The Health and Safety Executive is dispelling health misconceptions in an effort to combat employee excuses.
Many businesses aren't sure how they can use the program, which is meant to keep injured workers on the job in light-duty positions.
A safety inspection by two expert teams of the fire-damaged MSC Flaminia was scheduled for Saturday to determine whether the ship may pass through the English Channel.
The latest survey of the National Mall shows the 5.8-magnitude earthquake one year ago did not affect how fast the 555-monument is settling. Since 1901, it has settled approximately 2.2 inches.
A study announced Aug. 24 by the agency proves a new workout machine and a diet offering sufficient calories and vitamin D, among other nutrients, allowed ISS crew members to retain more bone mineral density.
A lift with the workers aboard became stranded outside the 22nd floor of a hospital building. The gap between it and the building's wall was about 15 feet. A London Fire Brigade technical rescue team got them down.
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.