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Strong interest in two upcoming OSHA stakeholder meetings on crane operator certification requirements has prompted the agency to add a third.

Portland, OR – The number of workplace fatalities in Oregon remained relatively stable in 2009, according to an annual report from the Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program.

Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 14 published a final rule that updates exemptions for certain agriculture vehicles and their drivers.

Cleveland – Repeated hits to the head while playing football may cause long-term brain damage even without suffering a concussion, suggests a study from the Cleveland Clinic.

Roanoke, VA – Beverages dispensed from restaurant soda fountain machines may contain bacteria for “long periods of time,” according to a new study from Hollins University.

Occasionally, someone says something about safety I find noteworthy. In today’s post, a stakeholder decries the delay in OSHA’s silica rulemaking.

Washington – More than 67,000 children 4 and younger were treated in emergency departments for medicine poisoning in 2011, a 30 percent increase over the past 10 years, according to a new report from Safe Kids Worldwide.

Several pieces of National Safety Council-supported legislation to improve state texting ban laws have received attention in California, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Washington – Sens. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) recently introduced legislation aimed at preventing teen abuse of over-the-counter cough medicine.

Learn about the newly nominated secretary of labor and the latest stakeholder meeting on silica in this week’s OSHA Roundup.