Events and outreach for National Public Health Week 2014 emphasize emergency preparedness, disease prevention, and healthy diets and lifestyles.
The public and stakeholders also have 30 days in which to comment about the NPRM issued in June 2013.
The Seastreak Wall Street passenger ferry struck a pier Jan. 9, 2013, while approaching the dock.
A state law that took effect April 1 conferred that authority and also established a new complaint process. April is "Dig Safely Month," when state authorities remind excavators, contractors, and homeowners to call 811 before digging.
The American Red Cross North Texas Region was the first local chapter to use digital volunteers to assist its community during emergencies such as the West, Texas explosion.
EASA, ICAO, and EUROCONTROL have recommended that airspace users take alternative routes to avoid the Simferopol Flight Information Region.
The agency ordered DND International, Inc. to shut down, declaring it a hazard to public safety.
The agency ordered Pathway Investment Corp to stop selling plastic food storage containers that contain a nano silver pesticide.
The Iron Workers Local 395 Apprenticeship School in Lake Station, Ind., has produced three of the imposing trucks for local police departments for a fraction of what an armored vehicle usually costs.
The $8.5 million national advertising campaign supports the first-ever national distracted driving high-visibility enforcement crackdown, which will run April 10-15.
The agency also cited Salko Kitchens Inc. for allegedly exposing workers to fire and explosion hazards.
The latest big recall has the manufacturer announcing it will recall 870,000 SUVs to fix a brake problem.
The apps address ladder safety, heat stress, safe lifting, noise monitoring, and first aid.
The rule includes significant PPE changes, such as mandating fall harnesses for workers in aerial lifts and requiring that employers provide and pay for FR apparel.
The www.choosehandsafety.org site launched by CPWR—The Center for Construction Research and Training, offers specific information tailored for the masonry trades.
The Institution of Chemical Engineers and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
Olivet Management LLC of Wingdale, N.Y., is cited for knowingly exposing workers to asbestos and lead during renovation work of the former Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center.
The geographic spread of cases so far, including in Conakry, the country's capital, makes this an unprecedented outbreak.
The Food Standards Agency has begun a six-week consultation on new rules for pork inspection rules that are set to be enacted in June 2014.
Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, had it made to challenge MSHA's conclusion that the explosion four years ago in which 29 miners died resulted from basic safety violations and was a coal dust explosion that started as a methane ignition.