"MSHA's heightened vigilance during this period will focus additional resources on preventing accidents at both intermittent and full-time mining operations, and we will look hard for the conditions that have led to mining deaths," said Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.
Storm and hurricane cleanup work may involve hazards related to restoring electricity, communications, and water and sewer services; and there are potential hazards in demolition activity; debris cleanup; tree trimming; structural, road, and bridge repair; hazardous waste operations; and emergency response activities.
Of all the tools professionals in the automotive service industry can take great pride in ownership of, the paint spray booth is perhaps one of the most coveted.
Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. has been issued one general duty clause citation and one serious citation.
OSHA issued eight serious citations to TIMET for the incident.
The agreement exceeds $20 billion and contains billions of dollars in claim settlement funds for five states, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced. "Once approved by the court, this agreement will launch one of the largest environmental restoration efforts the world has ever seen," she said.
"These products are intended to offer greater options and help create a continuum of care in a mass casualty incident. Together, they have the potential to eliminate resource-intensive steps, shorten hospital stays, and improve patient outcomes," said BARDA Director Robin Robinson, Ph.D.
MSHA issued the rule because it determined miners are exposed to pinning, crushing, and struck-by hazards when working near mobile machines in underground coal mines.
A shipment of irradiated liquid HEU fuel from a research reactor located in Tashkent was shipped to Russia, IAEA announced.
The biggest U.S. safety trade show of the year returns to the West Coast next October, taking place in the shadow of Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center.