"Freelancers aren't free," Mayor Bill de Blasio said May 15. "It's now the law in New York City that they be paid on time, have the written contracts they deserve, and have the tools to defend their rights."
New technologies combine wireless sensing devices and software, promising a brighter day for safety managers looking to simplify record-keeping and compliance, respond faster to emergencies, have fewer accidents and increase worker productivity
The board will host a media conference call May 11 to release it, with Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland participating.
To comply with the law, each railroad or contractor employing one or more safety-related railroad employees must submit a training program to FRA for approval and designate the minimum training qualifications for each occupational category of employee. The rule also requires most employers to conduct periodic oversight of their employees and develop annual written reviews of their training programs.
The department's new report summarizes the inspection reports filed during the most recent five-year period by building owners. More than 7,700 buildings in the city have a sidewalk shed in front of them, DOB reported.
This research started in September 2015. The second phase of it, set to begin in June 2017, will examine the risks of drone collisions with aircraft.
"Innovator biotherapeutic products are often too expensive for many countries, so biosimilars are a good opportunity to expand access and support countries to regulate and use these medicines," said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO's assistant director general for Health Systems and Innovation.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board's final report on the February 2015 explosion at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif., also recommends that the company require identification of all safety critical equipment and consequences of failure for each mode of operation, and also ensure safety critical devices can successfully function when needed.
CDPH is proposing each label include a listing of all ingredients in descending order; the amount of sugar, sodium, and fat per serving; and a cannabis product symbol. The proposal will prohibit labels from making any claims of health or other physical benefit.
All 13 crew and passengers aboard the Airbus Super Puma died April 29, 2016, when the main rotor detached without warning. It crashed while en route from a North Sea platform. Both Norwegian and UK authorities have grounded this type of helicopter since the crash.
The greatest value of a building rating system is one that meshes with economic decisions.
Monitoring gas and vapor hazards is necessary to ensure workers' health and to see that the working environment is healthy.
The year's biggest U.S industrial hygiene show, AIHce EXP docks in the Emerald City next month.
OSHA is considering some methods that will speed up the process of fit testing but still ensure that users are properly fitted with a particular respirator.
Here's what the key eyewash and shower standard, ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2014, says about weekly tests and annual inspections of the equipment.
By understanding the risks of this hazard and the regulations surrounding it, you can better equip your facility to prevent "near misses" so they never turn into catastrophic explosions.
Exposure limits are absent for thousands of chemicals, creating a need for guidance that occupational exposure banding can help to fill, according to the authors of a new guidance document.