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Outdoor workers in agriculture, construction, and other industries are exposed to a great deal of exertional and environmental heat stress that may lead to severe illness or death.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will work with employers in eight counties across the nation in a National Healthy Worksite Program -- a new initiative aimed at reducing chronic disease and building a healthier, more productive U.S. workforce.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has rejected chemical industry challenges to an agency's decision to list the chemical styrene in the Twelfth Report on Carcinogens as "reasonably anticipated" to be a cancer-causing agent. A major styrene trade association and a manufacturer of the substance had sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for including styrene in the report.

Sun worshipers and outdoor workers must protect from our primary source of UV rays (the sun).

Planning ahead for hot weather and making sure that the appropriate precautionary measures are in place before work begins are critical components in preventing workers from reaching their physical limits.

In 2011 there were approximately 4,2001 reported cases of injury and 612 reported deaths caused by extreme heat.

The most basic and most widely used form of cooled personal protective equipment (PPE) is vests that use phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage.

While the industrial workplace has changed dramatically in the past 50 years, hand protection and hand cleaning solutions have not.

While it may not seem so on the surface, the Food and Drug Administration’s action to tighten regulations on AEDs was an affirmation of the important role these devices play in reducing the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest, the number-one killer of Americans

For a moment consider perhaps the most serious threat to worker safety: the attitudes of the safety professionals themselves.