According to MSF, the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi stopped making Fav-Afrique, which is the world's only antivenom proven safe and effective to treat envenoming from different types of snakes across sub-Saharan Africa, at the end of 2014. The last batch of Fav-Afrique is due to expire in June 2016 and no replacement will be available for another two years.
A technician received a radiation exposure in excess of NRC limits on Aug. 20.
The executive order will give approximately 300,000 people working on federal contracts the ability to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.
CSB investigators will present their findings and suggested recommendations and will include an animation depicting the events that led to the deaths.
Two subcommittee also will be meeting, one discussing strategies to reduce Salmonella infections and other improved detection of foodborne Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
The agency announced a program to give 16 states money for the next four years to combat the problem.
A Delaware poultry processing plant has been warned by OSHA.
OSHA has said that a pinsetter lacked safety mechanisms, which led to the fatality.
The theme this year is: "Don't Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today."
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., would have lost the chairmanship of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee at the end of 2016 because of Republicans' committee chairmanship term limits.
When it comes to engineered fall protection, there is mass confusion out there.
The grants will go to helping high-risk workers and employers.
Proposed changes include new data security and information protection standards to reduce the potential for violations of privacy and confidentiality.
Local monitoring systems provide sufficient time to remove your workers from harm’s way—from the impending lightning strike.
The safety council is urging travelers to practice defensive driving.