Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo said his agency will issue a final rule this year, followed by a requirement that freight carriers develop Risk Reduction programs.
The agency seeks comments on whether or not it should propose a rule banning voice communications via mobile devices on flights.
An OSHA final rule indicates the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has taken steps to rebuild the agency's capacity after budget and staffing constraints affected the state program.
The commission declined to implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, GHS, to which OSHA's HazCom Standard has been harmonized.
The agency has announced the comment period for the proposed rule will close March 10.
OSHA announced Feb. 13 that it has cited Wire Mesh Sales, LLC of Jacksonville, Fla., and proposed $697,700 in penalties in connection with the August 2013 death of a 32-year-old machine helper.
The agency collaborates with the National Association of Tower Erectors on a safety initiative.
The agency hopes to get the message out about chemical safety in the fertilizer industry.
The meat is recalled due to worries that it is unfit for human consumption.
The proposed rule would extend the compliance date to Nov. 10, 2017.
The ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2009 standard is being revised, with a new version to be published this year. ISEA is recruiting reviewers for the process.
Changes have been made in the International Fire Code and the International Fuel Gas Code to prohibit these. Six workers died four years ago in the Kleen Energy power plant explosion in Middletown, Conn., because of one.
Due to several unsafe occurrences last year, NTSB has decided to hold a cruise ship safety forum March 25-26.
OSHA has cited Radcliff Wire Inc. for allegedly violating safety standards; the fines total more than $100,000.
The agency announced that it will allow light vehicles to be equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
The agency's standards for nuclear power operations date to 1977 and are the earliest radiation rules it has developed.
MSHA’s Joseph Main discusses low injury rates, low fatality rates and more.
President Kathy Seabrook's comments submitted Jan. 31 endorse the proposed 50 µg/m3 PEL and the 25 µg/m3 action level but say implementation on small, short-term construction sites will be a challenge.
The rating indicates India's civil aviation safety oversight regime does not currently comply with the international standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Mine Safety and Health Administration personnel conducted inspections at 11 coal mines and two metal and nonmetal mines during the month.