Stakeholders have until Jan. 27 to comment and until Dec. 12 to submit a notice of intention to appear at OSHA's "informal public hearings" about the proposed rule.
Ralph Stuart, CIH, the popular list's moderator, sent a message today saying Jonathan Klane "has agreed to take on the list owner and moderator responsibilities."
The amendments to the agency's general industry and construction standards would keep them harmonized with federal OSHA's standards.
FDA announced the phase-out will be completed by Dec. 31.
The Pattern of Violations screening is the first one conducted since MSHA's revised rule went into effect on March 25, 2013.
The agency has posted annotated PELs tables showing how its current permissible exposure limits differ from Cal/OSHA, NIOSH, and ACGIH exposure limits and also a toolkit employers can use to choose safer alternative chemicals.
The NTSB did a re-enactment of the Oct. 19 incident in which a BART employee and a contract worker were struck by an out-of-service train and killed.
Sailors must now wear life jackets when watching topside aboard Navy submarines.
The Oregon-based food company has recalled more than 100,000 ready-to-eat products.
OSHA issued the violations and fines totaling $56,000 to EJ USA.
The goal of the effort by the Philadelphia Insurance Companies is to help businesses avoid serious slips and falls during the fall and winter.
The factory is cited for the fines after an investigation prompted by a 15-year-old worker who lost an arm from a woodworking machine.
Half of the 2,607 sites visited in September by HSE inspectors failed basic standards.
The report shows 148,000 jobs were added in September and the unemployment rate was down to 7.2 percent.
Employers from five states are cited for a variety of hazards in Berlin, N.H.