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Preventing the approximately 43 deaths and 585 injuries and illnesses each year from exposure to hazardous chemicals is the goal of the new Hazard Communication Standard.

Construction workers who cut fiber cement siding with circular saws may be at risk for serious lung disease. Government scientists are hoping to recruit voluntary participants for a study on possible solutions.

Age, ethnicity, and legality seem to play a role in increasing the risk of fatal falls among construction workers from roofs, says a new study.

Fatal injuries among commercial fishing workers entangled in machinery can be prevented, researchers say. Of eight deaths of workers involved in deck winch incidents between 2000 and 2011, six should have been survivable, says a new report.

New research may lead to safer ways for employees to work with nanotechnology. Scientists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have reported that multi-walled carbon nanotubes increased the risk of cancer in mice exposed to a known carcinogen.

A focus on mobile workers and the advanced use of metrics are among the achievements cited for the winners of hearing loss prevention awards.

Strong and courageous action is needed to effectively deal with the problem of cellphone use while driving, said two researchers. Education, legislation, and voluntary guidelines are insufficient.

A proposed project would help determine how new technologies should be used for training and testing miners in the U.S.

More than 180 commercial fishermen died from falls overboard between 2000 and 2011. None was wearing a personal flotation device.

New research points to a lack of decision-making and an imbalance between effort and reward as causes of disability in some older workers.

Coal miners who work in particular areas and jobs where there are few workers are more prone to an advanced type of coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

The deaths of more than a dozen bathtub refinishers since 2000 has prompted an alert about the dangers of working with methylene chloride.

The revised bloodborne pathogens standard established in 2001 has gone a long way to protect health care workers. But those in non-hospital settings may still be at risk.

Efforts to keep workers warm may result in carbon monoxide poisoning. Federal authorities are warning employers to be especially vigilant about protecting workers during the colder months.

Employers covered under the federal OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and posting requirements have until April 30 to post their OSHA 300A logs.

Workers newly hired in poultry plants may be more susceptible to a particular type of infection, suggests a new study.

A worker removing snow from a rooftop slid off, hit his head on construction materials being stored below the roof, and died. Another worker was laying grid lines and shoveling snow from a second-floor deck when he fell through an elevator shaft opening that was covered with a plastic tarp and temporary guardrails installed around only a portion of the shaft opening. A third worker fell from the roof of a residential construction site as he was shoveling snow and was fatally impaled by a scaffold upright in the course of his fall.

The latest Site-specific Targeting program has been released. Along with inspections of industries deemed to have high rates of injuries and illnesses, OSHA is conducting a study to gain insight into the effectiveness of the program.

Nearly every state is reporting widespread geographic influenza with outbreaks 10 times higher than at this time last year. Federal researchers are looking more closely into the transmission of flu with an eye toward better prevention techniques.

Firefighters, health care workers, miners, and others who wear special clothing will benefit from new testing technology. Researchers are using manikins to determine the best materials and designs for protective clothing.