worker safety

Healthcare workers, and the facilities that employ them, have been an integral part in keeping the public healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many times, working in such high-risk settings put […]

Image: Alice Hamilton, age 24. Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.   We have seen time and time again, the enormous benefit that safety and health agencies provide

Asthma is a chronic condition that affects the airways of the lungs, making them narrow and inflamed. While it is the one of the most common long-term diseases in children,

The United States Department of Labor is urging healthcare facilities and their providers to employ more effective safety and health programs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. healthcare

Workers who are employed through staffing agencies are generally referred to as temporary workers, contracted workers, or supplied workers. Regardless of the length of their contract, temporary workers are entitled

Many of us are looking forward to leaving the complications of 2020 and 2021 behind us. While we are hopeful that 2022 will be a less complicated year, we realize

According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, opioid abuse costs employers approximately $10 billion dollars. This comes in the form of absenteeism as well as loss in productivity while

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have teamed up to revise the handbook for workplace safety for small business

In the construction industry, the most common causes of workplace fatalities are called the “Fatal Four” or “Focus Four Hazards”.  These four leading causes of fatalities result in approximately 545