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From Vision to Action: Making Teen Workplace Safety a Reality
Sometimes a visual is the best way to get a conversation going. Last week, room 437 at the State House was literally filled with conversation starters—posters designed by teens to spread the word on...
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Don’t Forget About Summer Job Safety
The spring weather has finally arrived – and with it, thoughts of summertime. Beach days, Red Sox games, vacations. And let’s not forget, summer jobs for the Massachusetts youth out there. I still...
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Preventing Sharps Injuries among Healthcare Workers: 15 Years and Counting
“Since passage of the Massachusetts Act to Relative to Needlestick Injury Prevention, measurable progress has been made, but significant work remains in our efforts to eradicate preventable sharps...
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Putting Data to Work: How Work Affects Our Health
Over 3 million Massachusetts residents are employed in thousands of workplaces throughout the Commonwealth. Perhaps you’re one of them. Despite the varying nature of our jobs, there are common themes...
View ArticleLet’s Keep Workers Safe: Plan. Provide. Train.
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day — the international day to remember workers who were injured, disabled, made unwell, or who died on the job. In just a six-year-period, in Massachusetts, 356 workers died...
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When the Clocks Change: Preventing Drowsy Driving Among Teens
This coming weekend we move the clocks forward an hour for daylight savings time – losing an hour of sleep in the process. As we prepare to make that adjustment, now’s a good opportunity to think about...
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