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FDA Launches Online Membership Nomination Portal

The organization announced the launch of its new interactive portal for advisory committee membership nomination.

Signed Budget Supports Health & Wellness: Harkin

The appropriations bill signed into law Jan. 17 provides nearly $1 billion for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin created in the Affordable Care Act.

CSB Rejects CA Oil Refinery Overhaul Proposal

Two of three safety board members reject the plan, citing it as ‘overly ambitious.’

MSHA on Time Implementing Upper Big Branch Corrective Actions

The agency has addressed all recommendations made in 2012.

Congressman Miller to Retire in January 2015

Ranking member on the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, George Miller has served 40 years in Congress since being elected in 1974 at age 29.

Port Authority Inducts 195 New Police Officers

The recruits – 173 men and 22 women –are the second-largest recruit class in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department’s 85-year history.

WV Agency Issues Shutdown Order to Freedom Industries

The chemical distributor's retaining wall around a chemical storage tank failed to prevent a leak of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol that has contaminated the drinking water supply for 300,000 residents.

DOL issued a rule making direct care workers -- those who provide long-term care for the elderly or disabled -- eligible for overtime and minimum wage protection.

Ending with a Bang

Two significant OSHA rulemaking actions took center stage in late 2013, which may be remembered as a milestone year for recordkeeping changes. Also, DOL issued a rule that makes direct care workers eligible for overtime and minimum wage protection.



OSHA Renews Partnership with Key Players in Electrical Industry

The partnership is aimed at reducing worker deaths and injuries.

California Highway Patrol Highlights New Transportation Laws

One applies to texting by drivers under 18, another extends the statute of limitations for hit-and-run collisions involving death or a permanent, serious injury.

WA Man Charged in Fake Injury Scheme to Acquire Painkillers

The defendant "showed up with visible cuts and other injuries that he claimed to have suffered in construction accidents from November 2012 through February 2013" and talked medical staffers into treating him and prescribing the drugs, according to the Washington state Department of Labor & Industries.

The recommendation is based on a systematic review of all available studies that was conducted by scientists and subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rudolph, Full Power!

Old Saint Nick is trying to travel safely this Christmas, as are we all.

Senate HELP Committee Approves New Wage and Hour Chief

Dr. David Weil, professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law and the Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Boston University School of Management, was nominated to the post by the president in September 2013.

USPS Cited for Death of Mail Carrier During Heat Wave

OSHA cites USPS for the death of a Medford, MA mail carrier in July.

Confiscated Clothing Finds a Good Home

The California Labor Commissioner's office donated clothing worth more than $33,000 this week to the Shelter Partnership, Inc. The goods were seized from garment manufacturers operating illegally in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.

Former BP Engineer Convicted in Deepwater Horizon Case

The Department of Justice announced that a federal court jury convicted Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, on one count of obstruction of justice for intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal authorities investigating the accident.

U.S. CSB Proposes Changes for How Refineries are Regulated in California

The proposal comes in the wake of the Chevron 2012 pipe rupture and fire in the Bay Area.

FDA's Newly Proposed Rule Analyzes Antibacterial Soap Effectiveness

The FDA proposed a new rule designed to determine both the safety and effectiveness of antibacterial hand soap and body washes.

FRA Issues Emergency Order to Metro-North Rail

The Dec. 1 derailment was the fourth accident for the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority's company this year, causing FRA to have "significant concerns with regard to the railroad's compliance" with federal regulations and its own operating rules.

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