answers to occupational health and safety questions.

OSHA has released a dozen educational videos about potential hazards in the construction industry.

An Ohio company found a way to lower its above-average injury and illness rate: delete all recordable injuries from its log. 

The old joke about doctors' handwriting being difficult to read may become a quaint relic of the comedic past if electronic prescribing fulfills its potential, although a new study warns that some problems still need to be worked out before that can happen.

Calling erionite "an emerging North American hazard," the National Institue for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) says a growing body of evidence links the substance to serious health effects includng lung disease.

More Latinos in the occupational safety profession will mean fewer workplace injuries and fatalities among Latino workers.

Thanksgiving Day is the peak day for home cooking in the U.S. Unfortunately, it's also the peak day for home cooking fires.
 

OSHA has filed a lawsuit to force the owner of a Colorado medical clinic to rehire the employee who was fired after complaining about hazards at the facility.

A Texas drilling company has been cited by OSHA for seven safety violations, after an employee was electrocuted while performing repair work on an oil drilling rig.