During the nearly 18 months in which the new HOS provisions were in effect, the GAO report found evidence of reduced driver fatigue and increased roadway safety: fewer fatal crashes, fewer drivers working the maximum schedules, and no increase in crashes during the 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. morning rush hour.
Duty holder corporations must prepare a written corporate major accident prevention policy that establishes the overall goals and arrangements for controlling the risk of a major accident for its installations in external waters and outside the European Union.
Australian newspapers are reporting the find amid speculation that these items came from the missing MH370 aircraft.
The online tool helps workers report accidents, illnesses, and injuries.
OSHA says the company failed to provide proof of correcting prior violations.
Drought can affect air quality and increase the incidence of illness and disease, according to the agency. Currently, parts of California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada are experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.
This move puts a uniformed fire officer in the nerve center of the Metrorail system 40 hours a week to help coordinate emergency communication between the agency and first responders.
The aircraft was destroyed and the copilot died in the October 2014 crash. NTSB concluded the possibility that a single human failure could cause the suborbital rocket to crash was not considered.
The fake palm trees burned rapidly in last Saturday's fire on a pool deck of the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, but the fire was extinguished quickly.
More than three years after a federal appeals court ruled that OSHA must cite an employer for failing to record an injury or illness within six months of the first day on which the regulations require the recording, OSHA now intends to revise 29 CFR part 1904 to "clarify that the duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation."