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According to Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) David Michaels, workplace fatalities are rarely accidental.An estimated 14,000 workers lost their lives on the job each year before OSHA was created. While these numbers have declined to just over 100 fatalities per year, officials want to push it even further down to zero. But in a recent opinion piece, OSHA's David Micheals reveals that most workplace fatalities are not accidental.In the piece …

Slip-and-falls consistently top the list of the most common types of workplace injury in the United States. Such injuries are typically classified under one of two subtypes: same level or elevated levels. Same-level falls are less severe but more common, while elevated-level falls are more severe but less common. In an effort to further explore slip-and-fall injuries in the workplace, Liberty Mutual has published its findings from the 2017 Safety Index.Each year, the insurance provider Liberty M …

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new white paper on sustainability in the workplace. Titled "Sustainability in the Workplace: a New Approach for Protecting Worker Safety and Health," the white paper focused on sustainability and its associated benefits in regards to worker safety.When you think of sustainable practices, worker safety probably doesn't come to mind. After all, most companies embrace sustainability for one of several reasons, including reduce …

Eating spicy foods like chili peppers can yield some pretty impressive health benefits, according to a recent study. Researchers at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont found that people who consumed hot red chili peppers on a regular basis were 13% less likely to due than their counterparts who did not consume the spicy peppersMedical expertsh ave known about the benefits of spicy foods and hot peppers for quite some time. A separate study conducted by researchers in Chin …

Nearly everyone will experience stress at some point during their lifetime. It's a natural phenomenon that occurs as a result of our bodies' fight or flight response. When we are presented with a potentially harmful or dangerous scenario, certain changes occur in our body that create stress. This is actually beneficial, as it helps our species survive. But too much stress can have a negative impact, increasing the risk of certain diseases and illnesses.According to a recent study published in th …