S+H Staff

Washington – States should have more flexibility in how they use federal highway safety funding to reduce motorcycle crashes, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Nov. 14.

Washington – A new video from NIOSH provides safety information on rig moving for truckers in the oil and gas industry.

Montgomery, AL – Alabama employers would be prohibited from establishing policies against employees who store a firearm inside their locked vehicle while at work, under a bill re-introduced by state Sen. Roger Bedford (D).

Philadelphia – Following a four-month campaign, OSHA assessed more than half a million dollars in fines and hundreds of citations to construction companies in the agency’s Philadelphia region.

Washington – Construction-related injuries and fatalities cost the state of California $2.9 billion from 2008 to 2010, according to a new report from advocacy group Public Citizen.

Washington – The National Transportation Safety Board on Nov. 21 issued recommendations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as well as individual states and territories, to increase efforts to reduce substance-impaired driving crashes.

Chicago – Engaging in too much or too little physical activity can hasten the degeneration of knee cartilage, concludes a study from the University of California in San Francisco.

Burlington, Ontario – Concussions may occur more often among men and women playing ice hockey than previous studies indicate, according to a new study from Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic and several universities.

Emmitsburg, MD – Electric lights, candles and Christmas trees can present a fire risk, warns the U.S. Fire Administration.

To help workers protect themselves from the hazards of mold exposure, Honeywell Safety has published a “Mold Remediation Overview.”