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Silver Spring, MD – National Work Zone Awareness Week will take place April 3-7, with a national kick-off event planned for April 4 at the Maryland state Randolph Road/Georgia Avenue Interchange Project.

The National Safety Council, together with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, on March 15 announced the recipients of the Safe System Innovation Grants through the Road to Zero initiative.

Columbus, OH – About once every eight minutes, a child 3 or younger is taken to the hospital because of a nursery product-related injury, according to a study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Schedule some sun on your calendar by registering for the 2017 Spring Divisions Meeting, set to take place May 23-24 in San Diego. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Is Worker Wellbeing Part of Your Safety Culture?” Attendees will learn from a variety of leading experts, including former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind.

More than one-third of employees are sleep-deprived. Those most at risk include people who work the night shift, long shifts or irregular shifts. Join the National Safety Council at 11 a.m. CST on May 17 to learn about the causes and consequences of workplace fatigue, as well as best practices for managing it.

Washington – Are you getting enough sleep before you show up for work? For employees in a number of industry sectors, including health care, food service and transportation, the answer frequently is “no.”

More than 70 percent of employers reported that prescription drug misuse is having an impact on their workplace, according to the results of a survey recently conducted by the National Safety Council.

The goal of a safety program is to keep workers free from harm. But the impact is far greater when workers feel their employer truly cares about their safety and well-being. How do you know if you are being effective? Use the NSC Employee Safety Perception Survey – free when you sign up for the “Journey to Safety Excellence.”

Washington – After a narrow vote in the Senate, the so-called “blacklisting” rule that sought to force federal contractors to disclose previous labor-law violations is all but eliminated.

Washington – The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended the comment period for a proposed rule that would limit carbon monoxide emissions from portable generators.