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NSC: Application period for Community Traffic Safety Grants underway

Itasca, IL — The National Safety Council is accepting applications for its 2023 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grants.

CDC report looks at COVID-19 deaths by industry and job

Hyattsville, MD — Workers in protective services had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in 2020, according to a recently published report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Monkeypox virus: New fact sheet from OSHA

Washington — In an effort to prevent work-related transmission of the monkeypox virus, OSHA is urging employers and workers whose jobs may involve skin-to-skin contact with infected people or animals to take precautions.

Opioids and overdose risk: Study looks at on- vs. off-the-job injuries

Surrey, British Columbia — For people who are prescribed opioids to treat injury-related pain, experiencing their injury on the job may have a “protective effect” against the risk of future drug overdose.
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Trends in … women’s PPE

“’Pink it and shrink it’ isn’t working” when it comes to personal protective equipment and clothing for women, Sara De Luca, co-founder of Dovetail Workwear, contends.

Trends in … facility safety

What do employers and workers need to know about facility safety? For Michael Riccio, global marketing manager for IRISS, a manufacturer of electrical maintenance safety devices and reliability technologies, “Both sides of the equation need to better understand that safety is everyone’s responsibility.

OSHA’s Top 10

Safety+Health presents OSHA's most cited standards for fiscal year 2022.

Head protection: ‘An absolute must’

Experts share tips and trends to help safety pros keep workers safe.
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Be an effective listener

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All About You: Curb the negative power of peer pressure

“Don’t let the fear created by peer pressure dominate your behavior,” says safety pro turned motivational speaker Richard Hawk.

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