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Trench collapse kills Pa. worker

March 31, 2016

Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Casher was still a "new guy" employed by a Beaver-based plumbing company when he left home for work in September 2015. He probably never imagined that, as he worked to install a sewer line 11-feet underground in Butler, it was to be the last day of his life.

Prosecutors urge jail time for Blankenship

Judge is a coal miner's daughter

March 31, 2016

Donald Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, will be sentenced April 6 for his role in the Upper Big Branch mine tragedy – and federal prosecutors want him to do jail time.

Arizona billboards to urge drivers not to text and drive

March 30, 2016

Drive Smart Arizona, a coalition of safety organizations, government bodies and businesses in the state, will have billboards in Phoenix and Tucson debuting Thursday urging drivers to stop risking their lives by texting and driving.

Next HazCom deadline is up ahead

March 30, 2016

OSHA calls it “The standard that gave workers the right to know, now gives them the right to understand” and its next big deadline is coming up on June 1, 2016.

Worker overcome by fumes in 3,000-gallon vinegar tank

Rob Salamida Co faces $79k in OSH fines

March 30, 2016

Even vinegar can be hazardous under certain circumstances. An employee at the Rob Salamida Co. food manufacturing plant in Johnson City was instructed to enter and clean the insides of a 3,000-gallon tank containing vinegar on Sept. 28, 2015.

FAA: It's "dangerous and illegal"

More drones than ever near aircraft

March 30, 2016

Close encounters with drones by pilots, air traffic controllers and others have “increased dramatically since 2014,” according to the latest data released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

First federally funded anti-smoking campaign

Nearly 2 million smokers inspired to quit by CDC’s Tips ads in 2014

March 29, 2016

Three years into the CDC’s Tips ad campaign, the public service announcements are still motivating smokers to quit, according to survey results are published in the March 24 release of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.

How inspecting an aerial lift could have saved a life

March 29, 2016

One worker was crushed to death and another seriously injured in what OSHA describes as a preventable accident at a Florida car dealership.

Reactions to final silica rule are strong, mixed

Maureen Paraventi

March 29, 2016

Reactions to the final silica rule issued last week by OSHA have been sharply – and predictably – divided. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that millions of workers “can literally breathe easier knowing that they will not have to sacrifice their lungs and their lives by working in deadly silica dust. The new OSHA silica rules—nearly 20 years in the making—will save hundreds of workers’ lives a year.”