According to OSHA, in February 2008, the railroad brought an employee up on charges for missing work after suffering a work-related illness from witnessing a fatal accident involving another worker.
"The investigation team will work tirelessly to evaluate all aspects of this accident to identify the cause of the disaster," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for MSHA.
Leading international experts on the global regulation of nanotechnologies, including scientists, lawyers, ethicists, government officials, industry stakeholders, and nongovernment officials will join in a two-day conference May 7-8, 2010, at Northeastern University's School of Law in Boston.
The company's guilty plea and the proposed resolution would represent the largest criminal penalty ever imposed on a device manufacturer for violating the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, said Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
The lawsuit alleges that Orrin H. Cope, Linda D. Cope, and Orrin H. Cope Produce Inc. made four withdrawals from an employee pension plan between July 2007 and March 2008, and transferred the funds to Orrin H. Cope Produce Inc.
The penalty being sought against Toyota would be the largest civil penalty ever assessed against an auto manufacturer by NHTSA.
The rule, which will go into effect on June 1, 2012, will require interstate commercial truck and bus companies with multiple hours-of-service violations to install electronic on-board recorders in all their vehicles.
NHTSA says distracted or inattentive driving has become a national epidemic, accounting for an estimated 6,000 deaths and half-a-million injuries in 2008. In 2009, more than 200 distracted driving bills were under consideration by state legislatures, and the pace is expected to increase this year.
"West Virginia is in mourning today,” said Representative Nick J. Rahall II on location at the mine, which is in his district. “We will scrutinize the health and safety violations at this mine to see whether the law was circumvented and miners’ precious lives were willfully put at risk, and there will be accountability.”
“The CSB has 18 ongoing investigations. Of those, seven of these accidents occurred at refineries across the country. This is a significant and disturbing trend that the refining industry needs to address immediately,” said John Bresland, CSB chairman and CEO.
ATA supports states’ efforts to ban texting by automobile drivers and said it will continue to work with affiliated state trucking associations and stakeholder groups to make that happen.
During FY 2009, field inspectors conducted 59 inspections of high-hazard federal worksites and found 336 violations of OSHA safety and health standards -- more than twice the number cited in 2008.
The Department of Justice, in an action initiated by the FDA, is seeking a permanent injunction against Chung’s Products LP ("Chung's"), an egg roll manufacturer in Houston; Charlie A. Kujawa, the company's president; and Gregory S. Birdsell, the firm's director of quality assurance.
“Our inspections have shown that the company has not fully addressed ongoing safety issues that expose employees to serious harm,” said Cal/OSHA Chief Len Welsh. “Our actions today continue to send a strong message to this company that they cannot allow such hazards to exist which put the safety of their employees in jeopardy.”
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced that will begin implementing a requirement that device manufacturers provide readily available information in certain premarket applications on pediatric patients who suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure, even if the device is intended for adult use.
“Improper management of stormwater can have serious environmental consequences for our harbors, rivers, lakes and streams, and the violations at the Park Square site in Rahway compromised surrounding waterways,” said Judith Enck, regional administrator for EPA.
Citations address the farm's failure to provide a guarding mechanism to prevent power-driven machinery from accidentally falling into the earthen manure storage facility, alteration of seat belts on that machinery, and the lack of adequate training and instruction for operators of the skid-steer machinery, among other things.
In addition to the combustible dust violations, an inspection found that the Delaware company failed to provide fire retardant clothing for employees and require them to wear adequate eye protection with side shields, among other hazards.
Based on the violations found, total penalties assessed would amount to $125,000 if the employer was in the private sector, but under the law, federal agencies are cited without penalties.
The latest example is a reflective decal that will be required on the front and back license plates of New Jersey drivers who have a Graduated Driver License, as of May 1.