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Orlando, FL – With the construction industry beginning to recover from the recession, NIOSH Director John Howard said now is an opportune time to look at the most serious fatality in the industry – falls.

Orlando, FL – While injury rates have fallen, serious injury and fatality rates remain high, suggesting a paradigm shift is necessary, Colin Duncan, CEO of safety consulting firm BST, said at the 2012 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.

Portland, OR – Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso recently called for more action to prevent combustible dust incidents.

Arlington, VA – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is providing “misleading” statements about the strengths of its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, the American Trucking Associations stated in a white paper released Oct. 16.

Washington – Unsafe driving behaviors among teen drivers may increase with each additional teen passenger, according to a new study of fatal motor vehicle crashes from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has scheduled a public listening session on Oct. 30 in Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss hours-of-service regulations for passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles.

Wilmington, DE – Parents can follow safe trick-or-treating guidelines to help ensure this Halloween is fun and safe for their children.

When you are behind the wheel of a car, your eyes are constantly at work, monitoring, watching, assessing. Night driving adds even more tasks for your eyes and 1 in 3 drivers say they have difficulty seeing while driving at night.

OSHA’s annual top 10 most frequently cited violations may not change very much from year to year, but they tell an interesting story nonetheless.

In this week’s OSHA’s Roundup, OSHA asks for help in a look back at its heat illness prevention campaign.