The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration grants will increase public education about the high costs of excavation damage.
Decided on free speech grounds, the 2-1 decision blocks FDA from requiring tobacco companies to include stark warnings and photos of people fighting diseases caused by smoking.
Reports from NPR and BLS focused on fatalities and PPE in the U.S. commercial fishing industry, which has the highest fatality rate among all occupations since 2005.
Labor Ready Northeast Inc. and Waste Management of Trenton have been cited for a serious violation each of the general duty clause, OSHA announced.
John Bresland, who has served on the U.S. Chemical Safety Board since August 2002, is retiring Aug. 31 to join the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center as a Research Fellow.
The Oct. 5 public hearing in Casper concerns a proposed rule change to require workers on drilling rigs to wear flame-resistant clothing and signs about it to be posted.
New Zealand is one of the newest places the wildfire safety message has reached.
ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske is urging state legislators to pass legislation creating one.
The fees are part of the Vessel Sanitation Program, which was created in the 1970s to help the industry prevent gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on ships.
This year's week takes place Oct. 1-5 and has the theme “Back to Basics—Your Keys to Safe Driving.”
Electronic MOCs have given all affected personnel easier and more effective access to the information required to be reviewed prior to operating the process, says Mike Whitten, a speaker at next month's marcus evans 3rd Process Safety Management Conference for the Chemical, Petrochemical, & Refining Industries.
Wind turbines and turbine blades are growing larger, as well. The new DOE report says about $14 billion of wind capacity was added in the United States in 2011.
Made in India, the product poses an unacceptable burn risk to consumers, the EU RAPEX rapid alert system announced in its Aug. 17 recall newsletter.
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, Deborah A.P. Hersman, will give the keynote speech on Aug. 28 at the International Society of Air Safety Investigators' (ISASI) 2012 Annual Seminar.
Aerial spraying of insecticide began Aug. 16 in sections of north Dallas and some smaller adjacent cities. Ten people have died of West Nile Virus in Dallas County, Texas, so far this year.
Their two leading health agencies agreed to launch the partnership Sept. 7 in Beijing. The partnership aims to bring attention to employers' role in addressing secondhand smoke risks.
OSHA's Charleston, W.Va. Area Office investigated Sodexho Inc. for removal work at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W.Va.
Th new rule requires independent, third-party verification of blind shear rams' capability and documentation for blowout preventer (BOP) inspections and maintenance, among other things.
The agency wants to have its proposed rule adopted by Jan. 1, 2013, when most of the relevant international standards take effect.
The British energy company has been divesting itself of parts of its U.S. fuels businesses and still plans to sell its Texas City, Texas, refinery.