It’s not a category you’ll find in OSHA statistics on workplace deaths. However, a new study shows a possible link between your co-workers and mortality.
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Tags: co-workers killing you, support in the workplace, Tel Aviv University
The only thing that will truly help an employee who is feeling drowsy at work is to take a nap. But will workers be able to get enough rest during a nap if they’ve been consuming caffeine?
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The latest statistics on workplace injuries and illnesses contain good news for U.S. workers and their employers, particularly in these challenging economic times.
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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction, direct and indirect cost of injuries, illness and injury rate, manufacturing, nonfatal workplace injuries
While some lawmakers in Washington are harping on OSHA for creating too many regulations, a recent report says during the last ten years, there have been fewer new regulations produced by the agency than in any other period in its history.
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Tags: diacetyl, OSHA Inaction, Public Citizen, silica, small business, too many new regulations
Last decade, positive drug tests among U.S. workers for methamphetamine had started to drop. That trend may be reversing, with positive rates dramatically higher in some states compared to others.
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Tags: amphetamines, cocaine, drug testing, Hawaii, methamphetamine, Quest diagnostics
Attention, those who believe that OSHA has gone overboard with its workplace safety regulations: You’ve got one less fact to support your argument. When all is said and done, the final count of worker fatalities in 2010 will be higher than in 2009.
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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, California, construction, Florida, homicides, New Hampshire, OSHA regulations, Pennsylvania, Texas, transportation, violence, worker deaths
Imagine this: You’re being treated in a hospital emergency room. The medical professional attending to you tries to make ER small talk by asking, “How’d this happen?” And you answer …
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Tags: bathroom, CDC, Falls, hypotension, toilet
More than one out of every five OSHA inspections result from employee complaints. Is your industry one of the top 10 that generate the most complaints?
Tags: employee complaints to OSHA, general contractors, injury, OSHA inspections, Recordkeeping, roofing, United States Postal Service, violation of an OSHA standard
Yep, there are differences in the injuries suffered by older workers compared to their younger counterparts. But it’s not all bad news for veteran workers.
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Tags: CDC, days away from work, Falls, Injuries, older workers
As part of a public health initiative, the federal government is calling on all states to enact laws that prohibit smoking in all indoor business areas to protect workers’ health.
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Tags: casinos, CDC, secondhand smoke, state smoking laws
As the drug-testing industry has developed more tamper-proof sampling methods, positive results for employee drug use have gone up.
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Tags: drug testing, heroin, oral fluid testing, Quest diagnostics, urine test
For the first time in 50 years, one of the top 3 causes of death in the U.S. has been displaced as one cause moves up in rank.
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Federal OSHA is cracking down on states that run their own occupational safety and health programs. For employers, that means more inspections and higher fines.
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Tags: California, Hawaii, Nevada, state occupational safety programs, tougher enforcement
New statistics about employee drug use are out, and they show an increase in usage of some drugs. Is it marijuana, cocaine, crack?
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Tags: employee drug use, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodones, prescription opiates, Quest diagnostics
What better time than Labor Day weekend to find out what U.S. employees think about safety in the workplace?
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Tags: government standard, National Opinion Research Center, what employees think
The federal government has reported the smallest annual total of workplace deaths since the census of occupational injuries was started.
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Tags: 2009 workplace deaths, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hilda Solis, workplace fatalities
China says 83,196 people lost their lives in work-related incidents last year.
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Tags: China, coal mining, worker fatalities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates almost 4,000 deaths in the U.S. were related to swine flu between April and mid-October.
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Tags: flu deaths, H1N1, swine flu
Do any of your employees walk to work? The group, Transportation for America, has released its ranking of the most dangerous large metropolitan areas for pedestrians.
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Tags: cities for walking, most dangerous, Transportation for America
Nonfatal workplace injuries among private industry employers in 2008 fell 8% from the previous year.
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Tags: Hilda Solis, injury and illness rate, workplace injuries drop
OSHA has released its preliminary list of the top 10 most frequent workplace safety violations for 2009.
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Tags: fall protection, frequent workplace safety violations, hazard communication, scaffolding, Top 10 safety violations 2009
When it comes to workplace injuries, have you ever asked yourself, “Is there something in the water?” A recent magazine article kinda suggests that.
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Tags: Men's Health, top 10 accident-prone cities, workplace injuries
Every safety manager has seen it: It-won’t-happen-to-me syndrome. What if you could show workers how likely they are to die from various causes? A new online calculator allows you to do just that.
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Good news for employers in one state: Your workers’ comp insurance rates are going down. But that’s not all the information released. A new report also details who files for comp more often and why.
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Previously, we looked at the causes of workplace fatalities in 2008 according to government figures. Now, let’s take a look at where the deaths are occurring.
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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Falls, workplace fatalities
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