OSHA cited two contractors for a total of four violations.
After water seepage was found in the new Pacific Locks, the agency is now awaiting a report from the main contractor for the expansion project, GUPC, after detailed root cause inspections.
Penny Pritzker, the commerce secretary, announced the plan during the White House Apprenticeship Summit on Sept. 8. President Obama on Sept. 9 said DOL is awarding $175 million in American Apprenticeship Grants to 46 public-private partnerships that have pledged to train and hire more than 34,000 new apprentices in high-growth and high-tech industries during the next five years.
The 4th annual U.S.-China Workplace Safety and Health Dialogue took place in Seattle on August 27.
"Who will perform the work when a fourth or more of the workforce is obliterated? If cutting expenses is the number one priority, then the first place DoD should target is the vast bureaucracy of contractor personnel who cost more than federal workers and are less accountable to taxpayers," AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. said.
The grant program funds public and private railroad grade crossing enhancements and track improvement projects that improve safety on rail routes used to transport crude oil, ethanol, and natural gas.
"With this acquisition, we will further improve the user experience for industrial workers, first responders, and military personnel with performance-driven protective apparel that does not sacrifice comfort or safety," said Joe Salley, president and CEO of Milliken & Company.
According to MSF, the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi stopped making Fav-Afrique, which is the world's only antivenom proven safe and effective to treat envenoming from different types of snakes across sub-Saharan Africa, at the end of 2014. The last batch of Fav-Afrique is due to expire in June 2016 and no replacement will be available for another two years.
A technician received a radiation exposure in excess of NRC limits on Aug. 20.
The executive order will give approximately 300,000 people working on federal contracts the ability to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.
CSB investigators will present their findings and suggested recommendations and will include an animation depicting the events that led to the deaths.
Two subcommittee also will be meeting, one discussing strategies to reduce Salmonella infections and other improved detection of foodborne Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
The agency announced a program to give 16 states money for the next four years to combat the problem.
A Delaware poultry processing plant has been warned by OSHA.
OSHA has said that a pinsetter lacked safety mechanisms, which led to the fatality.
The theme this year is: "Don't Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today."
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., would have lost the chairmanship of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee at the end of 2016 because of Republicans' committee chairmanship term limits.
When it comes to engineered fall protection, there is mass confusion out there.
The grants will go to helping high-risk workers and employers.
Proposed changes include new data security and information protection standards to reduce the potential for violations of privacy and confidentiality.