A unique video program created by WorkSafeBC is showing a new media-savvy generation of workers the brutal consequences of accidents by posting real-life incidents.
New study confirms that the butter flavoring agent diacetyl, which has sickened hundreds of popcorn factory workers, is also present in homes of those who cook it.
An Indiana University study found a 59 percent net decrease in hospital admissions for heart attacks in nonsmokers where smoke-free workplace laws are in effect.
Five trade groups representing U.S. builders filed an appeal on Nov. 9 of an ergonomics measure adopted by ANSI designed to protect workers from repetitive-motion injuries.
Workers at a rural North Carolina chicken processing plant suffer neck, hand and back injuries at roughly twice the rate of other low-paying jobs in the community, Duke researchers have found.
The agency has charged that the duties performed by housekeepers at a hotel — scrubbing, bed making, vacuuming — violate the state's repetitive-motion rules.