How much your local OSHA inspector knows about occupational safety and health may depend mostly on where you’re located.
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Tags: Government Accountability Office, OSHA inspector, state OSHA
To watch or not to watch: That used to be the question when it came to collecting urine samples for drug testing. That problem may be eliminated with newer screening tests, according to Quest Diagnostics, which has released new data on positive rates for applicants and workers.
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Tags: drug testing, marijuana, oral drug test, Quest diagnostics, urine sample
How do you combat the “I-won’t-get-hurt-at-work” attitude? Some comparative statistics on causes of deaths and injuries might get your workers’ attention.
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Tags: dangerous, I won't get hurt at work, injuries and illnesses, safety statistics
A 2009 study showed there are 5.7% more workplace injuries on the Monday after the change to Daylight Saving Time. What if a tweak to DST would help reduce that effect?
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Tags: Daylight Saving Time, sleep, Sleepys, work injuries
A new government report corroborates previous statistics that show methamphetamine use may be rising in the U.S. after dropping for several years.
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Tags: Government Accountability Office, methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, Quest diagnostics
For the first time in a decade, the rate of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses did not decrease from one year to the next. The question is: Why?
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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, DART rate, non-fatal injuries, OSHA recordables
The state that had the most expensive workers’ comp rates for employers in 2010 managed to improve its ranking somewhat in the last two years. Click through to see how your state’s premiums compare:
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Tags: Alaska, California, Connecticut, most expensive workers' comp rates, workers' comp premiums
Preliminary numbers from the federal government show the number of workers who died on the job in 2011 declined from the year before. But the report comes with a big asterisk.
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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction fatalities, truck transportation, workplace deaths
Is OSHA good or bad for the U.S. economy? A new study gives the agency a boost, at least when safety and health inspections are conducted at random.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, journal Science, OSHA help or hurt businesses, random safety inspections
Pick any three employees at your company. Chances are, one of them is sleep deprived. And the chances increase for certain industries and among employees who work night and irregular schedules. And most people would not want to take the chance that these sleepy workers will injure themselves or others.
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Tags: Centers for Disease Control, manufacturing, National Sleep Foundation, sleep deprived
