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Columbia, MO – Before you take a bite out of your next home-grilled burger, make sure it doesn’t have any wire bristles cooked in with the meat.

Don Teater, medical advisor for prescription drug overdose initiatives at the National Safety Council, has written a new post on the council’s “Safety First” blog, bringing readers up to date on what President Barack Obama’s administration is doing to reduce the opioid epidemic.

Use our free member-exclusive resources – including posters, tip sheets, checklists, quizzes and 5-minute safety talks – to help engage your staff throughout June.

The National Automobile Dealers Association is partnering with MyCarDoesWhat, a campaign created by the National Safety Council and University of Iowa, to raise awareness about how vehicle safety features can help prevent crashes.

Ninety-nine percent of doctors prescribe opioid pain medication for longer than the three-day timetable recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the National Safety Council.

The National Safety Council will host a member-exclusive webinar on OSHA’s recently released final rule on silica.

Washington – Medicine poisonings send the equivalent of four busloads of children to the emergency department every day, warns a recent report from Safe Kids Worldwide.

Washington – Older drivers who have suffered a fall have a 40 percent higher risk of being in a motor vehicle crash than older drivers who have not fallen, according to a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Does the term “accident” have a place in occupational safety? Should “incident” always be used?

Hearing loss is preventable. Why, then, is it still so common?