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NTSB Issues Safety Alert following Two Wrong Airport Landings

The agency issues an alert following two incidents in which airplanes landed at the wrong airports in November 2013 and January 2014.

INTERPOL Launches Tool to Prevent Illegal Trades in Hazardous Chemicals

This is the first e-learning module to help law enforcement officers identify and prevent this illicit trade, according to the agency.

The March 2014 TSA report says the agency will initiate mandatory active shooter training and exercises.

TSA Plans Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Airport Employees

The agency released a 26-page report after an internal review that followed the fatal shooting of an employee in November 2013 at LAX.



OSHA Accepting NACOSH Nominations

There are 12 members of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health, and OSHA is now accepting a nomination for all of those positions.

Manufacturer Cited for Exposing Workers to Hexavalent Chromium

Great Dane Limited Partnership is cited by OSHA for repeat violations.

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DOT Releases $1 Million to Repair Roads Damaged by SR530 Slide

Snohomish County's emergency management department reported there is concern that additional slide activity may occur at the site, which caused some ground rescue crews to be pulled back from the search area and geologists to take surveys to assess the risk.

Roofing Material Manufacturer Cited by OSHA

U.S. Minerals LLC was cited for 11 allged workplace violations found during a follow-up inspection.

Two L&I Interpreters Charged with Felony Theft

The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries announced Gloria Mendoza Garcia, 46, and her daughter, Gloria Del Rocio Gonzalez, 31, each face one count of first-degree theft. They were the department's top billers for mileage in 2012.

FMCSA Shuts Down Several Transportation Companies

The DOT agency recently ordered several bus and trucking companies to halt their operations.

The explosion in West, Texas, prompted President Obama

AIHA Submits Comments on Potential PSM Changes

It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.

Disaster Response Architect Wins 2014 Pritzker Prize

Shigeru Ban, 56, has designed lasting structures after the Kobe earthquake and the Rwanda genocide, and he founded the Voluntary Architects' Network to respond to disasters worldwide.

The recalled Kirkland Signature chicken strips may have been sold throughout Canada, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Kirkland Signature Grilled Chicken Breast Strips Recalled in Canada

CFIA testing triggered the recall, and the agency is reported it is verifying that stores are removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Time Running Out to Enter ASSE's Innovative Safety Contest

To participate, employees must submit their workplace safety ideas by March 31.

WHO Hails Success in Diagnosing MDR-TB

In conjunction with this year’s World TB Day, the agency reports 27 countries are making good progress in diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

New Study Probes Gulf Oil Spill's Impact

A research team is examining how oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion is affecting organisms living on six shipwrecks located near the Macondo well site.

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