"This company was well aware of what it needed to do to protect its workers from a well-known hazard but failed to provide that protection," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels.
Friday's memorial ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center will honor the seven who died Jan. 28, 1986, and other astronauts, including the Apollo 1 crew.
The individual employees, safety managers, and companies represent a range of industries and hazard solutions, including highly successful first aid iPhone apps and an electrical engineer's contribution toward a national arc flash standard. Winners will be announced April 28.
A training facility for some of the 21st Century economy's workers, the park will include robotics safety training using equipment provided by Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc.
The first breakfast briefing this year is taking place Wednesday in Belfast, with three speakers sharing their companies' best practices and Neal Stone, the council's director of Policy & Research, discussing progress on Lord Young's review of health and safety regulation.
Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich also announced the new structure of what was MMS: Two independent agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
Air carriers affected by the final rule must establish initial and recurrent CRM training for crewmembers within two years of the effective date of the rule.
The vast majority of already published and relevant clinical trials of a given drug, device or procedure are routinely ignored by scientists conducting new research on the same topic, a new Johns Hopkins study suggests.
The safety and health issues of this large workforce are the focus of its work with the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
"This basic principle, that protection needs to be provided equally to all workers, argues against exempting certain classes of workers or occupations from fall protection rules where there are technological feasible, practical, and affordable means of preventing fall injuries," said Dan Shipp, president of ISEA.
The findings show that ACS is more costly than other conditions common in working-age adults, such as asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
A partnership of Kansas State University and Mercy Regional Health Center will be ready by the time the BSL-4 lab opens in 2018, officials say.
The Army Claims Service found ways to shorten the time needed to substantiate, process, and pay claims after a tornado hit Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., on Dec. 31, 2010, and the practices might be used throughout the military soon.
In all, the company was cited for eight serious violations and one other-than-serious violation following the July 2010 explosion that caused two deaths.
FDA's actions will result in “a smarter medical device program that supports innovation, keeps jobs here at home, and brings important, safe, and, effective technologies to patients quickly,” said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
OSHA's San Antonio Area Office initiated a safety and health inspection on July 28, 2010, at the company's facility following a complaint that employees were being stuck by hypodermic needles while sorting trash that was to be recycled.
Seven people, some of whom are local, are scheduled to testify about the recommendations to the board during its meeting in Institute, W.Va., where the 2008 explosion occurred.