It requires setting a minimum alarm point at 25 percent of the rated service time but allows manufacturers to set it at a higher point.
Several committee chairs come from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and also from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. The Safety Equipment Institute’s president, Patricia Gleason, chairs the Conformity Assessment Policy Committee.
NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said the proposed rule gives manufacturers flexibility to design different sounds for different makes and models.
Several significant regulatory actions are planned for this fiscal year, according to the semiannual regulatory agenda published Jan. 8.
The department announced it has mailed a new set to employers in the state because injured workers now must see a network medical provider for ongoing care.
Besides filing five serious and one willful violation against Lunda Construction as a result of the July 5, 2012, incident during U.S. 41 bridge construction near Oshkosh, Wis., OSHA has placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the two proposed rules set out new safety standards for foods generally and for farm produce.
This is just the second time three of these popular classes have been held in a single year.
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is offering it, having decided to endorse ASCE/SEI 7-10, Minimum Design Loads of Buildings and Other Structures, as the standard for temporary bracing of tilt panels during construction.
The GHS format is no panacea for comprehensive hazard communication, and several significant problems remain to be solved.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said it will produce "a flexible, effective animal disease traceability system for livestock moving interstate, without undue burdens for ranchers and U.S. livestock businesses."
Our new training curriculum for residential frame carpenters proved the skeptics wrong.
A lack of hand hygiene compliance is a major contributor to the high rates of health care-acquired infections in hospitals.
Each of these 10 elements of fall protection must be mastered by the end user.
When a worker is injured, his or her average time lost for recuperation is 24 days, according to OSHA.
The new $9.19 per hour minimum in Washington state applies to workers in all industries, but 14- and 15-year-olds legally may be paid just 85 percent of it.
It will rise to $242,000 effective Jan. 28, and the maximum penalty for failing to provide timely notification of an accident will increase to $65,000.
More Americans abuse prescription drugs than use cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the agency.
Secretary of Labor Solis commends the new government on steps taken to improve labor, but points out areas where changes can be made.
The state's Department of Conservation says the draft does not begin a formal rulemaking process. It would require "rigorous" testing before, during, and after fracking operations that exceed what other states have implemented.