Every winter, no matter what the industry is or how the work conditions are, slips, trips and falls consistently remains the top cause of workplace injuries and accidents. These are injuries and ...

Over the past decade, businesses and regulators have focused more on preventing fatal workplace falls. Unfortunately, falls continue to occur at an alarming rate. Falls are one of the leading causes ...

Fall prevention is one area of occupational safety and health that can be varied and complicated but has many options for protecting workers (fall protection). In May 2022, Federal OSHA and several ...

Falls can be dangerous for anyone, especially the vulnerable elderly, who are often part of community-based organizations. These organizations want to prevent falling, and to do so, they need evidence ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is encouraging construction industry employers and workers, across the nation, to take part in its 12th ...

A shocking new report from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has turned conventional wisdom on its head: vitamin D and calcium supplements might not be the fall-prevention powerhouse we once ...

Falls represent a major cause of injury and loss of independence in older adults. Recent advances in balance training have focussed on perturbation‐based methods that challenge the neuromuscular ...

Different fractionation schedules of radiotherapy to the primary tumor in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (Hypo-M1). Background: Many prostate cancer survivors are treated with androgen ...

An online program to prevent falls in older adults who rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility significantly reduced their concerns about falling, according to preliminary results presented this ...

Three representatives from the Albany Fire Department and Good Samaritan Home Health are back in Albany after receiving a scholarship to attend a national conference on preventing fires and falls.