S+H Staff

Emmitsburg, MD – Nearly 3,000 clothes dryer fires are reported every year, prompting the U.S. Fire Administration to recommend regular cleaning of lint from traps, vents and other areas of the dryer.

Columbus, OH – Workers with disabilities are more likely to be injured on and off the job than workers without disabilities, finds a new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.

Product Focus: Eye protection

This safety inspection app enables safety professionals to document construction and general industry violations.

Washington – The National Response Team recently published new guidance on keeping emergency responders safe and healthy.

From afar, safety glasses seem pretty similar. Look closer, though, and you may notice subtle differences that can have a huge impact on worker safety and compliance. Here, experts offer their advice on a safety product that is more complicated than it looks.

The Behavior-Based Safety iTrac app allows safety personnel to document individual behaviors by location and record actions as either safe or unsafe.

Silver Spring, MD – Although many people who take OSHA-approved construction safety courses believe the training is beneficial and improves safety, more research is needed to determine the training’s impact and value, according to a recent study.

Scientific reports over the past three decades have identified lead as a health hazard. Elevated blood-lead levels have been associated with adverse effects on kidney, nervous system, reproductive and cardiovascular functions. At very high levels, long-term exposure to lead can cause seizures, coma and death.

In an informal online poll conducted in July/August 2012, Safety+Health readers were asked if they had ever contested an OSHA citation. Commenters who had contested explained why.