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Return to Work Programs and Cancer Survivors

By William C. Schillaci Nov 27, 2018 EHS Management

Updated: Nov 27, 2018

More people are surviving cancer, but cancer is occurring in more people (one factor associated with longer life spans). The most recent data compiled by the National Cancer Institute, which was released in April 2018, show that from 2006 to 2015 cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent among men and 1.4 percent among women.  […]

How Soon Can a Worker Return to Work After Heat Illness?

By Jennifer Busick Jul 2, 2015 Injuries and Illness

Updated: Jul 8, 2015

Protecting workers from the heat is a critical issue during the hot months of July and August—so critical that OSHA is ramping up its awareness and enforcement efforts around heat illness prevention this year. Ideally, employers are supposed to prevent workers from suffering heat illness in the first place, but what happens after a worker […]