The agency ordered the railroad company to reinstate the employee after finding the company at fault for illegal retaliation.
Their analysis, published in MMWR, also indicated Hispanics, self-employed workers, and workers in smaller establishments had disproportionately higher ladder fall injury rates.
It's an effort to inform temporary workers about heat stress, electrical safety and fall hazards in construction and is being done in partnership with Maryland Occupational Safety and Health’s outreach program.
The agency proposes extending its authority to other products, including e-cigarettes.
Starting Feb. 1, 2016, mine operators must use continuous personal dust monitors to monitor the exposures of underground coal miners in occupations exposed to the highest respirable dust concentrations and the exposures of miners who have evidence of the development of pneumoconiosis. The rule also expands medical surveillance requirements and extends them to surface coal miners.
The 30-second video was developed by Tourism New Zealand and the New Zealand Transport Agency after numerous recent crashes involved tourists.
The first of six test sites chosen to perform unmanned aircraft systems research, located in North Dakota, is now operational.
The May 7 event in Washington, D.C., titled "The Human Cost of Cheap Labor," includes the presentation of ASSE's 2014 Triangle Award and a keynote address by Jordan Barab, OSHA's deputy assistant secretary.
The agency proposes a new expedited access program for medical devices for patients whose conditions are urgent and serious.
The two events will be held in Springfield, Mo. and Kansas City, Mo.
One worker died in the April 16 explosion at the Rio Ammunition plant in McEwen, Tenn.
Participating agencies have taken more than 1,700 tons of unwanted or expired prescription medications out of circulation during the past three and a half years in this way.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is holding two public workshops this week to discuss the Voluntary Confidential Near-Miss Reporting System.
The company has recalled certain weiner products because of a packaging mistake.
The first two of four volumes contain a summary of events leading up to the April 2010 explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and "critical technical findings" on the blowout preventer and management systems.
The agency cites Bay Area Rapid Transit for a 2013 accident that killed two workers.
The agency's report to Congress says the current insurance limits don't cover catastrophic costs, mainly because of increased medical costs.
The board, which advises the HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response and the HHS secretary, will hold a public meeting April 23.
The world’' longest, these will reduce the number of welds and will reduce railroads' rail maintenance, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation announced.
"They come in all shapes and sizes. In the future, they may even deliver books from your favorite online retailer. But many people, including myself, have concerns about the safety, security, and privacy issues relating to these devices," Siim Kallas, commissioner for mobility and transport, said when the commission announced them earlier this month.