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Washington – More than one year after it applied, Mexico-based trucking company Grupo Behr on Feb. 19 was accepted into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program.

Ames, IA – Community-based prevention programs may help reduce prescription drug abuse among middle school students, finds a new study from Iowa State University and Pennsylvania State University.

Read about OSHA administrator David Michaels’ plans for the agency’s future and proposed changes coming to two agency standards in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

In the two years the White House has spent reviewing a proposal to strengthen OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard, the agency estimates that 600 people have died from silicosis – a disease caused by silica exposure.

Arlington, VA – Mining fatalities remained low for the second straight year, but the proportion of supervisor deaths increased significantly in 2012, according to preliminary data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Washington – A new special issue of the Journal of Safety Research focuses on 15 research projects presented at the 2011 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium.

Washington – OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program initiative remains the agency’s No. 1 priority, agency chief David Michaels said during a Feb. 4 speech to staff.

Bloomington, IN – The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s mediation process is “successful,” according to an independent evaluation from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Washington – OSHA issued a correction and technical amendment to its Hazard Communication Standard to change references of “Material Safety Data Sheets” to the updated “Safety Data Sheets.”

Providence, RI – The percentage of U.S. motorcyclists 50 or older more than doubled between 1990 and 2003, and older motorcyclists have a higher risk of severe injury and hospitalization from a crash than younger riders, according to a study from Brown University.