A group of dangerous new synthetic drugs led to a large spike in poison center calls in the United States.
OSHA cited the company after eight of its employees were badly hurt during a performance in May 2014 in Providence, R.I. They were performing an act called a "hair hang" when the carabiner used to support them failed and they fell more than 15 feet to the ground.
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, IBM, Microsoft Corp., and the Open Cloud Consortium will explore ways to take NOAA’s environmental data to the cloud.
OSHA reveals that Duke Energy Florida Inc. could have prevented the incident.
More than 50,000 workers are estimated to die each year from occupational illnesses.
The federal agency will propose amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations to address personal use importation of veterinary drugs and strengthen controls over the importation of veterinary active pharmaceutical ingredients.
The event will take place May 6-8 in Atlanta.
EPA and the DOT agency will finalize a new set of longer-term medium- and heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency standards in 2016.
DOL found that Danica Group LLC underpaid workers and misclassified some as independent contractors.
The citations were for failing to provide fall protection to workers.
The parent company, Cohen Brothers, was also cited for three serious electrical safety violations.
The team documented how experts mistakenly thought the epidemic in West Africa had been halted last year, but the outbreak continued and has claimed more than 10,700 lives in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
Fire crews responded Monday afternoon after most of the six-story building collapsed.
The proposed rule says an employer may offer incentives up to a maximum of 30 percent of the total cost of employee-only coverage, "whether in the form of a reward or penalty," to promote an employee's participation in a wellness program that includes disability-related inquiries or medical examinations, as long as participation is voluntary.
The Italian company and WRAP, an NGO focused on social compliance through global supply chains, say the fund to aid victims of the 2013 building collapse in Bangladesh may exceed the $30 million goal.
Two safety advisories list the types of information carriers and shippers must make available immediately to emergency responders and to investigators at an accident scene.
The "National Safety Culture Change Initiative" report provides a basic understanding of the fire and emergency service culture, identifies individual and organizational behaviors that positively and negatively impact health and safety, and highlights areas for change by raising awareness about unsafe practices.
The alliance aims to reduce and prevent workers' exposure to chemical hazards.
The WIOA is the first major reform to federal job training programs in more than 15 years.
The money comes in the form of job-driven grants to help more than 2,000 veterans overcome homelessness and secure employment.