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Noting that millions of workers’ jobs require them to drive, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels is urging employers to enact policies that prohibit texting – a particularly dangerous part of the distracted driving “epidemic” that accounts for approximately 16 percent of traffic fatalities.

Seventeen Chinese miners died last month at the Anping coal mine in southwest Guizhou province, as a new wave of coal mine explosions, cave-ins, and floods hit the country’s mining industry.

Since 2000, at least 13 workers have died in the U.S. after performing bathtub refinishing with stripping agents containing methylene chloride.

More than 13,000 public health professionals are in Washington, D.C. to discuss today’s top health challenges facing the country and the pivotal role local communities play in preventing disease, promoting health and reducing health disparities.

One exhibitor tells us the safety world has to get with it and conduct business like business-to-consumer models. He has a touch screen service in testing where, as his signs say, “Order Here” and “Buy Now.”

1) Consumer products and marketing continue to crossover to workplace safety. One of the new examples we see: Puma Safety Shoes. Timbaland is also here. And Skechers. And the surf culture clothing company Billabong.

Halloween morning in sunny, cold Philadelphia. It’s 9:30 am and in the elevator leaving our hotel a young couple, man in orange dreadlocks and pajamas, woman in leather jacket, tights and wearing a Joker’s daft hat and bells, seem to planning for a long Halloween.

Firefighters in many fire departments across the U.S. lack basic health and safety protections, adding unnecessary risks to an already risky occupation, according to an assessment released last week by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling on Americans to take immediate action to reduce their risk for stroke through a new Health and Human Services initiative called Million Hearts.