Occupational Illnesses

Nova Scotia, Canada — Construction Safety Nova Scotia is using humor to address a serious workplace safety topic: the dangers of respirable crystalline silica. The...

Cambridge, England — Symptoms of tinnitus may be causing some employees to stop working because of on-the-job challenges stemming from the condition, according to...

Washington — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle met this month to talk about what’s making it hard for some injured workers in...

NIOSH estimates that about 22 million workers are exposed annually to loud noises.

How can employers confidently ensure accurate audiometry results outside of a traditional sound booth?

Fort Worth, TX — ExxonMobil and the Auditory Studies Investigation Group are the newest winners of NIOSH’s Safe-in-Sound awards. The awards are presented to organizations...

Washington — Two House Democrats aren’t satisfied with the Department of Labor’s answers to their questions about whether the agency is enforcing the Black...

Washington — OSHA is providing guidance on hearing protector fit testing, which isn’t required under occupational noise exposure standards but is considered a best...

Washington — Workers who operate underground mining machinery accounted for more than two-thirds of deaths associated with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis during a recent four-year...

Boston — Massachusetts’ first documented case of silicosis in a stone countertop fabrication worker has spurred the state’s Department of Public Health to urge...