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The rule will require employers to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, or an employee

OSHA Makes Big Change in Injury Reporting

After OMB cleared the agency's final rule, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez have announced its publication is imminent, and it will take effect Jan. 1, 2015.

SiteHawk to Host Ice Bucket Challenge at NSC

The one-hour challenge will take place at its booth 1339 in the expo, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 15.

Worker Crushed by Machinery at Vallourec Star

The Youngstown, Ohio steel mill is fined $94,000.



OSHA Looking for Members to Serve on Federal Advisory Council

The organization is seeking nominations for five members.

CDC Seeks Nominations for NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors

Nominees will be selected based on expertise in the field occupational safety and health, such as occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, industrial hygiene, toxicology, chemistry, safety and health education, ergonomics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and psychology.

Four gates for new locks of the Panama Canal Expansion arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the waterway. (Photo courtesy of Panama Canal Authority)

Four More Gates Delivered for Panama Canal's Expansion

The third shipment of gates for new locks have arrived at the Atlantic entrance of the waterway, the Panama Canal Authority announced Sept. 8.

Reasonable suspicion drug testing is a critical safety measure.

Workforce Drug Test Positivity Rate Up, Quest Diagnostics Reports

This is the first time in more than a decade that it has increased, according to the company's Drug Testing Index™ analysis of 8.5 million workplace drug tests. The data were released Sept. 8.

OSHA Awards $10.6M in Grants to 78 Organizations across the Nation

The grants will go to nonprofit organizations.

FEMA’s GIS Team Praised for Work in Colorado

The six-member team utilized a large amount of data to help provide information during Colorado floods last year.

NTSB Announces Drowsy Driving Forum

Panelists in the Oct. 21 event will discuss countermeasures that could reduce the risk of drowsy driving crashes.

The types and numbers of lifesaving devices appropriate for each type of vessel are left to the Coast Guard

Rule Requires PFDs for Crews of Uninspected Commercial Barges and Sailing Vessels

Before 2010, certain uninspected commercial vessels, including barges and sailing vessels, were not covered by the statute requiring the Coast Guard to regulate lifesaving devices on uninspected vessels -- the devices were required on such commercial vessels only if they carried passengers for hire.

CDC Awards $7.5 Million to Expand the National Violent Death Reporting System to 32 States

The funding will expand NVDRS from 18 to 32 participating states.

OSHA Names New Director of its Standards and Guidance Directorate

Bill Perry has been appointed the position.

NIOSH Updates List of Drugs that Pose a Risk to Health Workers

The agency estimates 8 million U.S. health care workers are potentially exposed to such drugs in their workplaces.

National take-back days have allowed participating agencies to take more than 4.1 million pounds of unwanted or expired prescription medications out of circulation since DEA

DEA to Allow Pharmacies, Hospitals to Collect Unused Rx Drugs

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the new policy Sept. 8, saying it will help save lives and prevent misuse of prescription medications.

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