The federal agency's technical investigation following the May 2011 EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., has taken two years to complete and is the first to scientifically assess the impact of a tornado in four major categories.
Off-duty officers participating in the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers confused and frustrated drivers when asking for samples to detect alcohol use.
Researchers will try to correlate head injuries with later health problems through the two-year, $2.4 million study.
The agency's final rule will affect new over-the-road buses and large buses weighing more than 26,000 pounds. Most fatal crashes of such buses are rollovers, and occupant ejections account for 66 percent of the deaths in those crashes, according to the rule.
OSHA proposed $121,720 in fines for alleged safety hazards at the company's Buffalo, N.Y., production plant.
Following several reported fires with the vehicle, the agency reportedly will be investigating the safety of the car.
As long as the federal government has no viable alternative to Yucca Mountain for storing nuclear waste, power plant operators should not be charged annual fees for the cost of that disposal, the judges ruled.
The U.S. Senate has approved H.R. 3204, a bill introduced by U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mo., meant to improve oversight on compounding pharmacies.
FRA and PHMSA are working together on audits to make sure the safety and security plans address the vulnerabilities cited in the Aug. 7 Emergency Order No. 28.
The mall in Tongaat was under construction when its roof collapsed Nov. 19, according to South African media reports.
Quest Diagnostics released an overview of the first quarter-century of experience with the Drug-Free Workplace Act, more than 125 million urine tests in all, and showed overall use of most drugs has fallen significantly.
"Blood exposure among health care workers is a serious occupational risk that health care facilities strive to reduce," said Linda Good, director of Employee Occupational Services for Scripps Health and co-author of the EXPO-S.T.O.P. survey. "For the first time, we now have stick and splash exposure benchmark rates that represent the United States nationally."
This has been an annual outreach by the agency about "Black Friday" sales since a worker was trampled to death Nov. 28, 2008, at a Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream, N.Y.
The accident, which happened at a silver mine, has left at least two dead and 20 injured.
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen announced she will be stepping down in mid-December.