NIST has agreed to provide $20 million to create the Community Resilience Center of Excellence at Colorado State University.
A Philadelphia federal judge has ordered restitution and barred defendants as fiduciaries and service providers.
The DOT agency has judged Sorbon Transport, Inc. to be an imminent hazard to public safety.
OSHA has proposed fines of $63K for 1 repeated and 8 serious violations.
More than 1 million workers participated in last year's stand-down, and the partner organizations are hoping to have stand-downs staged in all 50 states and around the world during May 4-15.
"Significant crystalline silica exposure during manufacturing, finishing, and installing natural and manufactured stone countertops" are a health hazard, the agencies' hazard alert warns.
After integrating the acquired distributor Safety Solutions, Inc. during 2014, Grainger will add 14 more shoemobiles this year and as many again next year, company leaders said.
Brantley Brothers Moving & Storage Co. Inc. was cited for 14 serious violations.
More than 24,000 square kilometers of the priority zone have been searched, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's report.
During Haiti's Carnival, at least 16 people died when a man atop a parade float apparently contacted a power line.