Hazardous times February 2012 A Chemical Safety Board official recently told Safety+Health that "it's long past time" for a standard on combustible dust. S+H presents a timeline, with links and videos, outlining recent significant combustible dust incidents and actions taken.

Handheld cell phone ban takes effect for commercial truck, bus drivers February 2012 A final rule banning commercial motor vehicle drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving on interstates went into effect Jan. 3. Some trucking industry groups question the need for a ban, while some safety advocates say the ban should include hands-free devices.

Zero tolerance February 2012 While progress has been made in protecting nurses and nursing aides from needlesticks and musculoskeletal injuries, some nursing advocates say many hospitals lack effective policies to address verbal and physical abuse.

Not invincible February 2012 According to safety researchers, some workers ignore or fail to recognize the dangers in front of them because of a misguided sense of invincibility. Whether this attitude directly influences how safety guidelines are followed on the job is up for debate.

Beyond OSHA's Top 10 February 2012 Every December, Safety+Health presents the top 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations from the previous fiscal year. Throughout 2012, S+H will go beyond the annual Top 10 by presenting violations 11-30.

Safety Leadership February 2012 More than two decades later, belief in the inevitability of serious injury and fatality (SIF) events is still commonplace.