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Both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed Labor Department funding bills for fiscal 2001 that block OSHA from issuing final rules governing workplace ergonomics.

Now that nearly two billion cell phones are being used worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its cell phone safety recommendations.

Does web-based training meet OSHA’s requirements?

Robert Pater of Strategic Safety Associates offers these tips.

Three in four Americans (74%) say that they or a close family member has lived in a community where one or more environmentally-related problems with air, water or food were a cause of a health problem.

Victor La Valla, vice president of Fox Integrity Graphics and safety consultant Kevin Richardson of KR Cleaning Systems offer seven steps to proactive safety.

A nationwide study of heart attack victims finds that a surprising number — one-third — did not experience chest pain.

Most Americans who smoke want to quit but get little help from their doctors, according to a report by the U.S. Public Health Service.

Findings from six recent fatality reports by NIOSH show the need to protect teen workers from workplace hazards.

About 30 million Americans suffer from some sort of hearing loss, yet only 20 percent seek treatment.