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SwRI Wins Contract for Continued Work on Cyanide Poisoning Treatment

The 28-month contract awarded by HHS' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) continued development to show safety and efficacy to support FDA approval.

Hoteliers' Group Backs Enhanced 911

Katherine Lugar, president/CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, said AH&LA has convened a task force, developed an industry recommendation, and is creating resources to help properties provide it.

UFW, DOL, White House Mark Cesar Chavez Day

Chavez, born March 31, 1927, and Dolores Huerta founded the union now named the United Farm Workers in 1962.

Hong Kong DOL Increases Inspections After Fatal Falls

Speaking this month during the presentation of a construction industry safety award, Commissioner for Labour Donald Tong Hong cited fatalities late last year and three deaths this year in lifting operations.

OSHA Forms Beauty Industry Safety Alliance

The alliance with Georgia Concerned Beauty Professionals aims to help eliminate chemical hazards in the industry.

GSK Recalls Weight Loss Products After Tampering Found

All alli products are being recalled from U.S. and Puerto Rican retailers after tampered products reportedly were purchased by consumers at retail stores in seven states.

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert Following Recall

The Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a warning after a company declined to expand its recall of egg products.

The rule will require employers to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, or an employee

200 U.S. HAI Deaths Every Day: CDC

Two new reports, including one published in the New England Journal of Medicine, outline the national scope of the problem of health care-acquired infections.



Lenovo Recalls 37,400 ThinkPad Battery Packs

The company received two reports of the battery packs' overheating. This damaged the notebook computers involved, the battery packs, and nearby property, but no injuries have been reported.

OSHA Cites Chemical Company in PSM Case

The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.

Five WA Companies to Correct Errors in Reporting Hazardous Chemicals

The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.

NTSB Issues Safety Alert following Two Wrong Airport Landings

The agency issues an alert following two incidents in which airplanes landed at the wrong airports in November 2013 and January 2014.

INTERPOL Launches Tool to Prevent Illegal Trades in Hazardous Chemicals

This is the first e-learning module to help law enforcement officers identify and prevent this illicit trade, according to the agency.

The March 2014 TSA report says the agency will initiate mandatory active shooter training and exercises.

TSA Plans Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Airport Employees

The agency released a 26-page report after an internal review that followed the fatal shooting of an employee in November 2013 at LAX.

OSHA Accepting NACOSH Nominations

There are 12 members of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health, and OSHA is now accepting a nomination for all of those positions.

Manufacturer Cited for Exposing Workers to Hexavalent Chromium

Great Dane Limited Partnership is cited by OSHA for repeat violations.

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DOT Releases $1 Million to Repair Roads Damaged by SR530 Slide

Snohomish County's emergency management department reported there is concern that additional slide activity may occur at the site, which caused some ground rescue crews to be pulled back from the search area and geologists to take surveys to assess the risk.

Roofing Material Manufacturer Cited by OSHA

U.S. Minerals LLC was cited for 11 allged workplace violations found during a follow-up inspection.

Two L&I Interpreters Charged with Felony Theft

The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries announced Gloria Mendoza Garcia, 46, and her daughter, Gloria Del Rocio Gonzalez, 31, each face one count of first-degree theft. They were the department's top billers for mileage in 2012.

The explosion in West, Texas, prompted President Obama

AIHA Submits Comments on Potential PSM Changes

It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.

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