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Cincinnati – Nurses and nurse assistants experience the most workplace injuries among health care workers, and measures are needed to protect them, recent research from NIOSH indicates.

Detroit – Night-shift workers who experience insomnia but report low levels of sleepiness have higher levels of cognitive impairment than those with insomnia who say they experience “excessive” sleepiness, according to a recent study from the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital.

Silver Spring, MD – The American Nurses Association is offering resources to help nurses quit smoking as well as assist their patients in ending the habit.

Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public feedback on the most effective way to implement a voluntary program to help reduce truck and bus crashes.

Arlington, VA – Coal mine dust samples taken after the Mine Safety and Health Administration implemented a rule to prevent deadly diseases known as “black lung” suggest that compliance is “highly achievable,” the agency announced April 23 during a hearing of the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee.

Longmeadow, MA – A new database released in conjunction with Workers Memorial Day (April 28) provides details on the nearly 2,000 workplace fatalities recorded in 2014.

Washington – Although the number of workplace deaths has declined over the past four decades, too many people in the United States die on the job, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said April 28 on Workers Memorial Day.

Cleveland – At least two crew members would be required on every freight train, under recently proposed legislation from Rep. Don Young (R-AK).

Washington – Five years after the tragedy at Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has made strides to prevent similar incidents but still needs more tools, MSHA chief Joseph A. Main said during an April 23 hearing.

Washington – Vanessa Allen Sutherland recently told a Senate committee that she would be a transparent, team-oriented leader if confirmed as chairman of the Chemical Safety Board.