Fire service organizations in the United States, Canada, and India received the fire prevention grants last year.
The three-day event for Grainger's customers has grown large enough for the exhibits to occupy two halls in the Orange County Convention Center's West Building.
The total statewide was 202 as of Feb. 7, and 41 other deaths are under investigation but not yet confirmed as influenza-related. During the entire 2012-2013 flu season, there were 106 flu deaths in California.
The agency announced weekend work and closures will begin Feb. 14 and that PATH will be one of the country’s first rail transit systems to meet the December 2015 federal deadline for implementing the technology.
The three newly approved models bring the total of approved devices to 23.
The ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2009 standard is being revised, with a new version to be published this year. ISEA is recruiting reviewers for the process.
OSHA has cited Lucas Marine Acquisition Co., a Florida company, after a worker's death last year.
Changes have been made in the International Fire Code and the International Fuel Gas Code to prohibit these. Six workers died four years ago in the Kleen Energy power plant explosion in Middletown, Conn., because of one.
"The Real Cost" campaign aims to educate children and teens ages 12-17.
The agency's new standard will initially be voluntary and apply to construction activity only, but it is expected to become mandatory by summer 2014 and will later be expanded to all sectors.
Due to several unsafe occurrences last year, NTSB has decided to hold a cruise ship safety forum March 25-26.
Attorney General Pam Bondi joined with legislative leaders this week to announce their support for a bill to remove the incentive for drunk drivers to flee the scene of an accident.
In his Feb. 4 "State of the State" speech, Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage said 927 drug-addicted babies were born in Maine last year -- representing more than 7 percent of all births.
These are the three of the top issues likely to be on states’ legislative and regulatory agendas this year, according to AIHA government affairs Director Aaron Trippler's forecast.
OSHA has cited Radcliff Wire Inc. for allegedly violating safety standards; the fines total more than $100,000.