Staffers will visit residential construction sites to focus on specific hazards the employers have requested. No citations and penalties for participating employers will be issued, but participants must agree to correct all serious conditions.
The American Society of Safety Engineers is holding its first professional development conference in India -- May 26-27 in Chennai.
The money is intended to provide help so unemployed Americans can find jobs in the environmental sector.
Proposed consumer protections for air travelers would include disclosure of fees for basic services.
The agency has renewed the alliance, further committing itself to protecting electrical workers in Illinois.
The agency's latest health hazard evaluation report detailed its evaluation of a federal government office complex where contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls, solvents, metals, and other chemicals was suspected.
Several new initiatives from the agency aim to improve airspace in the New York area.
The agency has cited Kobelco Stewart Bolling and proposed $139,000 in fines.
Undergoing a safety crisis, with millions of its vehicles recalled, the automaker has appointed a new PR chief.
Wolverine Packing Co. of Detroit, MI has recalled around 1.8 million pounds of ground beef.
The number reported this year through April, 1,711, more than tripled the number during the same period in 2013.
The company was fined May 16 after an engineer lost his hand in a machine in its Nofolk, UK plant.
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.2322, the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for six years at current funding plus inflation.
Nearly 5,000 emergency room visit in 2012 resulted from exposures to them, and more than one-third of them occurred at homes.
Bravo recalls a series of pet food products for possible listeria contamination.
The agency has announced it will be requiring a lower starting dose for the sleep drug.
"Safety is our top priority, and today's announcement puts all manufacturers on notice that they will be held accountable if they fail to quickly report and address safety-related defects," U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.
A total of $7 million is available in grants for non-profit organizations.
Gree Electric Appliances, a Chinese manufacturer, originally recalled 2.5 million of the dehumidifiers in September 2013. It has reannounced the recall, CPSC reported, after the number of reported fires has grown.
The state hired them to improve oversight on child care organizations, attempting to better comply with federal child care safety regulations.