An ANSI standard may be finalized by the end of this year, Connecticut's new penalties for drivers who injure workers take effect Oct. 1, and the Subpart K federal rule will take effect Dec. 1.
“Experience shows that if Americans take steps ahead of time, they stand a much better chance of coming through an emergency unharmed and recovering more quickly,” said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
The report notes that improving public health preparedness for CBRN threats is an ongoing process as science advances, innovations mature, and the threat scope changes.
Minor changes will conform it to current policies and recent court decisions and laws.
“We demand that the administration take back this outrageous slap at sick 9/11 responders and reappoint Dr. Howard to a well-deserved second term,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney said yesterday at Ground Zero.
The findings are in contrast to some human emergency responders who worked at the World Trade Center site, possibly due to differences between human and animal airways and differences in lung defense mechanisms, a new study concludes.
With the Fourth of July weekend here, the American Red Cross is urging everyone to make giving blood part of their holiday plans.
"The ideas shared by Dow and OSHA in the past have helped to identify and prevent occupational hazards, and we are eagerly anticipating more success ahead," said OSHA chief Edwin Foulke.
"This is wonderful news for the American people and a big improvement to the status quo," said GSA Acting Administrator David Bibb.
Within six months, the subcommittee will submit recommendations to a board that will then recommend actions to the HHS secretary.
The Associated Press reported today that a man who killed five co-workers and then himself after arguments at a Henderson, Ky., plastics company argued over an order to wear safety goggles and his use of a cell phone.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is assessing the impact on 2008 crop acreage of recent floods in the Midwest.
Employers and employees involved in cleanup and recovery activities following the Midwest floods and tornadoes will benefit from a new Web page at www.dol.gov posted by OSHA.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an Environmental Health Shelter Assessment Tool with the purpose of assisting environmental health practitioners in conducting a rapid assessment of shelter conditions during emergencies and disasters.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting comments from the public and interested stakeholders on three draft guidances: Interim Guidance on the Use and Purchase of Facemasks and Respirators by Individuals and Families for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness; Proposed Guidance on Antiviral Drug Use During an Influenza Pandemic; and Proposed Considerations for Antiviral Drug Stockpiling by Employers In Preparation for an Influenza Pandemic.
Beginning today, the week asks emergency responders to focus on their PPE, training, wellness, exercise, and medical and physical evaluations.
Currently, no single personal protective ensemble can protect the wearer from exposure to all hazards.
"Arming college students is the wrong lesson to learn from Virginia Tech," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Kimberly-Clark Professional announced recently that it is donating thousands of health and hygiene products to help Columbus, Ind., businesses and residents clean up from the extensive damage caused by the recent flooding.
Weather tools available to emergency responders have improved considerably in recent years. As important as National Weather Service (NWS) watches and warnings are, they’re just the starting point. You can now access everything from detection of likely tornadoes to real-time lightning and frost and icing forecasts.