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Firm Cited After Workers Endangered by Carbon Monoxide Gas: OSHA

OSHA has cited JRI Holdings Inc. for multiple violations.

Alfa Laval Faces $477,900 in Fines for Safety Violations

OSHA found 50 violations at the Broken Arrow, Okla., facility.

Amtrak announced May 26 it will install inward-looking cameras on the locomotives used on its Northeast Corridor trains, following the May 12 derailment near Philadelphia, its aftermath shown here.

Amtrak Installing In-Cab Cameras

Ten days after the Federal Railroad Administration ordered the company to take several actions to improve safety in the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak announced May 26 it will install inward-facing cameras in its Northeast Corridor locomotives.



NIST Establishing Forensics Excellence Center

The center will focus on improving the statistical foundation for fingerprint, firearm, toolmark, dental, and other pattern evidence analyses, and for computer, video, audio, and other digital evidence analyses.

Disregard of Fall Prevention Standards Leads to Death of Worker Who Fell Through Skylight

OSHA says proper protection could have avoided the "preventable" fatality.

FAA Adds New Modules to Safety Website

FAA Adds New Modules to Safety Website

Six new accident modules have been added. The library is available to the public and captures information learned from some of the world's most historically significant accidents.

NSC Presents Award for Collaborative Occupational Research

The Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety project was developed by Migrant Clinicians Network, the National Farm Medicine Center, and five partners.

DOT Announces Steps to Address Takata Air Bag Defects

DOT Announces Steps to Address Takata Air Bag Defects

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will coordinate a remedy program.

OSHA Proposes Approval of State Plan to Protect Government Workers in Maine

The plan would protect the safety and health of state and local government workers.

Nanotechnology

NIOSH Launches Nano Health & Safety Consortium with SUNY Poly CNSE

The collaboration will address research for occupational safety and health in the nanotechnology industry.

NIOSH Collaborating with Wikipedia

The organization is helping to improve Wikimedia content using its own resources.

Examinetics, Inc., Announces Strategic Alliance with Occupational Health Dynamics

The alliance will implement the Online Respirator Clearance program.

NSC Says Cell Phones Involved in 27 Percent of All Car Crashes

This estimate has increased annually for the third straight year, according to the council.

OSHA Outlines Winter Fall-Related Violations

OSHA encouraged New Hampshire employers to join the 2015 National Safety Stand-Down.

The world

AWEA's WindPower 2015 Conference Under Way

Thousands of wind energy professionals are meeting in Orlando to see and discuss the latest technology, the U.S. wind energy market, and safety in the industry.

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