OSHA has sued Whole Foods Market Group Inc. to reinstate a former employee after the company allegedly fired the worker for voicing and reporting workplace health concerns regarding a raw sewage spillage at its store in Miami Beach.
Fatality and injury data from 2010 show that highway deaths fell to 32,885 for the year, the lowest level since 1949.
The initial violations assessed in connection with the Macondo well were issued Oct. 12. After a 60-day appeal period for the second set, BSEE will consider imposing civil penalties.
The Los Angeles Fire Department and the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers worked together on the checklist to help owners of the devices steer clear of fire and electric shock hazards during winter months.
Seattle Regional Director Richard Ahearn approved the union's written request to withdraw the charge on Dec. 9, and the case is now closed, Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon announced.
"There is a simple truth that employers must recognize: Fall protection is a requirement, never an option, when employees work at heights of 6 feet or more," said Robert Kowalski, OSHA's area director in Bridgeport.
Health and safety issues in the automotive repair industry include injuries involving sprains and strains, cuts and lacerations, and bruises and contusions.
According to new research, becoming less fit was linked to higher death risk, regardless of BMI changes.
If the bill becomes law, major rules from OSHA, EPA, and other federal departments could not take effect without explicit congressional approval.
The Allstate Foundation and the National Safety Council released the License to Save Report on Dec. 6. They hope it will be part of the discussion of a new multi-year highway funding bill in Congress.
This is the second year that HHS has partnered with the Critical Care Societies Collaborative to recognize critical care teams and health care institutions for outstanding leadership to reduce or eliminate these infections.
Both companies announced the acquisition Dec. 6 but did not disclose the terms.
NASA and Ohio State University researchers found it was a "merging tsunami," where two wave fronts merged to create a double-high wave front far out to sea that could travel long distances without losing power.
Dr. Anna F. Dominiczak, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Glasgow, will begin with the January 2012 issue of the AHA journal.
The report, “High-Rise Building Fires,” cites apartments, hotels, offices, and facilities that care for the sick as accounting for roughly half of all high-rise fires.
The citations follow an incident that occurred in June at a work site where workers were installing a new drain system. A worker using a powered saw to cut a hole in a storm drain box was overexposed to carbon monoxide from the saw and had to be taken to a hospital for treatment.
The agreement calls for Alpha Natural Resources, which bought Massey Energy after the explosion, to spend $80 million on safety improvements in its underground mines and also pay a record MSHA fine in connection with the case.