A dramatic increase in U.S. traffic fatalities, researchers tackle the Zika virus and a tough new coal dust rule enters its second phase. These were among the top occupational safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

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1. Adult literacy will continue to vex talent advisors. One of the battles facing any talent advisor is adult illiteracy. A 2013 study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, found that 32 million U.S. adults (14 percent of the U.S. adult population) are unable to read.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced yesterday that it would launch a second expedition to search for evidence in its investigation of the loss of the cargo ship El Faro, which sank in the Atlantic during a hurricane on October 1, 2015.

Building a company-wide culture of health and developing an effective communications strategy are characteristic of companies with outstanding workplace health promotion programs, according to a report in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

A large scale effort to prevent falls in the construction industry will have its fifth incarnation this year, and its organizers are anticipating a bigger-than-ever event.

The National Transportation Safety Board issued two safety recommendations Tuesday to physically separate lithium batteries from other flammable hazardous materials stowed on cargo aircraft and to establish maximum loading density requirements that restrict the quantities of lithium batteries and flammable hazardous materials.

The 2017 budget proposal unveiled by President Obama yesterday includes $10 million “for activities to address the misclassification of workers.”

The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday that the probable cause of a fatal January 2014 crash near Naperville, Ill., was a truck driver’s delayed reaction caused by fatigue and the poor safety behavior of a high-risk motor carrier.