S+H Staff

Chicago – Most needlestick injuries among pharmacists occur during peak flu vaccination months, although overall incidence is low, indicates a NIOSH study of a national pharmacy chain.

Toronto – Not wearing a helmet significantly increases the risk of dying from a head injury in a bicycle crash, according to a study from St. Michael’s Hospital.

Arlington, VA – Mining death and injury rates hit a historic low in 2011, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Washington – Incident reports from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion will be reviewed next month by the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee.

San Diego – Half of people in a survey who may have suffered a concussion did not seek professional medical treatment because they did not believe the symptoms were serious or assumed they only had a headache, according to research conducted by the American Osteopathic Association.

I’ve been compiling data on the top 10 highest fines proposed by OSHA in fiscal year 2012, and I discovered something interesting.

Arlington, VA – Carrier scores in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program have mixed relationships with actual crash risk, according to a study released online Oct. 1 by the American Transportation Research Institute.

Las Vegas – Government decisions on screening commercial motor vehicle drivers for sleep disorders should be made through rulemaking, which requires cost-benefit analysis, and not "through the publication of regulatory guidance," according to a new policy statement from the Arlington, VA-based American Trucking Associations.

Ann Arbor, MI - The majority of vision care providers ask patients older than 65 about their driving experiences, but more than half are hesitant to report drivers who score poorly on visual tests, according to two studies published online Oct. 8 in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

Washington – Following the second year of OSHA’s heat illness prevention campaign, the agency is requesting feedback on the initiative.