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With today being Workers Memorial Day, we look back to remember and honor workers hurt or killed on the job, and strive to make a better workplace to ensure all workers stay safe. In today’s OSHA Roundup, learn what safety events are occurring this week across the country.

The results of the Job Outlook survey is the topic of this month's Editor's Note.

When an employee steps up to do the right thing, he or she should be rewarded. Unfortunately, sometimes that worker is punished instead.

Safety+Health takes a region-by-region look at injury statistics, this month with OSHA Region 4. Read a listing of the region's emphasis programs and fatality and injury counts by state.

The Center for Public Integrity recently was honored with its first Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the scourge of black lung disease in miners. And just this week, steps were taken to end the deadly disease.

Indiana’s OSHA program responds to the results of a federal investigation into the state program, and federal OSHA takes an important step to update its permissible exposure limits. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Occasionally, someone says something about safety I find noteworthy. Today, a State Plan state official criticizes federal OSHA’s recent investigation of the state agency.

While working on an article about New York state’s ‘Scaffold Law’, an interesting question popped up: Should employers face increased liability for workplace injuries and illnesses?

A final rule from OSHA that would revise the agency’s recordkeeping requirements draws objections from one stakeholder group. Read about this story and the latest OSHA fines in today’s OSHA Roundup.

After more than four years writing for Safety+Health magazine, I’ve turned in my last feature article. Although I’m saying goodbye to the wonderful Publications team and the National Safety Council, I will never forget the lessons I’ve learned about workplace safety.