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In 1999, employees made 2,188,000 visits to hospital emergency rooms across the U.S. as a result of workplace injuries.

If you visit the web site www.mergernetwork.com, you'll find more than 9,400 businesses for sale.

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao announced in late June that OSHA’s new requirements for recording job-related injuries and illnesses will go into effect as scheduled on January 1, 2002.

An eight-year-old Wisconsin boy who accompanied his mother to work because she had no place else to take him was killed on the evening of June 18th.

New York is set to become the first state to ban talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving.

The number of students pursuing degrees in occupational safety, health and environmental management has dropped significantly over the past two years.

OSHA and Tyson Foods have formed a five-year partnership.

Haven't had your fill of ergonomics controversy?

OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program has grown from three work sites in 1983 to nearly 750.

The White House announced June 13 President Bush's intent to nominate John Lester Henshaw to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.