International
NIOSH Partners with Singapore Safety Institute in Shared Mission of Protecting Worker Health
On Feb. 24, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and a Singapore safety institute announced their agreement to work together to further their shared mission of protecting workers' safety and health...
EU-OSHA Announces Workplace Safety Photo Contest Winners
A blindfolded girl wanders in front of a moving piece of farm equipment to highlight the dangers of agricultural safety. Slovenian coal mining students receive instruction for a dangerous job. A farmer dons a respirator and prepares to treat his crops with pesticides. A construction worker in Madrid studies the view from his vantage point. These images and more make up the winning entry in EU-OSHA's 2011 pan-European photo competition on safety and health in the workplace...
Germany Experienced Rise in Occupational Fatalities in 2010
Germany's latest occupational safety and health annual report shows that the country experienced a 7.3 percent increase in fatal work-related injuries in 2010. Conditions including economic growth, a rise in employment, higher work intensity, speed and pressure may have led to this increase, according to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)...
