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San Diego – Immigration reform can directly improve the safety and health of Latino workers, the only demographic group to experience an increase in fatalities in 2013, according to the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

Salt Lake City – Adding two minutes of walking per hour may help office workers offset the ill effects of sitting, according to a study from the University of Utah.

Iowa City, IA – Swine farmers are 6 times more likely to carry multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, putting them at higher risk for skin and soft tissue infections, according to a study from the University of Iowa.

Arlington, VA – Ten miners were killed during the first three months of 2015, according to preliminary data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Washington – OSHA has updated its “Job Safety and Health – It’s the Law!” poster intended to educate workers about their rights and employers about their obligations for a safe workplace.

Washington – A new era of rail safety has arrived, federal officials said after announcing a final rule aimed at strengthening standards for the transportation of crude oil and ethanol by rail.

OSHA’s two-week National Fall Prevention Stand-Down kicked off on May 4.

Washington – More than 20 years after OSHA issued a standard to regulate confined spaces in general industry, the agency has issued a similar rule specific to the construction industry.

Washington – Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) on Workers Memorial Day (April 28) reintroduced legislation that would update the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Washington – OSHA has made strides in helping to reduce workplace deaths, but the agency still needs to issue more worker protections, according to the AFL-CIO’s annual “Death on the Job” report.