ASTM said its existing certification activities will transfer to SEI, which holds accreditations to ISO 17065 for product certification. SEI employees will come under the ASTM International umbrella on July 1 and Pat Gleason will retain the title of president of SEI while also becoming vice president of Certification for ASTM International.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the $1 billion settlement in an April 18 decision, saying the settlement may not be perfect but is fair.
"The American College of Physicians urges physicians to help combat climate change by advocating for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, helping to advance a low-carbon health care sector, and by educating communities about potential health dangers posed by climate change," said ACP President Dr. Wayne J. Riley
Falls continue to be a leading cause of work-related deaths, accounting for 25 percent (15) of the fatal incidents last year, and one-third of the 2015 fatal falls were from ladders.
"Foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States," said Dr. Robert Tauxe, M.D., MPH, director of CDC's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases. "We are working with partners to make sure we still get important information about harmful bacteria despite the increasing use of diagnostic tests that don't require a culture."
The tanks in question were tested by H&W Tank Testing and Christopher Humphries.
The grant funds are available for communities across the country looking to improve access to public transit.
These violations have occurred despite recent citations and penalties.
The agency is reminding medical examiners and commercial motor vehicle drivers.
"It is clear to me that OSHA should move forward and develop an enforceable violence prevention standard to help protect our nation's health care workers. Injuries requiring days away from work are financially and emotionally costly for both employers and workers, and these avoidable injuries put pressure on working families to do more with less," said U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., ranking member of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce and one of the members who requested the report.
Meeting participants will review the Zika virus infection situation in the Americas, review surveillance and control measures, and discuss how to strengthen regional cooperation regarding the virus and its possible spread into the European Union.
Eleven people died with another 80 injured in the February 2016 accident.
The medical technology firm Becton, Dickinson and Company was cited twice for machine hazards in 2015, according to the agency.
It is focused on water safety and drowning prevention and will provide resources, information, and tools, magnifying the reach of the members' safety advice in order to collaboratively improve water safety.
During the 1990s, it was the most hazardous commercial fishery in the United States, with 73 crew members killed on the job.