The guidelines include 13 recommendations for the period before surgery and 16 for preventing infections during and after surgery.
According to the notice, Sunoco Logistics failed to follow its own written lockout/tagout procedure to ensure all energy sources were isolated before work began on Nov. 10, 2015. Employees following the procedure disassembled a flow control valve while it was under approximately 400 psig of nitrogen pressure.
So far, 3-D imaging of the damage to the right wing has been completed and all members of the cabin crew have been interviewed. The broken disk had 10,984 cycles and had a life limit of 15,000 cycles, according to the board, which said a review of engine maintenance and manufacturing records and processes is ongoing.
A report from the Tampa Bay Times analyzed flight data for every major airline.
"It appears that C. auris arrived in the United States only in the past few years," said Dr. Tom Chiller, M.D., MPH, chief of CDC's Mycotic Diseases Branch. "We're working hard with partners to better understand this fungus and how it spreads so we can improve infection control recommendations and help protect people."
OSHA's announcement said this campaign is beginning immediately with a targeted enforcement phase, including on-site inspections and a review of employers in industries with machinery that exposes workers to amputation hazards.
The proposals are designed to help consumers share health data easily and securely.
A new CMS rule requires the development of an emergency plan, policy, and procedure; communication plan; and a method to train staff and evaluate facilities about the plan, he wrote, and it specifies additional criteria for emergency and standby power requirements for certain health care facilities.
Collis Roofing faces $143K in penalties.
21 serious violations were given to PECOFacet.
The program now includes the confidential collection of equipment failure data.
"Since 1990, our annual Most Wanted List has been our roadmap from lessons learned to lives saved," NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said. "It represents actions which, if taken, will save lives and reduce the number of people injured, and amount of property, damaged in transportation accidents."
The state had an estimated 3.5 OSHA-recordable nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time-equivalent workers in 2015, and the estimated rate was 3.7 cases per 100 FTE workers in 2014 and 3.9 in both 2013 and 2012.
A report from the search's lead agency, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, includes several calculated flight paths the aircraft may have taken as it plunged toward the ocean. The report also explains why investigators concluded a recovered flaperon was retracted upon impact.
They cited the need for fully functional, modern technology, including video surveillance equipment to ensure the safety of transit workers, as well as de-escalation training for workers, passenger education campaigns, and increased police presence, Acting Federal Transit Administrator Carolyn Flowers reports.
The tool will help workers and employers understand the leave they are entitled.
The study did find that scavenging systems are widely used, however.
National Prevention Week (#NPW2017) is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of mental and/or substance use disorders. The 2017 theme is Making Each Day Count.
Get a grip on safety with new single-use glove technologies.
The low number of employers who offer training about workplace usage of prescription drugs must increase dramatically.