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Hattiesburg, MS – The Chemical Safety Board is calling for new public protection measures at oil and gas production sites.

The National Safety Council would like to thank everyone who was able to attend the 2011 NSC Congress & Expo, held last week in Philadelphia.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 6.

Washington – The Senate passed an appropriations bill on Nov. 1 that would fund a variety of transportation safety programs through at least fiscal year 2012.

Washington – Fatalities caused by prescription painkiller overdoses are at national epidemic levels, causing 40 deaths per day in the United States, according to a Nov. 1 report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

San Diego – A new risk assessment tool may help identify aggressive or violent patients who are admitted to medical-surgical units, a new study states.

Boston – Evidence confirms a link between tanning bed exposure and an increased risk of three types of skin cancer, according to research presented by Mingfeng Zhang, lead researcher and a research fellow in the department of dermatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, on Oct. 24 at an American Association for Cancer Research conference.

Quincy, MA – Between 2005 and 2009, about two-thirds of fire-related fatalities occurred in homes without properly operating smoke alarms, finds a recent report from the National Fire Protection Association.

Penrith, Australia – Whistleblowing can have an intense, long-lasting emotional and professional impact on employees, according to new research that examined whistleblowing incidents in the nursing industry.

Washington – Publication of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed changes to the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service rule – originally due Oct. 28 – has been delayed, according to an agency statement.