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DEKRA Accepting 2016 Award Applications

This year's award will recognize "safety champions" in three categories: safety in transport, safety at work, and safety at home,

DC Transit System Plans Massive Repairs

The new SafeTrack plan is intended to catch up with much-needed and overdue maintenance as quickly as possible. "We have to begin by understanding that safety trumps inconvenience," said Paul J. Wiedefeld, WMATA's general manager and CEO.

Brooklyn Manufacturer Faces $105K in Fines

Acme Parts Inc. faces fines for dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards



FDA Reminds Health Care Workers Not to Use Sterile Drugs from Medaus

The agency is concerned that the products may pose serious risks to patients.

FDA Announces New Regulations to Prevent Youth Access to Tobacco Products

The final rule covers all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.

FAA Setting Up Drone Intergration Advisory Panel, Eases Rules on Student Flights

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta made the announcement at the AUVSI conference in New Orleans.

HHS Funding Health Centers' Expansion

The funding aids 290 nationwide that will build and renovate facilities to serve more patients.

And 45 percent of U.S. full-time workers don

Teleworkers' Wellness Efforts So-So, Survey Finds

And 45 percent of U.S. full-time workers don't participate in exercise or wellness programs at all, either through their workplaces or on their own, Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit Inc. found.

Alberta Implements Burn Ban Until Further Notice

"Albertans stand with the people of Fort McMurray who have been evacuated and our first responders as they work to protect Albertans and critical infrastructure. The single best thing we all can do to help protect Alberta from wildfires is to ensure we are not creating additional risk," said Shannon Phillips, the province's minister of Environment and Parks.

OSHA Cites Packaging Company in Amputation Case

Industrial Packaging Corp. has been cited for one willful and eight serious violations.

Rice Noodle Company Ordered to Stop Selling for Failure to Comply

Kun Wo Food Products Inc. of San Francisco must comply with food safety regulations.

New NFPA Report Examines Oven, Furnace, and Dryer Explosions

Explosions in restaurant ovens, curing ovens, a lead smelting furnace, electric arc furnaces, clothes dryers, grain dryers, a coal dryer, and a grain dryer are included in the document. Survey respondents listed human error as the cause of the explosion more than any other cause.

ANA defines a Culture of Safety as one in which a health care organization

American Nurses Association Stresses Importance of Culture of Safety

ANA defines a Culture of Safety as one in which a health care organization's leaders, managers, and workers are committed to core values and behaviors that emphasize safety over competing goals, and where openness and mutual respect are present when discussing safety concerns and solutions without shifting to individual blame. It also is marked by a learning environment; transparency and accountability; and reliable teams.

OSHA Cites Georgia Power After Arc Flash Severely Burns Worker

The agency says employers failed to power down a cabinet before electrician work began.

OSHA Says Worker's Fall Could Have Been Prevented

Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning has been issued citations for safety violations.

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