U.S. Rep. George Miller was re-elected today to chair the House Education and Labor Committee, and Sen. Ted Kennedy returns as Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chairman.
The U.S. Fire Administration recently announced that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has added its logo to the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge 100 Percent Participation Certificate. USFA said this endorsement of the seat belt campaign, by NIOSH Acting Director Dr. Christine Branche, reinforces the importance of wearing these safety devices to the American Fire Service.
The meeting also will include comments from the Office of the Assistant Secretary, Thomas M. Stohler, who was named the acting assistant secretary on Nov. 10 when the previous OSHA chief Edwin Foulke Jr. left the agency to join the Atlanta office of law firm Fisher & Phillips.
According to a new survey released today by Kimberly-Clark Professional, 89 percent of safety professionals polled at the 2008 National Safety Council (NSC) Congress have observed workers failing to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when they should have been.
Recently, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a final rule (pdf) by unanimous vote, addressing the conformity certification required for consumer products subject to safety rules under the commission's jurisdiction.
Patriot Mining LLC failed to reduce rate of significant and substantial violations
ATVs manufactured after April 13, 2009, must meet the ANSI/SVIA 1-2007 standard, which the Consumer Product Safety Commission incorporated by reference in the final rule published Friday.
The chain sold about 1.8 million cans of Zany String confetti that contained R-22 Freon, a Class II ozone depleting substance that has been banned for aerosol use under the Clean Air Act.
The agency has developed a searchable database that pulls together publicly available information from various sources to help identify consumer and commercial products that contain mercury and their possible non-mercury alternatives.
The holidays are here and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)--joined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Safe Kids Worldwide--has issued its annual holiday safety messages to remind parents to be diligent when making holiday shopping choices.
A full wardrobe of stylish gear is ready for the Nov. 24 effective date of the FHWA rule requiring high-visibility apparel (such as this OccuNomix International, LLC outfit) for those working in highway work zones, including emergency responders.
The agency has determined that, for both substances, use without impervious gloves or a NIOSH-approved respirator with an APF of at least 10 may cause serious health effects.
Several complaints have been made to the agency about callers attempting to entice people with discounted prescription drugs and then trying to extort them out of thousands of dollars.
Jury found the Lake Ridge Academy in Cleveland guilty of firing an employee because he questioned the school about paying men more than women with similar education and work history.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that Federal District Court Judge Mary H. Murguia has entered a consent decree for nearly $2 million and significant remedial relief to resolve a class religious discrimination lawsuit against the University of Phoenix Inc., and its parent corporation, Apollo Group Inc.
"Because exposure to high levels of copper, lead, and zinc compounds causes a wide range of illnesses and environmental damage, communities need to know if and when these chemicals have been released," said Enrique Manzanilla, Communities and Ecosystems Division director for EPA's Pacific Southwest region.
The revised plan cancels and replaces OSHA's Notice 08-03 (CPL 02) 2008 Site-Specific Targeting plan issued May 19, 2008.
National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker recently discussed the issue of underage drinking emphasizing the need to maintain the Age 21 law before the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National Symposium on Underage Drinking, in Washington, DC, Rosenker noted that each year, there are more than 40,000 highway fatalities, more than any other mode of transportation.