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.
Local monitoring systems provide sufficient time to remove your workers from harm’s way—from the impending lightning strike.
The safety council is urging travelers to practice defensive driving.
Brief job task simulations are often not particularly effective for evaluating an individual’s ability to perform a job that has a significant extended energy expenditure requirement.
The agency has been concerned about struck-by incidents in mines for several years.
Two deals on the eve of the National Safety Council's Congress & Expo this month will give those companies' representatives plenty to talk about with attendees.
The meeting will be held on Sept. 9, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
The statements were made following an incident that seriously injured three workers.
Tablets are unlike traditional PCs because they are used in different locations, with different postures, while doing other things. Because of this, the ergonomics with a tablet become far more challenging.
Wireless gas monitoring is flexible and provides more control—at a time when regulators are about to make sure you have such control.