Worker Injury/Fatality Statistics

Transportation incidents are a leading cause of workplace-related deaths. Could robots be the answer?

Heat stress can be deadly, and employers need to protect their employees from the dangers of hot environments. Here’s one tool to give you a better picture on how to do just that.

The safety of temporary workers has been big news recently, but the issue isn’t confined to the United States.

Hollywood: Where dreams are made, stars are born and, sometimes, the action gets a little too real.

Amid all the back-and-forth between supporters and critics of OSHA’s proposed rule to reduce the permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica, it’s easy to forget that real lives are at stake – and in some cases, already lost.

If you type all day (as I do) and start experiencing wrist or hand discomfort, it stands to reason that switching to an ergonomic keyboard would help. But would it?

It’s one of occupational safety’s greatest ironies – the professionals who care for the ill and injured are themselves among the most likely to become sick or hurt on the job.

This week I’m continuing the conversation about reasons why workers hold back from reporting injuries. Much like the Canadian study on young workers I wrote about last week, a new study from the AFL-CIO-affiliated Center for Construction Research and Training concludes that fear of losing work may cause construction workers not to report injuries.

If you think about it, research is only as good as the data behind it. And a recent study from NIOSH raises questions about the accuracy of occupational injury and illness data based on emergency department records.