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Washington – OSHA is seeking stakeholders knowledgeable in the shipyard and longshoring industries to serve on the agency’s Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.

Washington – The economy’s slow recovery is the likely cause of a drop in employers' workers’ compensation costs and the lower amount of benefits injured employees receive, according to a new report from the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Washington – Advance planning, immediate deployment and interagency collaboration helped prevent worker fatalities during the cleanup of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a review conducted by OSHA and NIOSH.

Washington – If Congress fails to enact a plan to reduce the national debt, automatic across-the-board budget cuts would lead to more workplace deaths and injuries, warns a new report from a senior Senate Democrat.

Washington – Pedestrian fatalities increased by 4 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to a new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis.

Washington – The Department of Transportation on Aug. 2 announced $363 million in grant funding for assorted highway improvements in an effort to increase motorist safety.

Arlington, VA – The American Trucking Associations recently called for adjustments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System.

Atlanta – This summer’s outbreak of West Nile virus in the United States has resulted in the highest number of cases in nearly a decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Emmitsburg, MD – Nearly 3,000 clothes dryer fires are reported every year, prompting the U.S. Fire Administration to recommend regular cleaning of lint from traps, vents and other areas of the dryer.

Columbus, OH – Workers with disabilities are more likely to be injured on and off the job than workers without disabilities, finds a new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.