Although the Zika virus has been in the news for much of 2016, many questions remain about the different ways it can be transmitted. On July 20, the National Safety Council, together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIOSH, attempted to answer those questions.
This month, Safety+Health offers a preview of the 2016 National Safety Council Congress & Expo, scheduled to take place Oct. 15-21 in Anaheim, CA.
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Kristen Simon from Norfolk Southern Corp. offers her advice on “avoiding the yets” – curtailing behaviors that are unsafe but have not yet resulted in injury.
Several industry groups have filed a legal challenge to block OSHA’s recently released recordkeeping rule requiring certain employers to electronically submit on an annual basis worker injury and illness information, which will then be made publicly available. Among their concerns are the rule’s anti-retaliation provisions.
