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When an employee at your facility reports back after an injury or illness with a physician's order for "light duty" in hand, is the prescription a guide to what the employee can do, ...?
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Working extended overtime hours for a long period of time has been shown to increase health and safety risks, but an occupational medicine study indicates that factors such as previous health problems carry a much greater risk to workers' health.
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The largest health insurer in the United States is saying its employees' bonuses are going to partially depend on the health of employees at companies it covers, but the reward to insured members will be measured in wellness, a company spokesman says.
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An extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is virtually untreatable and poses a threat to worldwide TB control.
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More than 14,000 employers have been notified that their worksite injury and illness rates are higher than average.
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Tamara Blow knows firsthand the stressful effects downsizing can have on workers who escape the layoffs and keep their jobs.
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A Department of Labor rule that would require employers to pay for certain personal protection equipment (PPE) will become a final Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule by November.
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Bringing occupational safety and health into the initial design of workplaces, equipment, and processes is the goal of a proposed national strategy to create "Prevention through Design" (PtD).
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