"Every employer should have an effective safety and health management system in place to protect its most valuable asset: its employees," said MIOSHA Director Martha Yoder.
"We are looking beyond traditional expectations of car makers and insurance providers, toward helping people be smarter drivers," said Dave Pratt, general manager of usage-based insurance at Progressive Insurance, which is involved in the new program.
Pilots have disputed that the new regulations are necessary, however.
Already added to OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, the company faces more than two dozen new violations.
An administrative law judge had ruled three years ago that OSHA failed to prove that Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., had violated the lockout/tagout general industry standard.
During the month of January, EPA wants to raise radon awareness among homeowners and business owners.
The group includes New York City Transit, the Phoenix Police Crime Labs, and Jessup Manufacturing Co.
The agency's 35th Safety Alert concerns light-emitting diode railroad signals' ability to mask nearby incandescent signals, preventing the incandescent signals from being visible to train crews, and it cites a $3.2 million September 2014 accident in Kansas as evidence of the problem.
The $2.6 million penalty involves the March 2011 recall of the Gator Combo Axe, a small hand ax with a 7-inch knife inside its handle.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Jan. 3 as the newly appointed Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and begins work this week as head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response.
Procedures, devices, and personnel must be set in place to prevent a serious injury when a worker thinks a machine is safely off.
Construction workers are used to contending with elevated risk levels, so they’re more likely to have a skewed perception of that risk.
Many less serious incidents, as well as some serious incidents, would have been prevented had a fail-safe braking system been installed.
2014 was a year of landmark decisions, calls to action, and unpredictable challenges to overcome. Here are a few of the biggest topics and headlines from the past year.
A "Voice of the Customer" study reveals insights into the challenges of managing an effective flame-resistant clothing program.