Speaker Thomas F. Cecich, elected this year as ASSE's senior vice president, will discuss the business case for workforce sustainability at the International Practice Specialty's June 8 meeting in Orlando.
The agency has cited Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., an engineering company, for allegedly failing to protect workers from construction hazards.
Public voting period to help select "The People's Choice" is taking place through June 6.
With 288 cases reported to it as of May 23, the agency is urging people without them to be vaccinated as 2014’s summer travel season nears.
The agency made the announcement in the wake of two mining stakeholder safety summits and 20 mining deaths since October 2013.
Lithonia Lighting has recalled the Quantum® ELM and ELM2 two-light emergency fixture because its circuit board can overheat, possibly causing the fixture to melt and burn. One fire caused more than $100,000 in damage, according to CPSC.
Fatal and non-fatal injuries increased in 2010-2012 as the fleet's size rose from 14 vessels in 2006 to 39 vessels in 2012.
The agency has approved the first-ever implantable wireless device with remote monitoring to measure pulmonary artery pressure and heart rate in patients with heart failure.
The international COSPAS-SARSAT rescue network has been instrumental in saving more than 37,000 people worldwide, including more than 7,300 in the United States thanks to NOAA satellite operations.
The chocolate manufacturer has recalled products sold in stores throughout Malaysia for traces of pork DNA.
The agency has begun this year's campaign aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses.
The fatalities occurred on construction sites May 18-21 and are still under investigation. The goal of the inspections is to "raise awareness for everyone working in construction that hazards can be identified and corrected," said acting Cal/OSHA Chief Juliann Sum.
Doctors will try to save seriously injured patients -– dying patients, actually -– by using the procedure.
The recipients will be honored June 3 during the AIHce 2014 conference.
The agency's recommendations stem from its investigation of the Jan. 7, 2013, fire in a lithium-ion battery on a Boeing 787 that was parked at Boston Logan Airport.
The association's Health Care Section is sponsoring the June 11 panel.
"Our message to drivers is simple: If you're not buckled up, we'll see it. And we'll give you a ticket every single time," Acting NHTSA Administrator David J. Friedman warned.
The resolution notes the importance of implementing measures to protect vulnerable groups and says there is a need to improve screening.
The workplace safety agency is continuing to build on the initiative it launched in April 2013.
Orlando's spacious Orange County Convention Center welcomes ASSE's annual conference next month.