The EML is intended as a model to help countries develop their own lists to prioritize medicines useful in meeting health needs.
Four employees who developed the I-See System, which cuts fuel consumption by long-distance trucks, received it during the company's annual meeting.
A National Security Council spokeswoman said 68 kilograms of material were transported to Russia to be downblended into low enriched uranium for nuclear power reactors.
The company is offering nine courses focused on process safety, combustible dusts, process hazard analysis, and preventing flash fires and explosions in six cities this year.
The jury returned verdicts for each of six deaths involved in the Lakanal House high-rise residential fire in July 2009 in south London, citing conflicting advice from emergency call centers and renovations that left the structure more vulnerable to fires.
Landslides threaten rescue efforts at a Chinese-owned mine in Tibet.
A two-year research project produced a prototype helmet that will be on display at this year's Gadget Show Live in Birmingham, England, April 3-7.
HSE proved the mobile crane that toppled, crushing an empty car, had been poorly maintained.
A new Lloyd's of London report points out that two of the most expensive salvage jobs to date are the Costa Concordia, which has not yet been moved, and the M/V Rena, which broke up while stranded on a New Zealand reef.
The Standards Council of Canada has engaged NFPA to adapt the training modules used by American emergency responders.
The joint initiative by the International Maritime Organization and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was created two years ago, after severe damage was done to Black Sea fisheries.
And these states have only 7 percent of the world's population, the World Health Organization reported March 14.
The Montreal-based organization took both actions during its 2013 Safety Week.
Maritime New Zealand has recently provided guidelines for safety in various kinds of adventure activities, such as jet boating and rafting, commercial kayaking and canoeing, and commercial white water boarding.
The British government's transport minister, Stephen Hammond, announced a new, strict liability offense of driving with a specified controlled drug in the body is being introduced. The list of drugs to be included has not yet been finalized.
The biggest UK fire department also will cut 520 firefighter positions within three years.
More than 1,000 employees will lose their jobs as two large coal producers in the UK complete mining operations.
The immediate applications include robotic mining machinery, mine mapping, and automated inspections that will be utilized in Anglo American PLC's mining operations.
The Board of Governors is meeting March 4 at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with a variety of safety issues on its agenda.
The Yeti robot uses ground-penetrating radar to map crevasses hidden in ice-covered terrains.