Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington are among the 10 states with the highest rates of non-medical use of prescription pain reliever, according to a newly released SAMHSA report.
According to OSHA research, while toxins are present at sites for Hurricane Sandy recovery, they are not higher than the exposure levels that OSHA deems permissible.
The impetus for the rulemaking action is a report by FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on the impact of the June 2012 derecho, a major windstorm that affected 77 call centers serving more than 3.6 million people in several states.
Frost & Sullivan announced the Canadian company is its 2012 European Entrepreneurial Company of the Year.
"Over the Christmas and New Year holidays with my family in California, I enjoyed my first opportunity in years to reflect on the past and my future, with an open mind and an open heart. After much discussion with family and close friends, I have decided to begin a new future, and return to the people and places I love and that have inspired and shaped my life," she wrote in a letter to DOL employees.
ASSE officials attended a summit in Abu Dhabi to assist in the advancement of occupational health and safety.
The authors combined data from two major studies to estimate savings from reductions in seven risk factors or medical conditions typically addressed by workplace wellness programs.
In a progress report released last month, the EPA failed to address water contamination frequency as a result of fracking.
NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said the proposed rule gives manufacturers flexibility to design different sounds for different makes and models.
With a grant of $10 million from the Department of Energy, five projects across the nation work to affordably and sustainably convert biomass into biofuel.
Several significant regulatory actions are planned for this fiscal year, according to the semiannual regulatory agenda published Jan. 8.
These fires represent one in every seven fires to which U.S. fire departments respond and do not include tens of thousands of highway vehicle accident responses.
The department announced it has mailed a new set to employers in the state because injured workers now must see a network medical provider for ongoing care.
The ship was towed from Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, to Kiliuda Bay and its condition will be assessed there, the Unified Command reported.
Besides filing five serious and one willful violation against Lunda Construction as a result of the July 5, 2012, incident during U.S. 41 bridge construction near Oshkosh, Wis., OSHA has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, the study concludes these colorful, rapidly changing billboards attract and hold drivers' gazes far longer than a threshold previous studies have shown to be dangerous.
Implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the two proposed rules set out new safety standards for foods generally and for farm produce.