Recent riots in North Africa and the Middle East are and will continue to have a harmful impact on the private and public sectors in the United States. Egypt’s collapse has become the “Tipping Point” of a systemic contagion growing throughout North Africa and the Middle East, the likes of which we have not witnessed since World War II.
Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Workers Memorial Day On this Workers’ Memorial Day 2011, I call on all of us in government and industry to
Work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths have devastating consequences. This terrible toll is perhaps most visible to the general public in the aftermath of large-scale disasters that claim multiple lives.
Although workplace safety and health conditions have improved since the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1970, a state-by-state profile of occupational safety released yesterday by the AFL-CIO shows that many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death.
After a long period of declining rates, the prevalence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is on the rise, and coal miners are developing CWP at relatively young ages.
OSHA has cited Buffalo Recycling Enterprises LLC for 15 alleged violations of workplace health and safety standards following an Oct. 7, 2010, incident in which an employee's arm was severely lacerated when it became caught in a conveyor belt that activated while he was trying to clear a paper jam.
Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis will announce today a national outreach initiative by OSHA to educate workers and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in the heat, and steps needed to prevent heat-related illnesses.
Solar power was the top choice of Americans who were asked what they would prefer as a supplier of their home electricity, according to an IBOPE Zogby Earth Day poll.
A consumer advocacy group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the use of medical latex gloves and gloves that have cornstarch powder on them, charging that they pose a serious threat to patients and health care workers.
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