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Women's long work hours linked to serious health risks

July 8, 2016

Women who put in long hours at work face a much higher risk of serious diseases, according to new research from the Ohio State University.

NIH to study pregnant women in areas affected by Zika virus

International effort to enroll approximately 10,000 women

July 8, 2016

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, have begun a multi-country study to evaluate the magnitude of health risks that Zika virus infection poses to pregnant women and their developing fetuses and infants.

How we could cut motor vehicle crash fatalities in half

July 7, 2016

About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries. Our nation has made progress in road safety, reducing crash deaths by 31 percent from 2000 to 2013.

Report: OSHA’s “discounts” let unsafe employers off the hook

July 7, 2016

A new report is sharply critical of the way OSHA lets noncompliant employers off the hook by reducing the fines the agency has leveled against them.

NTSB heads to Fla. to investigate crash of bus carrying ag workers

July 7, 2016

A go-team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is en route to Florida to investigate a bus accident Saturday that killed five people and injured 25.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Suicide among former NFL players

Doug Trout MD, MHS

July 7, 2016

The question of whether football players are at higher risk of suicide than the general population has been raised in the popular and scientific literature. In 2012, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published a paper primarily focused on death from heart disease among former National Football League (NFL) players (see related blog NFL Players Tackling Heart Disease).

Shelter from lethal projectiles

Here’s an engineering strategy for dropped object protection

Eric Durham

July 6, 2016

Dropped object protection (DOP) exists to protect pedestrians and workers during construction and demolition.

Fly Safe: Prevention of loss of control accidents

July 6, 2016

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and general aviation (GA) groups’ #FlySafe national safety campaign aims to educate the GA community on best practices in calculating and predicting aircraft performance, and in operating within established aircraft limitations.

24 foot fall kills NJ warehouse supervisor

July 6, 2016

An OSHA investigation into a New Jersey workplace fatality found numerous safety violations at the facility. The agency issued one willful, one repeat and six serious violations against the man’s employer, Wei-Chuan U.S.A. Inc.

Europe contemplates a digital future

July 5, 2016

“We are living through a digital revolution,” believes Gunther Oettinger, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society. Digital services are transforming every sector of our lives. At the final session of the second day of the ETUC-ETUI Conference on Shaping the New World of Work in Brussels, the Commissioner predicted that in the future, “anything that can be digitalised will be digitalised”, covering up to 90% of goods and services.