The Food and Drug Administration recently warned nine companies to stop manufacturing 14 unapproved narcotic drugs that are marketed in several dosage forms and are widely used to treat pain.
"Mike's long years of distinguished service are a credit to the Department of Labor," said Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA Jordan Barab. "This award is a well-deserved tribute to a career spent ensuring that workers make it home from their jobs safe and healthy every day."
A federal inspection on April 6, 2009, found the site's field drainage system, oil traps, sumps, and skimmers were not regularly inspected and oil not properly removed, among other violations.
Nearly $7 millions in new safety and health training grants are available to nonprofit, community, and faith-based organizations to provide training and education programs on safety and health topics for workers and their employers.
"Management and labor working together has resulted in an injury and illness rate that is 86 percent below the national average for the postal industry," said Richard S. Terrill, OSHA's regional administrator in Seattle.
"The penalties being proposed are larger because the company had been warned of these violations at two of its locations but chose not to make the needed corrections at all of its plants," said Les Grove, OSHA's area director in Tampa, Fla.
OSHA has cited East Central Machine & Tool Co., St. Clair, Mo., for alleged safety and health violations and proposed $117,900 in penalties following an investigation into an accident where an employee lost two fingers in a mechanical power press. The inspection found one alleged willful and 11 alleged serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Ten years ago today, Liam Wood, 18, Stephen Tsiorvas, 10, and Wade King, 10, died in a fireball from a leaking gasoline pipeline. The incident shocked the state and prompted a stronger federal law governing underground pipeline inspections and enforcement.
The Crom Corporation and Crom Equipment Rentals violated federal law when they allowed the racial harassment of black employees, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced recently. EEOC also says the Florida-based construction companies unlawfully suspended an African American employee for complaining about severe racial insults, threats, and physical abuse.
Entergy Transmission and Substations, Louisiana Grid, in Destrehan, La. has earned "star" membership in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), the highest level possible for achieving three years of excellence in employee health and safety.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. recently issued the following statement: "Although General Motors Corp. has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, its two defined benefit pension plans remain ongoing under GM's sponsorship . . ."
According to EPA, the copper in the naval shipyard's wastewater comes from sandblasting and painting of vessels in dry dock at the shipyard. The shipyard is allowed to discharge its wastewater into Sinclair Inlet, but only if the wastewater complies with the site's NPDES permit.
The Phoenix-based facility stores asphalt cement, boiler oil, and diesel fuel at levels requiring reporting, but it failed to provide chemical hazard information and submit a chemical inventory to local authorities, EPA said.
According to the Coast Guard, the New England region suffered the loss of 55 recreational boaters and paddlers in 2008. Four kayak and 10 canoe fatalities accounted for 25 percent of the total.
Water quality within the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River is severely degraded due to dissolved metals from historic mining activities, EPA said, noting that major tributaries are devoid of aquatic life due to high concentrations of dissolved metals.
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced the formation of a task force to develop recommendations for enhancing the transparency of the agency's operations and decision-making process.
OSHA recently announced that it has partnered with Marlette Homes in Lewistown to assist the company in creating safety and health management systems that will protect employees from injuries and illnesses.
The new budget represents a 19 percent increase from the current fiscal year budget, including increases of $295.2 million in budget authority and $215.4 million in industry user fees.
NY Giants, Jets Sign with EPA for 'Greenest'-Ever Meadowlands
"This ambitious, comprehensive plan set forth by the two team ownership groups is a blueprint for new sports venues everywhere," said EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou.