The online "Dirty Work" contest invited workers to submit photos of themselves after they completed dirty jobs while wearing Tyvek garments.
When the president signed H.R. 674 on Nov. 21, repeal proponents completed a five-year campaign to eliminate the requirement that federal, state, and local governments with total expenditures of $100 million or more withhold 3 percent from payments for goods and services.
Breathing crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis, an incurable condition that reduces the ability of lungs to take in oxygen.
A series of four webinars in December and January will explain the program and how CDC will identify the seven locations where as many as 100 employers overall will participate.
The reporting threshold for calendar year 2012 for rail equipment collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, etc. is $9,500, up from $9,400 this year.
Klaus Wunderlich and colleagues at the UCL Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging showed how humans' brains learn correlations between risk and reward and use this in decision-making.
OSHA initiated an inspection of the fabrication plant after receiving a complaint alleging that injured workers, who were unable to perform their normal jobs, were moved to other jobs to avoid recordable injuries on the OSHA 300 logs.
Serious safety violations include failing to provide training for employees working with hazardous materials, provide appropriate personal protective equipment for eyes and face, and exposing workers to live electrical parts.
The Dec. 19 meeting of the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services will include the final response to NTSB recommendations from the Mexican Hat, Utah crash of a motorcoach in January 2008.
Grainger and J.J. Keller are among the suppliers offering Cyber Monday specials today.
Rechristened Mayo Clinic Healthy Living, the space that opened on Aug. 11, 2011, now offers a free wellness assessment and gaming kiosks to visitors.
The participatory approach helped all parties increase their safe work practices in homes and better understand the relationships among the patient, environment, and task.
OSHA issued seven safety violations after an employee performing repair work on an oil drilling rig was electrocuted at the company's worksite near Ozona, Texas.
An investigation, conducted by PHMSA, found a pattern of severe explosions resulting in at least one fatality, serious property damage, and injuries associated with TyLar, and experimental gas.
Soot is generated by coal-fired power plants, diesel and other vehicles, agricultural burning, wood stoves, and industrial combustion.
The inspections in non-mining industries are considered crucial to achieving the Department of Labour's goal of eliminating the lung disease by 2030.
The $5.25 billion project "will change the face of shipping as we know it and will bring positive benefits for all," Panama Canal Authority CEO Alberto Aleman Zubieta said Nov. 15 at the TOC Americas conference.