Uncategorized

Malden, MA – Fifty-eight workers died from an on-the-job injury in Massachusetts in 2011 and an estimated 580 died from occupational disease, according to an annual report from state worker advocate groups.

Los Angeles – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on April 26 announced a new campaign from OSHA and NIOSH to help prevent falls in construction.

Atlanta – About 40.6 million workers – nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce – went to work with a daily average of less than six hours of sleep in 2010, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kansas City, MO – A new regional outreach campaign aims to help prevent workplace struck-by vehicle incidents in four Plains states, OSHA recently announced.

Washington – The Federal Railroad Administration on April 13 released a safety advisory for hazardous materials rail shippers intended to ensure tank cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas maintain sufficient levels of odorization throughout the shipping cycle.

Washington – The Independent Pilots Association filed a petitioner’s brief April 24 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over the Federal Aviation Administration’s exclusion of cargo carriers in a recent final rule on pilot rest period requirements.

Grain Valley, MO – The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association on April 25 released a letter criticizing the inclusion in a Senate surface transportation reauthorization bill of a mandate to install electronic onboard recorders in long-haul trucks for monitoring hours of service.

San Diego – Seventy-eight percent of college students reported that they drive while talking or texting on a cell phone, and about 50 percent said they text while driving on a freeway, according to a study conducted by the University of California, San Diego’s Trauma Epidemiology and Injury Prevention Research Center.

Emmitsburg, MD – From 2008 to 2010, fire departments responded to approximately 365,500 fires in residential buildings that caused an estimated 2,560 deaths, 13,000 injuries and $7.4 billion in property loss, according to a report released April 26 by the U.S. Fire Administration.

Atlanta –The percentage of adults 20 and older with high total cholesterol levels declined by 27 percent from 1999 to 2010, according to a data brief released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.