Each year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance recognizes the best roadside inspectors by inviting member jurisdictions from across North America to participate in the event, comprised of timed competitions in various categories.
The new program will strengthen the coordination of work by TSA, law enforcement, airline, and airport security partners to reduce vulnerabilities on the "secure side" of the airport, which includes the tarmac.
OSHA has cited San Antonio Lath & Plaster in San Antonio, Texas for four alleged serious, three alleged repeat, and one other-than-serious safety violations carrying proposed penalties totaling $63,600.
State investigators concluded the nursing staff did not address the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding from the patient's concurrent use of two medications.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reached a settlement with California hearing device manufacturer Advanced Bionics LLC and its president and CEO Jeffrey Greiner over alleged violations of federal law.
When Keith Cooley, left, ordered a Cease Operation Order to be executed Thursday, it was only the third time the Michigan workplace safety agency had taken this action for a repeated failure to abate hazards.
Failing to follow labeling instructions and allowing two pesticides--Direx 4L and Garlon 4--to enter a Northern California waterway were violations of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Clean Water Act, EPA said.
OSHA is proposing $110,000 in penalties for 25 alleged serious safety violations uncovered at CITGO Asphalt Refining Co.'s plant in Savannah, Ga.
Seven repeat offenses for similar fall hazard violations in 2006 and 2007 alone resulted in $100,000 in proposed penalties.
EPA has released the final "Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen—Health Criteria," the agency's latest evaluation of the scientific literature on the potential adverse human health effects resulting from exposures to oxides of nitrogen, particularly nitrogen dioxide. There are significant new health data, particularly epidemiological studies, since the last scientific review document released in 1993.
Among the new requirements up for discussion, fumigant registrants will have to adopt more stringent worker protection measures and develop training for fumigation handlers and workers to enhance their knowledge and skills and to promote product stewardship.
L&I said the settlement includes a payment, made July 8, of $75,000 to employees who were owed overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
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.
An average of one death per week in the industry has the Health and Safety Executive focused on inadequate training and skills.
The final rule requires importers and others to keep records, register, and ensure the security of these materials.
A lack of fall protection equipment and PPE were among the repeat violations OSHA cited.
“Thanks to the hard work of the legislature and representatives of labor and industry, we have enacted one of the nation’s strongest mine safety laws, which completes the work begun following the Quecreek Mine accident,” said Gov. Edward Rendell, signing the new law.
Water provided onboard aircraft through lavatory and galley faucets must meet standards for human consumption, which includes uses such as washing face or hands; brushing teeth; consuming beverages made with onboard water; and drinking the water from galley or lavatory water taps.
Jukka Takala, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, was among about 50 decision-makers who adopted the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work last week.
EPA recently fined a Phoenix, Ariz. paint and hazardous chemical storage and repackaging company $23,800 for violating the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.