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Atlanta – Nearly 45 percent of high school students 16 or older reported texting while driving – with texters more likely to engage in other unsafe driving behaviors – according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Washington – An estimated 34,080 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2012, a 5.3 percent increase over the previous year and the first year-to-year increase since 2005, according to a new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Washington – Requiring bicyclists to wear helmets would reduce fatalities and serious injuries among children, according to a new study from Boston Children’s Hospital.

Republicans in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee recently released a series of questions for labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez, as well as his responses.

Read thoughts on worker safety by Thomas Perez, the nominee to be the newest secretary of labor. Plus, the AFL-CIO releases its latest report examining workplace safety and OSHA, in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

The AFL-CIO released its annual “Death on the Job” report on May 7. Here’s a look at some of the numbers from the report.

The National Safety Council has released findings from a recent analysis of national statistics on fatal motor vehicle crashes.

Washington – The Department of Labor should help businesses comply with safety regulations, which are critical to ensuring workers are protected, labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez said in response to questions submitted by Republican members of a Senate committee.

Washington – Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) on May 7 reintroduced legislation that would extend existing federal truck size and weight limits to the National Highway System, including state-controlled smaller highways.

Washington – The number of motorcyclist fatalities that occurred in 2012 is projected to reach more than 5,000 – about 9 percent higher than the 2011 total, according to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association.