Decided on free speech grounds, the 2-1 decision blocks FDA from requiring tobacco companies to include stark warnings and photos of people fighting diseases caused by smoking.
Reports from NPR and BLS focused on fatalities and PPE in the U.S. commercial fishing industry, which has the highest fatality rate among all occupations since 2005.
With hundreds infected across 21 states, the FDA announced a recall for cantaloupes from a farm in southern Indiana.
A Judicial Conference Committee wrote them in response to a national survey of federal trial judges, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
OSHA's deputy assistant secretary produced a memo explaining the Severe Violator Enforcement Program removal criteria, which can happen three years after the date of final disposition of citation items in the inspection.
Labor Ready Northeast Inc. and Waste Management of Trenton have been cited for a serious violation each of the general duty clause, OSHA announced.
A California-based licorice company has recalled black licorice after it was discovered that the candy in the bags contains a high level of lead.
Sensor Safe LTD alerted HSENI and local councils in April of a problem with the Sensor Safe Carbon Monoxide Alarm SF80190, and it was pulled from shelves and recalled. About 300 remain unaccounted for.
The move will save $20 million in fiscal 2013, and five ideas submitted by employees will save an estimated $5.53 million, the agency announced Aug. 22.
In an interview from the August 2012 edition of MarineNews, Crowley Maritime Corporation SVP Todd Busch said the company is prepared and already is working in the Russian Arctic region.
John Bresland, who has served on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board since August 2002, is retiring Aug. 31 to join the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center as a Research Fellow.
The director of Cal/OSHA's parent agency said the plan will solve several problems "before projected rate increases push California to a crisis situation."
The Oct. 5 public hearing in Casper concerns a proposed rule change to require workers on drilling rigs to wear flame-resistant clothing and signs about it to be posted.
New Zealand is one of the newest places the wildfire safety message has reached.
Samuel Ginn, chairman and CEO of Pacific Telesis from 1988-1994 and chairman of AirTouch from 1993-1999, is the board chairman of the organization that will establish a nationwide broadband network for emergency responders.
ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske is urging state legislators to pass legislation creating one.
These are the first to obtain a license since a new requirement for training and ongoing competency checks for all drivers was enacted in the country.