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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gives guidelines and requirements necessary for training employees, and imposes them particularly on companies whose employees engage in...

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July was construction safety month, providing much-needed safety information for an industry with a consistently high accident rate, resulting in both injuries and deaths. But plenty of dangers...

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans are obese or overweight, and while it is commonly understood how this unhealthy epidemic is dangerous for our nation’s health, there are lesser-known consequences...

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The summer months require no stretch of the imagination to reach the conclusion that heat can be a danger to workers. While day care centers bring kids inside, athletes cut down on outdoor...

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Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation When you’re seriously injured, you know it. Most of the workplace injuries you hear about in the news are pretty...

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The IRS wants to give you money; even they recognize that the current gas crunch is seriously pilfering of your paycheck. And I’m not even talking about stimulus checks. The IRS announced an...

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Prevention of On-the-Job Spinal Cord Injuries As the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch brings the United States’ deadliest job (crab fishing) into family rooms around America, many people...

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¡Cuidado!: Safety Supplanted By Silence In The Workplace The National Safety Council declared June to be National Safety Month. What better way to address safety than to discuss workplace safety...

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