On July 1, clinics, community nursing agencies, public health units, and doctors' and dentists' offices must comply with Ontario's Needle Safety Regulation.
"Because of people like Chris, millions of workers in the U.S. go to work and leave work injury and illness free every day," said ASSE President C. Christopher Patton. "We salute Chris for all he has done the past 20 years as a dedicated safety and health professional and will honor his memory, especially in St. Louis where he touched so many lives."
ASTM WK12954 is out for review (ballot) with a closing date of March 10. It will advise jurisdictions on how to develop EOCs.
This third time is not a charm: Residual nicotine from tobacco smoke that clings to indoor surfaces reacts with the common air pollutant nitrous acid to form dangerous carcinogens.
A Feb. 24 Web conference is the start for members to advise DOT on the next five years of work on communication technologies to significantly reduce highway crashes and make travel more efficient in all modes.
The company was cited for two alleged willful violations for failing to adequately protect employees from energized electrical circuits and failing to inform employees about the hazards involved with energized electrical circuits.
"Company management was aware of the requirements to establish a lockout program and did not take action," said Kurt Petermeyer, director of OSHA's Mobile (Ala.) Area Office.
With full implementation of the new safety performance measurement initiative set for July, the agency has rolled out extensive online resources to help the industry prepare.
The explosion blew out walls of the unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines.
The Toxic Substances Control Act may allow EPA to obtain more useful data than it now gets about the health effects of commercial chemicals. But the extent of EPA's authority to collect such data is unclear and untested, a new Government Accountability Office report concludes.
The job will consist of replacing all 6,350 windows in the 73-story, downtown-Atlanta Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel, which was damaged by a tornado in March 2008.
Thirteen on-the-job homicides and seven workplace suicides last year accounted for about one-third of the 62 total fatalities resulting from work-related injuries in 2009 in Washington State.
The Institute of Medicine committee that is studying research, testing, and certification issues surrounding PPE for health care workers during a flu pandemic is scheduled to meet with NPPTL personnel in Washington, D.C.
The International Apparel Federation and two allied organizations have organized a conference Tuesday in Paris about product safety and chemical safety regulations in the United States and the European Union, while, outside, the big Texworld 2010 conference takes place.
CIRCADIAN founder and white paper author Dr. Martin Moore-Ede says that despite the rising prevalence of FRMS, many companies are still seeking to understand what FRMS look like and how they came to be.
Industry operations covered include the transfer of cargo between ships, trucks, pipelines, and other modes of transportation, and the operation and maintenance of piers, docks, and associated buildings and facilities.
Anyone intending to manufacture, import, or process them for an activity that is designated as a significant new use would have to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance, giving the agency time to evaluate the intended use and bar it, if necessary.
FDA this week told health facilities they have 18 months to switch from the STERIS System 1 to alternatives, three times longer than it recommended previously. STERIS Corp. continues to seek clearance for the new device.
In a University of Maryland School of Medicine survey of this profession, the largest such survey to date, 87 percent of them reported experiencing discomfort.
"This case is a clear example of what can and does happen when adequate and effective scaffolding and fall protection are lacking at a jobsite," said OSHA's Brenda Gordon, commenting on the incident in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.