Entergy Texas Inc. and Lamar University sponsored the Southeast Texas Coastal Resilience Forum last week, bringing together experts to discuss how to make harden coastal communities against more intense storms.
The challenge will launch in October 2012, but the agency holds a workshop on April 16 to outline it for interested parties.
The agency will conduct inspections geared to ensure that employers comply with the heat standard by providing adequate water, shade, rest breaks, worker training, and emergency preparations at outdoor worksites.
H.R. 4297, the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012, is the subject of an April 17 hearing by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee.
The 2012 edition provides the most current technical information and training programs in traffic incident management for fire and emergency service providers.
The free, CE accredited webinar on April 20 is sponsored by Becton, Dickinson and features experts from Illinois, Washington state, and Texas.
OSHA opened an inspection after receiving a complaint in November 2011 that an automobile being worked on fell off a lift and landed on top of an employee, who consequently suffered a broken hip and internal injuries.
With a rotor diameter of 114 meters, the G114-2.0 MW is engineered to produce more energy from low-wind sites with lower operating cost and less noise.
OSHA has cited Knowlton Manufacturing Co. for three willful, one repeat, and six serious violations in connection with the November 2011 injury.
Bechtel Corporation's revenue rose by 18 percent to $32.9 billion, and it reduced its lost time and recordable incident rates by 20 percent, top management reported April 11.
The proposal aims to minimize the risk that drivers will lose control of their vehicles as a result of either accelerator control system disconnections or accelerator pedal sticking or floor mat entrapment.
International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu's video message for April 14 recalls the great ship's sinking a century ago.
The study found that if your sibling was 55 or younger at the time of the stroke, your risk of having one at 55 or younger is almost doubled, said Erik Ingelsson, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study.
By 2050, an estimated 115.4 million people worldwide will be living with it, the agency predicted April 11 as it called dementia a public health priority.
The Alpha, Ill.-headquartered company has been ordered to pay $31,000 in fines for contempt and $10,964.95 in attorney's fees.
NTSB produced a graphic showing how significantly Leeward’s plane had been modified from its original design to increase its speed.
Two willful safety violations, with penalties of $126,000, include failing to establish a housekeeping program to reduce the accumulation of combustible dust and use approved electrical equipment in the presence of combustible dust.