Rising Cases of Hepatitis A
In recent years cases of hepatitis A have increased drastically. After a long downward trend, rates increased slightly between 2012 and 2013, and then cases began rising steadily in 2016. …
Managing Employee Burnout
Work-related stress can sometimes feel unavoidable. Employees may experience busy days, weeks or seasons that leave them feeling frazzled. Feeling some occasional stress is normal, especially when facing an impending …
Flu Season Checklist
Flu season is picking up and it looks like it is making a comeback. The past couple of flu seasons have been relatively mild in the United States but health …
Psychosocial Factors Impact Workplace Injury Recovery
It appears that unaddressed mental and behavioral health issues might delay a worker’s recovery and return to work following an on-the-job injury. In a recent white paper from the Workers Compensation Research …
OSHA expands Severe Violator Enforcement Program
In place since 2010, OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) has focused on inspections of employers who have a history of willful or repeated federal health and safety law violations or have …
Hepatitis B: Screening and Protecting your Employees
Hepatitis B is severe irritation and inflammation of the liver due to an infection of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is the most common serious liver infection in the world. …
Who requires regulated drug testing?
Regulated drug testing is defined by having certain regulations designated by the government. Typically, individuals who need this kind of testing have safety-sensitive occupations due to their potential influence on …
Workplace Fatality Trends
Many people spend most of their time at work during the week so it’s conceivable that accidents will occasionally happen in the workplace. Unfortunately, some accidents are deadly, and it …
States with Legalized Cannabis See Fewer Synthetic Cannabinoid Poisonings
Between 2016 and 2019, United States Poison Control Centers received 7,600 calls related to synthetic cannabinoid use. The good news is that it appears that reports of synthetic cannabinoid poisonings …
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Chronic Disease: The Trucking Industry’s Silent Killer
The nation depends heavily on trucker drivers to safely to deliver the goods they are accustomed to using daily. In order to deliver those goods safely and quickly, truck drivers …