The 2012 Software Award was shared by NASA's first mobile app and the QuakeSim software, which models the behavior of earthquake faults to improve earthquake forecasting.
The presentation is set for Sept. 26, the first day of the 61st Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference in Spokane.
Calling it one of the most advanced centers available for nuclear safety testing, officials with the company's U.S. operations said the Lynchburg, Va., facility offers a seismic analysis laboratory, environmental chambers, and metallurgical and chemistry labs.
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists is providing collision shop operators across the nation with sustainability training.
Released by Safe Work Australia, this is the first annual report summarizing new diagnoses collected in the Australian Mesothelioma Registry, a new national registry that became operational in 2011.
OSHA has fined a paint company $138,600 for 26 violations.
Dr. Beth J. Rosenberg, an assistant professor in the Public Health Program of Tufts University School of Medicine, will be nominated by President Obama.
A company in Wisconsin was fined $108,500 for failing to provide adequate protection in trenches.
The revised compliance guide will be useful to small and very small meat and poultry establishments.
The Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Policy Academy will help seven governors address this problem.
A highlight of the event will be the presentation of the Flame of Life Award to Elizabeth Dole, who served in the cabinets of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
BLS released its 2011 summary of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data on Sept. 20. Deaths in private construction declined for the fourth consecutive year.
"We now have the opportunity of a lifetime to stem its rise with concerted international action that will help countries tackle the preventable causes of CVD," said Dr. Sidney C. Smith, Jr., president of the World Heart Federation.
During the mandatory training, a lifeboat is filled to capacity with crew members and maneuvered in the water to familiarize them with lifeboat operations.
The agency says the Safety Data Initiative launched in May is bearing fruit, with tools to help home and car buyers, farmers, and law enforcement officers.
Kroger is recalling 10-ounce packages of fresh spinach that may be contaminated with a strain of listeria.
A contractor in New York receives a citation alleging seven violations, including one classified as willful.