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Washington — Legislation recently introduced in the Senate is aimed at bolstering suicide prevention efforts in the construction industry. The industry has one of the highest rates of suicide, according to a press release from the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). It adds that in 2023, almost a fifth of deaths by suicide […]

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Good oral hygiene – it’s not just for people. We need to care for our pets’ teeth, too, to prevent periodontal disease, infections and tooth loss. Getting pets to cooperate is another story! Many dogs and cats don’t make it easy. But here’s good news: the Animal Humane Society says you have
multiple methods to choose […]

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If you’re using extreme measures to optimize health and wellness – known as maxxing on social media – you may be doing more harm than good, experts from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center say. “Maxxing” trends often center around diet, fitness, sleep and supplement routines. Examples include: Health-maxxing: Using intense combinations of diet, exercise […]

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New Orleans — A federal appeals court has struck down an OSHA requirement for employers to record work-related mental illnesses. The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit stemmed from a December 2021 explosion and fire at an ExxonMobil oil refinery in Baytown, TX. Four workers were injured in the incident. […]

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Washington — Nearly 1 in 3 long-tenured underground coal miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia have black lung disease, the highest rate in nearly 50 years, recent NIOSH research shows. A manuscript published Aug. 4 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine states that 32.5% of coal miners in those states […]

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Concord, NH — Commercial truck drivers making deliveries to or pickups from most businesses in New Hampshire must be allowed to use the restroom, under a new state law that had bipartisan backing. S.B. 500, signed June 12 by Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) and effective Aug. 11, covers “a place of business open to the […]

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Washington — Legislation recently reintroduced in both the House and Senate would “end forced arbitration clauses” in work contracts. The Restoring Justice for Workers Act was introduced July 30 in the House by Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). The House bill (H.R. 9995) […]

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Dallas — OSHA’s Dallas area office recently renewed and updated a Regional Emphasis Program on hazardous noise in several manufacturing industries. The REP, scheduled to run through March 2029, covers the following industries by North American Industry Classification System code: Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321) Plastics and rubber products manufacturing (326) Cement and concrete product […]

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Bilbao, Spain — Adopting a holistic approach grounded in coordinated and proactive planning is key to protecting workers from the effects of climate change, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work says. That’s one takeaway from a new policy brief from EU-OSHA that examines the impact of climate change on workplace safety and […]

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Washington — The House has unanimously passed a bill intended to help the Department of Labor combat fraudulent federal workers’ compensation claims. The Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act (H.R. 8823), sponsored by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), would codify current DOL policies that allow the labor secretary to suspend payments to […]

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