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Following the horrific rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, safety experts are examining what can be done in making schools safer for children and for those who teach them.

Washington – From 2000 to 2011, tip-overs of TVs, furniture or other appliances killed 349 people – 84 percent of whom were children, according to a new Consumer Product Safety Commission report.

The National Safety Council recently was featured in a “Safety & Security” insert in USA Today.

Nonprofit groups push for OSHA’s budget to remain stable, and the agency once again delays full enforcement of its residential construction fall protection rule. Read these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

James Hodgson, the secretary of labor who helped usher OSHA into existence, died Nov. 28. He was 96.

Washington – A bill introduced Dec. 5 by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) would require the Department of Transportation to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of hair samples for pre-employment screening of commercial motor vehicle drivers for illicit drug use.

Washington – The Federal Aviation Administration should require cargo-carrying aircraft to install additional measures to prevent and suppress fires, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Washington – OSHA’s temporary enforcement measures for residential construction has been extended to March 15, OSHA announced Dec. 11.

Newburyport, MA – The Center for Campus Fire Safety will be providing free training for fire safety educators in 2013.

Ithaca, NY – The shift toward electronic medical records may result in more musculoskeletal injuries among doctors and nurses, concludes a study from Cornell University.