Hazards

Miners’ lawyer pushes for MSHA silica rule during House hearing

Fort Branch, IN — An attorney who represents workers is challenging lawmakers to urge the Mine Safety and Health Administration to restore its final...

Report links psychosocial hazards at work to more than 800,000 early deaths

Geneva — Cardiovascular disease and mental health disorders stemming from on-the-job psychosocial risk factors may contribute to hundreds of thousands of worker deaths each...

DOT rule acknowledges delay on oral fluid drug testing

Washington — Drug testing for truck drivers and other safety-sensitive transportation workers must continue to be conducted via urine tests until the Department of...

Colorado bill on heat and cold stress prevention moves forward

Denver — The Colorado House has passed a bill aimed at protecting workers from extreme temperatures. At press time, H.B. 26-1272 had moved to the...
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House hearing focuses on ‘emerging’ workplace safety concerns

Washington — Proposed White House budget cuts risk transforming OSHA into an “injury investigation agency instead of an agency that’s out there trying to...

Democrats push USDA to maintain meat-processing line speed limits

Washington — A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to abandon efforts to...

NSC report highlights the benefits of MSD prevention technology

Washington — Use of technologies designed to prevent on-the-job musculoskeletal disorders also contribute to improved awareness, reduced mental stress and increased job satisfaction, the...

Delayed again: provisions of EPA trichlorethylene ban

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed until further notice the effective date of certain worker-related provisions of the agency’s final rule banning...
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New California DMV regs permit large driverless trucks

Sacramento, CA — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has adopted regulations that allow autonomous vehicle manufacturers to test and operate driverless trucks weighing...

Could your office layout contribute to workplace bullying?

Linköping, Sweden — Workplace bullying is more likely to occur in open-plan office settings than in work environments in which employees have their own...

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