The George Washington Bridge connects Manhattan with New Jersey. When the original six-lane span opened to traffic Oct. 25, 1931, it was six months ahead of schedule and under the original $60 million budget.
OSHA cited Corpus Christi Grain Co. for six willful and 20 serious violations with total proposed penalties of $258,900.
The Oct. 21 RAPEX bulletin says a heavy mirror can detach, fall, and break into shards. Twenty detachment reports and one case of severe cuts have been reported, it says.
Judy Weber-Jones of Illinois and Kaylen Larson of Minnesota will receive their awards at the NSC Defensive Driving Awards Banquet on Saturday in Philadelphia.
The warning confirms problems that are well known -- students aren't well aware of OSH degree programs, for example -- and highlights funding cuts felt by academic programs that do not receive NIOSH funding.
Representatives of the federal agencies that participate in the National Nanotechnology Initiative, including OSHA and NIOSH, took part in an Oct. 20 webinar to discuss the new document.
The Upper Big Branch disaster in April 2010 accounted for 29 deaths, but in all 54 more deaths were recorded in 2010 than the year before.
Safe Work Australia Chair Tom Phillips said the results are good but cautioned that injury and illness rates in the transport and storage, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, and fishing industries are still nearly twice as high as the national average.
The ‘40 Under 40’ will be recognized for contributions to safety at NSC next week.
Howard Cohen, Ph.D., MPH, CIH, will receive it at the 2011 Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene early next month.
This report is the first to present state-level data concerning suicidal thoughts and behavior among adults in the United States.
VisitPhilly.com, the official visitor website for Greater Philadelphia, says Franklin Square leads the list.
"Illness and injury rates for public sector workers also continue to be alarmingly high at 5.7 cases for every 100 workers, which is more than 60 percent higher than the private sector rate," the Labor secretary noted.
Low barometric pressure and low humidity, combined with the seasonal drying of many areas in underground coal mines, have been key factors in past mine explosions.
“Hospitals continue to make impressive progress in driving down certain infections in intensive care units through implementation of CDC prevention strategies,” said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.
It is one of seven recommendations the agency's staff is beginning to implement immediately from the task force examining lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis.
AIHA said the four new officers will begin their terms at the academy’s annual business meeting following the Nov. 3-9 Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene in Baltimore.