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DOL Announces Funding for Toolkit to Monitor International Child Labor Projects

The toolkit will support the design and implementation of systems for projects.

FAA Calls on the Aviation Industry for Help

The FAA wants to collaborate in order to equip for NextGen and help increase safety and efficiency.

The new avian influenza strain detected in birds in three Southeast Asia countries is highly lethal to poultry, the UN agency reported Sept. 22, 2014.

UN Agency Issues Warning on New Strain of Bird Flu

The A(H5N6) strain has been detected in poultry in three countries in Southeast Asia, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization announced Sept. 22.



DOT Awards Disaster Relief Funds to Transit Agencies

Forty projects will receive a total of $3.59 billion.

Campbell Institute Reveals the Predictive Power of Leading Indicators

The NSC's center of excellence for environmental, health, and safety management has published a new white paper on this topic.

MSHA Extends Comment Period on Civil Penalties Rule

The rule would simplify the criteria and increase the relative weight of those that reflect the seriousness of the operator's conduct.

Texas Natural Gas Summit Reflects Industry's Boom

More than a month before the Oct. 23 expo and job fair in Austin, the Texas Railroad Commission exceeded the number of anticipated exhibitors.

Eleven congressional Democrats, including the HELP Committee

AIHA Wants NIOSH to Recommend E-Cigarette Limits

Comments submitted Sept. 15 by Christine A.D. Lorenzo, CIH, the association's president, ask NIOSH to either include e-cigarettes in the definition of smokeless tobacco in its draft Current Intelligence Bulletin or to provide recommendations for limiting their use in indoor workplaces.

IAFF Holds 2014 Memorial Service

An estimated 5,000 family members and friends participated in the Sept. 20 ceremony at Memorial Park in the shadow of Pikes Peak.

OSHA and NSC Renew Alliance

This alliance is to address worker exposure to falls, emergency response and other safety issues.

D & J Ironworks Cited Following Fatal Fire

The company was cited for inadequate workplace safeguards following a fatal fire in Boston's Back Bay.

NSC Bound for Atlanta After Record-Breaking Show

About 1,000 exhibitors and more than 14,000 attendees made the 2014 Congress & Expo an event to remember.

Worker Fatally Engulfed in Lake Preston, South Dakota, Grain Elevator

Prairie Ag Partners is cited for 1 willful, 2 repeat, and 8 serious violations.

OSHA Partners with Holder Construction Group to Protect Construction Workers on Oasis Data Center Project

The partnership aims to protect and educate those working on the Omaha, Nebraska, Project.

Safe Drivers, Chapters Honored at NSC Awards Celebration

The National Safety Council held its annual National Awards Celebration during this week’s San Diego conference.

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