Just how dangerous are the jobs at your company?

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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, dangerous jobs, fishing, transportation, workplace fatalities

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

Investigators say a school bus driver was talking on his cell phone and listening to music on an MP3 player during his morning run leading up to a fatal crash. On top of that, the driver was previously involved in a fatal vehicle crash while dialing his cell phone.

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Tags: cell phone, fatal crash, school bus, transportation

Does your company require employees to pass drug tests? Now, there’s one less product on the market to help them cheat.

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Tags: court, drug tests, transportation, Whizzinator