The two-year project by researchers at two universities will involve interviews with key stakeholders and explore changing attitudes in the past 50 years.
The PHMSA safety advisory said an investigation indicated Beauchesne Fire Equipment of Attleboro Falls, Mass., marked about 5,900 high-pressure compressed gas cylinders with test dates and Requalifier Identification Number H557 in 2011 and 2012 without conducting the prescribed hydrostatic testing of them.
The agency's rule will require most Class III devices, such as automated external defibrillators, to have unique device identifiers on their label and packaging within a year.
The money was awarded to over 70 different nonprofit organizations and community groups.
Agapito Associates Inc., a mining engineering consulting firm, has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty for a high-negligence violation in connection with the 2007 mine collapses that killed six miners and three rescue workers at Genwal Resources Inc.'s mine in Emery County, Utah.
The glass company receives the violations due to an investigation done after an employee was injured.
A Brooklyn outpost of the national pharmacy chain is cited for several violations.
Instead of sharing inspection responsibility with OSHA as it has the last year, the HIOSH will return to monitoring workplace safety in the manufacturing sector.
Several agencies are participating in the campaign, which takes place throughout September.
And the number of labs being seized this year is up significantly, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine reported.
The national paper and cardboard manufacturer faces $185,000 in safety violation fines from OSHA
Due to new legislation, workers and employers in Alberta may have to pay fines for violating safety protocol
The beet sugar company looks at tens of thousands of dollars in fines after employees were burned in separate incidents.
"This first-of-its-kind settlement will benefit all Americans by cutting emissions of ozone-depleting substances across Safeway's national supermarket chain," added Robert G. Dreher, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Cal/OSHA and the state Labor Commissioner's Office are two of the agencies participating in it.
Working at height, exposure to harmful dusts, and sanitation are three areas the inspectors will check, according to the agency's Sept. 2 announcement.
Officials from the state plan agency and its parent organization, the California Department of Industrial Relations, are organizing the Dec. 5-6 conference.
DUI checkpoints, "no refusal" enforcement, and strict enforcement of all traffic laws are some of the tools highway patrols will be using during the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 holiday period.
Acting Director B. Todd Jones took the oath of office at the White House. ATF, which enforces firearms and explosives laws, had no permanent director for the past seven years.
The inspection of Supreme Oil Co.'s Englewood, N.J., facility arose from OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting effort, which is based on self-reported injury and illness data.