The workgroup has met twice this year, on May 9 and Feb. 11, as it works to develop recommendations for NACOSH to consider.
Scheduled witnesses for the July 17 hearing include Tejal Gandhi, M.D., MPH , president of the National Patient Safety Foundation.
The committee's recommendations place emphasis on the importance of a long-term transportation plan.
NTSB investigators concluded that the driver's use of a cell phone distracted her and diminished her ability to recognize whether the height pole on her vehicle had struck the I-5 bridge last May.
Josh Gotbaum has been director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that is a backstop for private-sector pension plans, since 2010.
The tenth annual Take A Stand Day on Aug. 13 is for high-hazard industries targeted by the MIOSHA Strategic Plan, and Building Up Residential Safety Day occurs the following day.
The July issue of the society's Professional Safety journal includes an article detailing the many invisible hazards that may be present if out-of-service equipment isn't handled properly.
Among those listed as high priority for the years 2015-2019 are multi-walled carbon nanotubes, welding and welding fumes, and occupational exposure to pesticides.
A committee approved the draft regulatory proposal last week. Once the European Commission approves, it is expected to take effect June 30, 2015.
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Safe Work Australia released its Occupational Disease Indicators, 2014 report this month, and it shows encouraging progress in several measures.
The July 15 meeting in Washington, D.C., will be available as a live webcast. A section of the bridge collapsed after a truck hauling an oversize load struck its superstructure last May.
The July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine looked into the relationship between work failure and drinking.
The agency cites Sabina Farmers Exchange for exposing workers to grain bin entrapment.
The closure is one of number of actions detailed in an agency report released about the exposure of personnel at its Roybal Campus to potentially viable anthrax.
The agency has updated its demolition website, stocking it with more guidance and training documents, news releases, and links to industry organizations and federal agencies’ materials.
The company entered the consent decree due to its repeated failure to follow current good manufacturing practices, according to FDA.
Participation in the program is voluntary and intended for public-sector entities; labor organizations; academic institutions; federal, state, or local entities; and non-profit associations that align with the principles of a TWH approach.
The airline allegedly violated DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations.
The agency has released a Flood Resilience Checklist to help communities better prepare for, deal with, and recover from floods.