The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency and Contra Costa Health Services say anyone who used the transit system from Tuesday, Feb. 4 to Friday, Feb. 7 during the morning commute hours and late evening may have been exposed to measles.
The agency announced a call for abstracts for the first annual International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health.
From 2011 to 2012, the data show a slight increase in the number of transportation fatalities and a decrease in aviation, pipeline, and marine deaths.
The state's Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety released the report Feb. 13. It recommends making inherently safer technologies mandatory for the 21 refineries in the state, as well as root cause analysis after significant incidents.
Under the newly proposed rule, employers would have to check the clearinghouse before hiring new workers.
The agency has announced the comment period for the proposed rule will close March 10.
The American Red Cross is asking Americans to give blood to make up for the blood drives cancelled by the storm affecting the East Coast.
OSHA announced Feb. 13 that it has cited Wire Mesh Sales, LLC of Jacksonville, Fla., and proposed $697,700 in penalties in connection with the August 2013 death of a 32-year-old machine helper.
Bravo's Construction Services of Woodburn, Ore., has been cited by the state program for the seventh time since February 2013.
The interim final regulations set procedures and timeframes for handling retaliation complaints under the act, including OSHA investigations.
The agency collaborates with the National Association of Tower Erectors on a safety initiative.
The agency hopes to get the message out about chemical safety in the fertilizer industry.
The winners are awarded prizes for tackling filthy tasks while wearing DuPont garments.
The proposed rule would extend the compliance date to Nov. 10, 2017.
The meat is recalled due to worries that it is unfit for human consumption.
Fire service organizations in the United States, Canada, and India received the fire prevention grants last year.
The three-day event for Grainger's customers has grown large enough for the exhibits to occupy two halls in the Orange County Convention Center's West Building.
The total statewide was 202 as of Feb. 7, and 41 other deaths are under investigation but not yet confirmed as influenza-related. During the entire 2012-2013 flu season, there were 106 flu deaths in California.
The agency announced weekend work and closures will begin Feb. 14 and that PATH will be one of the country’s first rail transit systems to meet the December 2015 federal deadline for implementing the technology.
The three newly approved models bring the total of approved devices to 23.