Arlington, VA — Hospital units that consistently follow standard safety precautions experience nearly 40% fewer needlesticks and other sharps injuries than other units, a new study has found.

Lexington, KY — Drivers of utility vans, tow trucks, and other light and medium-weight trucks could use safety training, according to a team from the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to ban most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride.

Washington — A new pamphlet from NIOSH offers tips to mitigate common risks that construction workers face.

Regularly topping the list of OSHA’s most cited standards is Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501).

To protect workers from harmful noise, gases and other potential hazards, employers “have the responsibility to monitor their employees in all sorts of ways,” says Stephanie Lynch, Ph.D., CSP, senior technology and research manager for Hoover, AL-based OHD.

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Workers at height. Stacked materials. Pedestrian, forklift and truck traffic. All in one place. “Loading docks are very dangerous areas for employees,” OSHA’s Reginald Jackson says.

Magid Glove & Safety, a Romeoville, IL-based personal protective equipment manufacturer and distributor and founding member of the Heat Safety and Performance Coalition, has made available a Heat Safety Toolkit that consists of free resources.

ION Science, a United Kingdom-based developer and manufacturer of PID gas sensors and instruments, has acquired Analox Group, a gas sensing and analysis manufacturer based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire. “This is a major step on our strategic growth journey,” said ION Science Group Managing Director Duncan Johns.