COPIED!!! Three women turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms. Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis and finally, death.. There... Read more
The initiative is being driven by a new interim cross-industry body brought together by trade associations Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), which includes r... Read more
The 19th annual Health and Wellbeing at Worksurvey is based on responses from 1,078 HR professionals, 37% of whom reported an increase in stress-related absence at their organisation over th... Read more
Oregon OSHA recently announced it has expanded its suite of free online courses for employers to train safety committee members by offering three of them in Spanish: Safety Meetings and Comm... Read more
A paper published in the latest issue of CDC’s MMWR reports findings from a study of cases of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who have never smoked, with the three au... Read more
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Reps. Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley, Elissa Slotkin, and Debbie Murcarsel-Powell have introduced the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability a... Read more
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) is warning firefighters against use of “MAE-requalified” breathing cylinders, citing health and safety concerns and reportin... Read more
Employees who are bullied by their bosses are more likely to report work-related stress and feel less committed to their jobs, the results of a recent study show. Researchers from Portland S... Read more
High-level pesticide exposure may harm farm workers’ sense of smell down the road Farm workers exposed to an unusually high level of pesticides may be 50% more likely to lose, either partial... Read more
OSHA launches webpage on radiation emergency preparedness and response OSHA has created a webpage intended to educate workers about how to protect themselves in radiation-related situations... Read more