The investigation and subsequent citation followed a Jan. 23 incident in which an employee was caught in an unguarded conveyor.
EPA's Region 5 alleged that the printing plant violated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for the printing and chromium electroplating industries.
An investigation of the Philadelphia facility resulted in three willful and 51 serious violations.
Hired eight weeks before explosion, he toured the mill and found it "the most dangerous manufacturing plant that I had ever entered," then warned management.
At its San Joaquin County facility, at least 16,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia used in the refrigeration system mandated a risk management plan, which the company quickly provided to EPA officials.
NIST said July 25 that its research shows heat transfer can be improved by 50 to 275 percent. "We were astounded," researcher Mark Kedzierski said. This photo shows the double-bubble effect.
Religious discrimination charge filings with the agency have risen substantially nationwide over the past 15 years, doubling from 1,388 in Fiscal Year 1992 to a record level of 2,880 in FY 2007.
More than 75,000 DVDs resulting from CSB investigations have been distributed to industry and labor groups, government agencies, safety trainers, educators, emergency responders, and individual requesters throughout the world, the agency said.
"It takes a lot of energy to run a hospital," said Dale Woodin, executive director of ASHE. "As health care organizations look for ways to control costs and improve patient care, they are engineering energy efficient solutions that will pay off handsomely in three or four years."
Inspectors found serious safety violations with employees operating cranes with broken, missing, and leaking parts, and the agency determined that monthly safety inspections were not being performed.
Nurses interested in updating their clinical skills also can choose to attend one of the two three-day preconference workshops slated for Sept. 8-10.
Many respondents indicated that their hospital had achieved hand hygiene compliance of 70 percent or higher before as well as after patient contact.
"[T]he sheer volume of information generated in direct care activities, payment and health care operations, and the storage capacity needed to hold the information and make it accessible and intelligible to patients, would divert already-scarce resources away from patient care," AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack wrote in a letter to Congress.
"In effect, ASSE has created its own version of consensus and has adopted an unworkable program, despite strong objection from the construction industry," said NAHB President Sandy Dunn.
As part of its Resolution Agreement with HHS, the not-for-profit health system also has agreed to revise its policies and procedures regarding physical and technical safeguards (e.g., encryption) governing off-site transport and storage of electronic media containing patient information.
The agency has issued more than 242 citations since the summer began, primarily for failing to have written heat illness prevention plans. During heat waves, special compliance teams are dispatched to outdoor work sites to ensure workers are being properly protected.
In this series, we have laid out the emerging challenges that safety professionals are experiencing, the new skills we must possess to operate in this new era, and the challenges we will face if we decide to remain stagnant.
Each year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance recognizes the best roadside inspectors by inviting member jurisdictions from across North America to participate in the event, comprised of timed competitions in various categories.
The events, both happening in August, "will discuss topics ranging from risks that companies face due to environmental hazards to the implications of recent rulings," said AWMA Executive Director Adrianne Carolla.
The new program will strengthen the coordination of work by TSA, law enforcement, airline, and airport security partners to reduce vulnerabilities on the "secure side" of the airport, which includes the tarmac.