Complaints were down almost 18% in March
The FAA is partnering with the FBI to detect “rogue” drones around airports.
The organization's Standards Council has received a request to begin developing an ANSI standard on operational protocol and professional qualifications for operators of robotics, including drones, used in emergency responder applications.
"It's widely understood that every person, no matter how conscientious and skilled, is fallible, which is why technology was developed to backstop human vulnerabilities," said NTSB Chairman Christopher A. Hart. "Had positive train control been in place on that stretch of track, this entirely preventable tragedy would not have happened."
Stephen Reynolds is an associate head and faculty member in the Colorado School of Public Health
The money will be used for cleanup and recovery after severe storms in the summer of 2015.
Their "Spotlight on Silica" presentations call attention to the hazards of respirable crystalline silica, which remains a potent hazard for millions of workers around the world.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who chairs the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he will try to block the new rules and predicted they "will make it harder for employees to choose healthy lifestyles and to save money."
USPS released 2015 data that showed 6,549 of its employees were attacked by dogs last year, and that four Texas cities ranked in the top 10 among U.S. cities for dog attacks.
New York City will bar the use of hands-free phone devices by city fleet operators, except for emergency responders.
States and territories will receive funds based on the geographic locations of the two mosquitoes known to transmit Zika virus; their history of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks; and their population.
It is following CMS' lead. The final rule CMS published this month adopts most of the proposals that CMS made in 2014, but CMS removed a proposed requirement for hospitals to install smoke-purging systems in operating rooms.
The June 1-3 meeting will consider proposed rules that would strengthen federal pipeline safety programs.
Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions was issued nine serious citations as a result.
OSHA has proposed more than $58,000 in penalties.