The amount will be offset by $123.6 million in BSEE collections.
The agency wants more input about a request for information published in December 2013 as part of the multi-agency process to improve chemical facility safety.
"Improving antibiotic prescribing can save today's patients from deadly infections and protect lifesaving antibiotics for tomorrow's patients," said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden, M.D., MPH.
Water levels above the Wanapum Dam are being reduced to 20 feet lower than the normal high operating level to reduce pressure on the spillway after divers found a 2-inch-wide crack that was 65 feet long in the base of one of the spillway piers.
The most important solutions to heat stress are frequent rest and water breaks in the shade. If laborers work in the sun they absolutely must have tents or shade sails available with cool water and seating.
It takes ongoing vigilance and management of change to identify conditions in your plant that might cause a potential safety problem.
Thirteen employees of DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., were notified Feb. 26 that they have tested positive for radiological contamination after being exposed on Feb. 14.
Six meetings of international experts have been held as part of the Action Plan on Nuclear Safety that followed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant crisis.
Two Feb. 26 events illustrated the severity of the drug problem in West Virginia: a forum on the emerging heroin epidemic and a charge of illegal drug distribution by a man identified as the governor's brother.
The agency posted a Hazard Alert that says its inspections "have revealed serious deficiencies in some of the procedures used in tank entry."
"The fatality rate in this industry is extremely high – and tower workers have a risk of fatal injury perhaps 25 to 30 times higher than the risk for the average American worker. This is clearly unacceptable," he said in a video shown at the NATE annual conference.
Knowing how they are made can prepare communities for disasters; flooding occurs in every U.S. state, according to the agency.
"We share the administration's vision for making a safe rail network even safer and have worked together to swiftly pinpoint new operating practices that enhance the safety of moving crude oil by rail," Association of American Railroads President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger said.
Filtration Service Engineering Ltd had pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the Health and Safety Executive reported.
The city’s www.nola.gov/mardigras website will keep visitors and residents informed about the enforcement policies in effect as the season's parades begin rolling Feb. 21.
Students from three of the service academies competed recently in Pittsburgh after receiving training from two top experts.
The state's Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety released the report Feb. 13. It recommends making inherently safer technologies mandatory for the 21 refineries in the state, as well as root cause analysis after significant incidents.
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.
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.
The energy company announced Feb. 4 that it has begun production from the giant platform; the company's largest floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico is located about 130 miles south of New Orleans.