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CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reported this season's vaccine offers reduced protection, which underscores the need for additional prevention and treatment efforts this season, including the use of influenza antiviral medications.
WSDOT was already updating its bridge clearance information when a truck impact caused part of the Skagit River Bridge to collapse in May 2013. The online tool is part of the department's response to that accident.
"The multi-tiered approach of designating kits allows employers to make practical choices based on the nature of the work area, recognizing that each workplace differs in potential risk and task load," said David Lapp, chairman of ISEA's First Aid Group and senior product manager at Honeywell Safety Products.
"These results show that the new dust rule is working, and miners should be breathing cleaner air at coal mines," said Assistant Secretary Joe Main.
OSHA's case against the metal fuel-tank fabricator involves 25 serious violations.
The agency reached an agreement with Heartland Alliance International, a human rights group.
The study found that high physical job demands and exposure to cosmic radiation are a few of the factors that put flight attendants at risk for miscarriage.
"It is incumbent upon all of us to protect both the safety of our police officers and the rights and well-being of all of our citizens. We can, and we must, examine new ways to do both," Attorney General Eric Holder said Jan. 15.
It's hardly surprising that young adults who text on cell phones while walking may be may prone to trip or make contact with obstacles.
The annual summary of transportation policies includes addressing distracted driving, substance impaired driving and medical fitness for duty.
The agency's 2013 Toxics Release Inventory analysis shows this was 84 percent of the toxic chemical waste managed at U.S. industrial facilities that year.
The White House's announcement of a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector included a reference to the upcoming standards.
The combustible dust explosion at the New Jersey company injured seven employees in 2012.
Area monitors can be placed to create a buffer between hazards and people, so they know what they are heading into or what is coming their way.