The agency has reopened the record on a proposed rule regarding electric power generation, transmission, and distribution because the technical committee responsible for the 2005 version of the rule discovered an error in its calculation of minimum approach distances for certain voltages.
The institute's researchers, along with industry and academia, have developed a training package to educate the mining community about some possible interventions beyond kneepads that may be used to help decrease knee injury rates.
The American Medical Association launched a new Healthier Life Steps campaign, a new study of dietary patterns implicates the Western diet in worldwide heart attack risk, and psychologists are urged to aid in prevention.
Financial distress around the world points out vulnerabilities that must be brought under control, the two partner organizations said Monday.
Organized by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the week's campaign activities will highlight the importance of assessing health and safety risks.
"There is no way to understate the danger of fall hazards, which are the number one killer in construction work," said Diana Cortez, OSHA's area director in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Held every October, the public awareness campaign highlights the importance of working drug free to prevent accidents, improve productivity, and reduce costs while also encouraging people with alcohol and drug problems to seek help.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is reminding the public that National Teen Driver Safety Week begins today and runs through Oct. 25. According to CDC, in 2006, a total of 4,144 teens aged 16-19 years old died, and nearly 400,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries sustained in motor-vehicle crashes in the United States.
Combining previous references to storm shelter and safe room construction published by NSSA, the FEMA, and the Red Cross, the new standard increases minimum wind resistance requirements and provides basic safety and health requirements.
Even with a 4 percent overall decline, there were 43,193 deaths in 2007 -- about 118 per day, according to NTSB's preliminary figures. Some of the agency's recent investigations point out the problem of distracted driving.
Health Canada issued a public advisory and said it is working with manufacturers to revise labels on codeine-containing products so "ultra-rapid metabolizers" of codeine are warned of the risk.
Thirty years after the British rule was enacted requiring involvement of workers' representatives, the UK safety and health oversight agency is reminding stakeholders that involvement pays off.
MSHA's Safety Targets Training Program will focus on addressing and eliminating the most common causes of repeat fatal accidents that occurred from 2000 to 2008
"We will take action against any company that fails to follow these laws that protect emergency responders and the public in the event of an accidental release," said Daniel Meer, EPA's assistant Superfund director for the Pacific Southwest region.
Fall hazards, improper storage of compressed gas cylinders, restricted exit access, lack of machine guarding, inadequate fire extinguisher maintenance, and electrical hazards were among the unsafe working conditions OSHA found at Salmon-Challis National Forest.
"This case study effectively demonstrates how safety and health management systems can be successful if organizations take proactive steps to implement and encourage their use," said OSHA chief Edwin G. Foulke Jr.
"The sale of these products not only puts the public at risk through unjustified reliance upon their usefulness as pesticides, but also unfairly undercuts legitimate businesses that have registered their products," said Katherine Taylor, associate director of EPA's Communities and Ecosystems Division for the Pacific Southwest region.
British authorities say people shouldn't be exposed for more than an hour within 1 foot of a bare "open" (single envelope) compact fluorescent light bulb of the type shown here. They're asking for this concern to be addressed in EU standards.
Jointly developing interoperable standards, the four -- Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern, and CSX -- are "much closer to a safe technology solution," a UP executive says.
Chemical manufacturers that fail to meet the Dec. 1, 2008, deadline cannot continue manufacturing or importing their chemicals until they have submitted a full registration and paid the registration fee. As of Oct. 1, almost 40,000 chemicals were already pre-registered through the initiative.