The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is joining Target, of Minneapolis, Minn., in announcing a new notification system for communicating product recalls in Target stores nationwide. Target's safety and recall notification program involves posting signs throughout its stores that direct guests to gift registry kiosks near the Guest Service desk to learn about recalled products.
As director of NIOSH from July 2002 to July 2008, Dr. John Howard's accomplishments were numerous, noted GCAC Chair John T. Steele in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Designate Rep. Hilda Solis.
The agency's recent residual risk assessment found that after application of the MACT standards the chronic cancer risks are below 1-in-1 million, and no further cancer risk reduction is required. The analysis also found that non-cancer and acute risks to humans, as well as ecological risks from these facilities are low and that no further controls are warranted.
An ALJ assessed a total civil penalty of $11,090 last April after rejecting the mine operator's claim that its foremen were rank-and-file miners with no real supervisory control.
Fully wireless communications technology won't be ready or technologically feasible by June 15, 2009, when the MINER Act requires operators of those mines to have submitted a plan to use it, so MSHA's letter explains what will work.
The alliance will place special emphasis on emergency preparedness and response activities related to restoring utility services quickly and safely following a major disaster.
"These employees were just one misstep or tumble away from a fatal or disabling plunge," said Arthur Dube, OSHA's area director in Buffalo, N.Y.
The company also agreed to provide anti-discrimination training for the owner, managers, supervisors, and employees and allow EEOC to monitor the work site for the next two years.
Lisa P. Jackson, CHMM, is the former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and before that worked for 16 years in EPA's Superfund Program, developing key hazardous waste cleanup regulations, overseeing hazardous waste cleanup programs and directing multimillion-dollar cleanup operations.
The 2005 settlement and today’s penalty settlement with ExxonMobil were reached as part of a broader EPA initiative to reduce air pollution from refineries nationwide. To date, 95 refineries located in 28 states, representing more than 86 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, have been required to install new controls to significantly reduce emissions.
U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, 51, represents part of East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. She is vice chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Nancy Nord, CPSC acting chairman, said enforcement of the new law will focus on sites "where the greatest risk of drain entrapment to children exists, such as wading pools, pools designed specifically for toddlers and young children, and in-ground spas, particularly where these types of pools and spas have flat drain grates and single main drain systems."
NIOSH has engaged The National Academies' Institute of Medicine to review the draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: "Asbestos Fibers and other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced it will require the manufacturers of antiepileptic drugs to add to these products' prescribing information, or labeling, a warning that their use increases risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality). The action includes all antiepileptic drugs including those used to treat psychiatric disorders, migraine headaches, and other conditions, as well as epilepsy.
NHTSA had cancelled a Dec. 17 public meeting, saying it was moot because BMW is going ahead with the recall of model year 2007 and certain MY 2008 Mini Cooper S (hardtop) vehicles demanded by the agency.
With the new technology, leaks are displayed on a video screen similar to the way night vision goggles are used to show the heat signature of objects.
A final rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration raises the stakes for motor carriers that must go through the New Entrant Safety Assurance Program.
Based on proposed amendments, if a refinery relies upon flaring more than expected, the facility would be required to take corrective action.
The presentation, which includes slides, focuses on hot work and arc flash hazards and how to protect oneself against shock and arc flashes or blasts.
Attorneys general of 39 states reached a settlement agreement with Mattel Inc. and its subsidiary, Fisher-Price Inc., resolving a 15-month investigation into the events that lead to a voluntary recall of the companies’ toys for excessive lead paint in 2007.