"This is the first study to comprehensively examine both the building and piloting of these unique aircraft," said Joseph M. Kolly, director of the NTSB Office of Research and Engineering.
The latest posted data from the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet™) is from 2007 reports, which showed the injury rates rose for teaching but not nonteaching facilities.
Beginning Aug. 2, hunters 17 or younger must wear a fluorescent orange outer garment or hat when hunting game mammals or upland game birds (except turkeys) with any firearm.
More than 50 countries signed a recommendation to regional fishery management organizations to do a better job tracking vessels illegally fishing for tuna, swordfish, sharks, and other highly migratory species.
The vaccine formulation protects against the three virus strains that surveillance indicates will be most common during the upcoming season and includes the same virus strains used for the 2010-2011 influenza season.
The company was cited for one willful, one repeat, 20 serious, and one-other-than serious violation, following a combined safety and health inspection at the company's facility.
Marks and Spencer plc will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being found guilty along with contractors of violating asbestos control regulations during reconstruction work.
The Resilience Capacity Index ranks 361 metropolitan areas for their capacity to recover from stresses -- recession, natural disaster, etc. -- relatively unscathed.
"Pilgrim's Pride continues to allow combustible dust to accumulate on motors and electrical equipment, causing the potential for a fire or explosion," said Kurt Petermeyer, OSHA's area director in Mobile, Ala.
The organization's senior vice president of labor law, immigration & employee benefits sent a letter to OIRA's Cass Sunstein asking him "to ensure that the FAA develops a more narrowly focused and flexible rule."
The Incentive Marketing Association's executive director, Karen Renk, says the deduction that has been in place for more than 20 years may be threatened.
They are two of the policy priorities identified in the administration's new strategy unveiled July 11. It warns that drug-induced deaths now exceed motor vehicle crash-related fatalities in 17 states and Washington, D.C.
Two contests with a total of $70,000 in prizes available were announced July 14. One is for apps to increase the public's awareness of data from OSHA and the Wage and Hour Division.
Organizations are asked to submit their best workplace improvements, highlighting the implementation of a creative, sustainable, and high-impact ergonomic solution.
"Mine operators cannot be permitted to violate mine safety laws and simply refuse to pay penalties assessed for those violations," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.
This employer failed to address common and basic hazards posed by blocked exits, falls from heights, and being struck by a heavy gas cylinder," said Bill Fulcher, director of OSHA's Atlanta-East Area Office.
The losses following Mississippi's April storms and tornadoes or May's flooding may be magnified for the elderly, according to the agency.