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Activity such as stretching is one of three progress areas users of the AMA app can track by making daily entries.

AMA Offers Weigh What Matters App to Promote Health

Enabling users to track their weight, eating, and activity by making daily entries, it could be very useful to the general public and may indirectly help employers.


More than 700 food safety specialists from more than 60 countries are expected to attend the conference.

Food Safety Experts Coming to Orlando Next Week

Diamond Sponsor DNV Business Assurance says the Global Food Safety Conference is the most important event of the year that is focused on this topic.


The furnaces were made in the United States and sold between 1995 and 2000 nationwide as original equipment and replacement products for manufactured homes.

Gas Furnaces Recalled for the Second Time

The Feb. 3 recall notice for about 223,600 Coleman, Coleman Evcon, and Red T gas furnaces stems from an overheating problem that can cause a fire.


This photo from the Imperial Sugar Company newsroom shows Sheptor speaking in 2009 at a ceremony marking the restart of the Port Wentworth refinery.

Imperial Sugar's CEO Highlights AIHce Program

John C. Sheptor, the June 20 general session keynote speaker, will discuss the company's safety transformation after the February 2008 dust explosion at its Port Wentworth, Ga., refinery.


New requirements are in place in Minnesota beginning March 1, 2012, for window washers suspended more than 14 feet off the ground.

MNOSHA Ready to Enforce New Standard for Window Washing

It takes effect March 1. Recent compliance inspections found some workers lacked proper safety equipment and some operations didn't comply with manufacturers' guidelines for using scaffolds and lifelines.


The April 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine "unquestionably shook the very foundation of mine safety and caused us all to take a deeper look at the weaknesses in the safety net" expected to protect miners, Secretary Main said.

MSHA's Contested Case Backlog Fell 25 Percent in 2011

In a speech summarizing activities during 2011, Assistant Secretary Joe Main said the backlog went below 67,000 cases in December. He said coal mining operations have increased since the Upper Big Branch tragedy in April 2010, proving enforcement hasn't inhibited the industry's growth.


NIOSH deployed 106 staffers for three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began, and nearly 20 percent of its staff had some involvement in the response.

Oil Spill Response Stretched NIOSH's Resources

Nearly 20 percent of its staffers were involved somehow in the response after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and 106 staffers were deployed in the field for three months.


This OraSure Technologies Inc. photo depicts someone about to be tested with the Intercept® Oral Fluid Drug Test.

Oral Fluids Coming to Mandatory Guidelines

DATIA has posted the memo approved on Jan. 26, 2012, by Pamela S. Hyde, SAMHSA’s administrator.


The VCAT report says the network architecture should incorporate advanced position location capabilities, including indoor and underground location.

Panel Urges Adaptable Next-Gen Public Safety Communications Network

The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, which makes policy recommendations to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, also said leadership is needed by a non-profit organization devoted to this goal.


This photo is a screen capture from a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation YouTube video showing activities during its 2011 Memorial Weekend.

Three Groups Release Statement on Fire Service Suicides

The International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Volunteer Fire Council, and National Fallen Firefighters Foundation urge firefighters and their loved ones to familiarize themselves with tools and resources that can help.


This photo of a Roseburg employee at work is a screen capture from a video available at the corporate website.

Wood Products Plant Joins Oregon SHARP

The Roseburg Forest Products Engineered Wood Products plant in Riddle, Ore. is one of the largest plants of that type in North America, according to Oregon OSHA.


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OSHA Region 6 Administrator John Hermanson says the agency assessed the maximum statutory fines, a total of $21,500 for four alleged serious violations, against a small Oklahoma grain company in connection with amputation injuries suffered by two teenage workers. Does this case demonstrate the need to increase the amounts OSHA can issue in penalties?