The agency's staff will develop an updated strategic assessment of the Low Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program, revising the alternative future disposal scenarios specified in the prior, 2007 strategic assessment.
Hosting it July 30 with the Stevens Institute in Hoboken, N.J. will allow the Commerce Department agency to get input for an initial draft of a framework to help communities prepare for and recover from disasters faster and at lower cost.
HMI Industries Inc., of Strongsville, Ohio, has agreed to pay $400,000 as a civil penalty to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
HEB Meat Processing has recalled more than 75,000 pounds of fresh beef products due to possible metal shaving contamination.
The company has been cited seven times in the past two years for failing to provide fall protection to its employees, according to OSHA's Tampa area director.
The safety board issued a 24-page response July 2 to a petition from a group called the TWO 800 Project that claims an explosion, possibly from a missile, brought down the aircraft in July 1996.
Their framework calls for achieving full elimination by 2050 in 33 countries and territories where there are now fewer than 100 cases per million population.
The bowline knots that are typically used (and any knot in general) can reduce a towline's strength as much as 70 percent, even on brand-new ropes, it points out.
The Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and a tree surgeon pleaded guilty in the case, which involved an errant attempt to remove two trees near railroad tracks in January 2012.
The new certification process will allow training providers to demonstrate that their training program is consistent with model standards promulgated by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2012
An average of five house fires per week are started by these consumer products, according to the department.
With 265 mines hurt last year in roof and rib falls, the number of accidents is dropping. But they remain a leading cause of injuries in underground coal mines.
Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker approved it; the program provides financial guarantees to replace security deposits required to collateralize self-insured worker's compensation liabilities.
WHO called the Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease, held in Accra, and it ended July 3 with health ministers agreeing on priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
About four months ago, the agency allowed it to be marketed as a preventative treatment for migraines.