The Institute’s Safety Climate Lab is validating a safety climate scale created specifically for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier this spring, Oregon OSHA issued a temporary rule addressing the COVID-19 emergency.

HHS reports that African Americans are 40% more likely to have high blood pressure.

The article, What to Do If You’ve Lost Your Job Because of COVID-19 offers suggestions in the immediacy of being furloughed or losing work.

Occupational health and safety outcomes for employees with addiction are impacted by the workplaces' ability to address mental health needs.

Explore whether areas of Oregon with more workers in high risk industry sectors also have higher levels of workplace injuries.

Learn strategies to improve the narrative in the workplace that can help create efficient, sustainable and healthy systems.

Last week on World Mental Health Day, the first “National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention” were launched.

Toxicology uses the power of science to help predict what, and how chemicals may cause harm.

OR-FACE contractors Illa Gilbert-Jones and Steve Eversmeyer have published two new Fatality Investigation Reports.

The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management.

ORFACE program publishes a new fatality investigation report that examines lessons learned from a hot work explosion.

What happens if an earthquake hits in the middle of your workday?

Excavating is one of the most hazardous construction operations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports excavation and trench-related...

At the  Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences  and  Oregon Healthy Workforce Center,  we are excited to announce the launch of...

I was recently asked by the NIOSH  (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Science Blog Administrator if something new...

How often do we learn about an accident or near miss, only to recognize that the same incident occurred recently during the same or...

Partners come together to launch the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance.

Lead is not particularly difficult to measure and detect, it requires knowledge, discipline, and usually resources to effectively remedy.

Safety communication is an integral part of maintaining an injury prevention culture.