OSHA began its investigation in August in response to a complaint, and found workers exposed to sulfuric acid and caustic soda while recovering silver from X-ray film and processing plastics for recycling. Proposed penalties total $144,760.
Applications from potential speakers at the November 2012 event are due by Feb. 15.
Houston-based Piping Technology and Products Inc. faces 13 willful and 17 serious violations and has been added to OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which mandates targeted follow-up inspections.
OSHA's Fort Worth Area Office initiated an inspection on June 28 in response to a report that employees working on a new sewer line were exposed to inhalation of a hazardous chemical.
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the scientists involved and the journals Nature and Science to remove certain details when two papers on H5N1 transmissibility are published.
"It’s not uncommon to see residents keeping lights and Christmas trees up past December,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of communications for NFPA. “The reality is, continued use of seasonal lighting and dried-out Christmas trees can pose significant fire hazards in and outside the home."
MSHA recently announced that federal inspectors issued 315 citations, orders, and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and six metal/nonmetal mines last month.
OSHA cited the company in January 2011 for willful and serious violations of workplace safety standards, including fall hazards of up to 17 feet for employees working at Rowes Wharf in Boston.
The page includes guidance for workers clearing heavy snow in front of workplaces and from rooftops, workers encountering downed power lines or traveling on icy roads, and utility workers restoring power after winter storms.
Swallowing the 20-25 mm diameter batteries can be fatal, the agency’s reminder message says.
The team visits 20-25 truck accident scenes annually to determine how the accidents happened and what happened to the truck involved. Since its formation in 1969, the team has investigated more than 1,600 crashes and has built an extensive database.
The NTSB's chairman and the head of the FedEx branch of the Air Line Pilots Association International say it's a mistake that the rule does not cover cargo aviation operations.
Records discovered from an inspection when the ship docked in western Australia in July 2011 identified 17 violations, the New Zealand Herald reported.
Over the last several years, NIOSH researchers have investigated the potential health effects of prolonged bicycling in police bicycle patrol units.
OSHA's Austin Area Office initiated an investigation on June 24 following a report that a third-floor balcony had collapsed at a construction site. Three employees fell 16 feet to the ground and received medical treatment for their injuries.
The decision by the International Association of Ports and Harbors earlier this month to back requiring that the weight of loaded export containers be verified before the vessel is loaded means both ports and carriers endorse it.
About eight percent, or about one of every 13 barrels of the Deepwater Horizon-spilled oil that reached the ocean surface, eventually made its way into airborne organic particles small enough to be inhaled into human lungs.