Workplace Safety & Ergonomics

12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (41+ words) WEAU OSHA Investigating Fatal Incident WEAU Weather: A blustery and chilly finish to the workweek Eau Claire Transit considering proposal to lower the cost of their monthly passes NCLS Game 4 watch party at Milwaukee Burger Company...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (184+ words) ▶ Police question company executive; union calls for special labor inspection, epidemiological survey and compensation According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other sources, chelation injections are prescription drugs used to treat lead poisoning. Because they may cause…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (127+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (Rockford News First) - RAMP Disability Resources & Services held its Changing Attitudes, Breaking Barriers Luncheon Thursday at the Hard Rock Casino Rockford The luncheon brings together business leaders, advocates and community members to celebrate inclusion for those with disabilities. Attendees…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (120+ words) BEAVERTON Ore. (KPTV) - A Beaverton contractor has been fined $317,587 for alleged repeated job safety violations by Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division. Oregon OSHA said on Thursday that it cited Luka’s General Construction LLC after inspecting a jobsite in Molalla…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (784+ words) Moving beyond fear-based messaging and focusing on discovery, participation and personal value can help safety leaders create more meaningful learning experiences. “Joy” and “safety” are two words that aren’t often spoken together. Safety is more commonly paired with words such…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1556+ words) OSHA’s fiscal 2026 list highlights familiar hazards, but the compliance problems behind the numbers offer employers a roadmap for finding weaknesses in their own safety programs. When OSHA unveiled its preliminary fiscal year 2026 list of the 10 most frequently cited workplace safety…...

15+ hour, 18+ min ago   (488+ words) Workers in Ontario with approved lost-time injury claims experienced a significant increase in opioid-related emergency department visits between 2006 and 2022, according to research summarized by the Institute for Work & Health. The study, which examined 1.7 million injured workers, found that emergency visits…...

19+ hour, 29+ min ago   (191+ words) Trinity Health Michigan Medical Groups has been named the recipient of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s (MHA) 2026 Advancing Safe Care Award, recognizing the organization’s StandSafe Workplace Violence Program. The team was honored during the MHA Keystone Center Safety & Quality Symposium....

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (426+ words) In March 2019, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) received a report of an apparent cluster of multiple cases of silicosis among workers associated with occupational silica dust exposures that occurred during the manufacture, finishing, and installation of stone…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (545+ words) A wave of litigation related to irreversible lung damage suffered by workers who cut and install quartz countertops has reached federal court in Austin, where insurance providers are trying to bow out of coverage for businesses that have been hit…...