...But, over a period of time, her demeanor changed, and she was not her usual self. Then one day she just disappeared. I eventually found out why, when I was given the chore of writing her termination letter. She had experienced a “nervous breakdown,” I was told.

Innovative bump caps, a chest harness that keeps communication equipment handy and new cut protection gloves are this week’s top OSH-related products featured on ISHN.com

The cost of clean air, foot-dragging on a beryllium exposure standard by the Office of Management and Budget, and the deadly crash of a speeding train in Philadelphia were among the week’s top OSH, health and public safety stories on ISHN.com.

A public outreach effort announced by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday apparently failed to reach the ears of a man who was detained by police Thursday for flying a drone near the White House.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a number of recommendations based on its investigation into a crash involving a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train.

Report from the European Trade Union Institute: An important international meeting on toxic products opened in Geneva on 4 May with, as one of the main items on its agenda, the inclusion of chrysotile in the Rotterdam Convention. In spite of the deleterious effects of this form of asbestos, lobbying by producer and importer states has so far enabled this carcinogenic substance to remain outside the purview of this instrument.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is using a major new television, radio, print, and online advertising campaign to urge the Obama administration to keep the current ozone standards rather than implementing new ones.

Persistent depression may double the risk of stroke in adults over 50 — and stroke risk remains higher even after symptoms of depression go away, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA).