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Rosemont, IL – Explosions are the top cause of spine injuries among military personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, concludes a study from the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Washington – Federal OSHA’s authority to enforce regulations concurrently with the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division began Sept. 21.

Washington – A coalition of consumer, labor, public health and civil rights groups is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw a proposed rule that would increase poultry-processing line speeds, claiming the rule would put workers at risk of injury.

Elk Grove Village, IL – Recreational trampoline use led to about 98,000 injuries – 3,100 of them resulting in hospitalization – in 2009, according to an updated policy statement issued Sept. 24 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Quincy, MA – Fires in 2011 resulted in 1.2 percent fewer civilian injuries and 3.7 percent fewer civilian fatalities than in 2010, according to a National Fire Protection Association report.

Elk Grove Village, IL – Injured workers may have a higher risk of depression, according to a new study from NIOSH.

Washington – An average of 137 people were killed in a school transportation-related crash each year between 2001 and 2010, according to a recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A picture can be worth 1,000 words, and sometimes it can offer 1,000 lessons.

This week’s OSHA Roundup details OSHA’s likely budget for the next six months and why allowing employees to ride on the forks of forklifts is a bad idea.

Fall officially begins Saturday, but we’re still waiting for the White House to publish its spring 2012 regulatory agenda.