Maritime New Zealand Director Keith Manch said the new agreement "brings with it significant improvements to search and rescue capability."
Project HOPE, MAP International, and Direct Relief International will distribute almost a million donated respirators in West African countries.
An inquest determined that two people died in a house fire started by cigarettes that didn't meet European Union safety standards.
The innovative approach features multiple speakers in quick succession on a variety of topic. They get five minutes each.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada's report lists 18 contributing factors involved in the July 6, 2013, accident that killed 47 people and destroyed 40 buildings in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
A free webcast of the day's symposium will be available. Speakers will include ASSE 2012-2013 President Rick Pollock, CSP, and Dan Anna, CIH, CSP, who is AIHA's president-elect.
The risk of transmitting the disease during air travel remains low, the World Health Organization reiterated Aug. 14.
Fugro Survey Pty Ltd will use two vessels to conduct the search of the sea floor, utilizing side scan sonar, multi-beam echo sounders, and video cameras as they search for aircraft debris.
Funding is available for the project to advance workers' rights.
Tugboats completed the tow of the Costa Concordia to the port of Genoa, where it will be scrapped, on July 27.
Fire deaths are declining and the average arrival times for first and second engines are matching its predictions – within six minutes and within eight minutes.
The partnership will promote the safety of fresh and minimally processed agricultural products.
Safe Work Australia is urging Australian farmers to focus on improving farm safety during National Farm Safety Week.
A committee approved the draft regulatory proposal last week. Once the European Commission approves, it is expected to take effect June 30, 2015.
Safe Work Australia released its Occupational Disease Indicators, 2014 report this month, and it shows encouraging progress in several measures.
A no-fly zone is in place and restrictions on ship movements in the area are in place, but no beaches will be closed when the operation begins.
The company announced a plan to team up with a producer of methanol and MTBE.
Their framework calls for achieving full elimination by 2050 in 33 countries and territories where there are now fewer than 100 cases per million population.
The Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and a tree surgeon pleaded guilty in the case, which involved an errant attempt to remove two trees near railroad tracks in January 2012.
An average of five house fires per week are started by these consumer products, according to the department.