Acting at the request of FDA, U.S. marshals seized animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Ill.
The case began after a complaint last year alleged fall hazards were present.
Last week's staff report skewered Ed Foulke's agency for the problem everyone sees: reported injury and illness numbers aren't credible. Tomorrow comes a hearing questioning OSHA's construction safety enforcement.
Under EPCRA, reporting of chemical inventory information is required each year on March 1.
The agency urges citizens to take one extra step it says is equally as important in planning vacations--visit the "Know Before You Go" Web site for travel-related regulations and protection tips.
The intent of this planner is to provide users with marketing material, media tools, and marketing ideas to distribute to fit local needs and objectives while at the same time partnering with other states, communities, and organizations all across the country on this promotional program.
"Arming college students is the wrong lesson to learn from Virginia Tech," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Richard E. Stickler, acting assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health, said the proposed rule "would include requirements for improved flame-resistant conveyor belts, fire prevention and detection in belt entries, standardized tactile signals on lifelines, and approval of the use of air from the belt entry to ventilate working sections."
All 16,000 nursing homes in the country are covered by the rule, which contains a five-year phase-in period.
OSHA and the Café Con Leche Health and Safety Outreach Committee have formed an alliance to focus on outreach and training for non-English speaking employees and youths.
Meeting with a Chinese minister in Annapolis, Md., the federal import safety leader, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, cited "strong and sustained cooperation by both nations."
Warning letters have been sent to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals marketing a wide range of products fraudulently claiming to prevent and cure cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The rule would require that underground coal mines provide refuge alternatives to protect miners when a life-threatening event makes escape impossible.
The rule, published in February, also had set a July 1 deadline to have testing officers ready. Administrator Joseph Boardman, shown here, and the agency are giving railroads more time to prepare.
OSHA has cited Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center for alleged lack of employee safeguards and the improper removal and disposal of asbestos containing material in a closed section of the hospital during renovation work in December 2007. The Niagara Falls, N.Y., medical facility faces $110,000 in proposed fines.
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are a pesticide formulator, agrichemical dealer, an independent commercial applicator, or a custom blender.
"We're committed to a more welcoming environment for the roughly one million foreign travelers arriving at our ports each day," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the Department of Energy, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, recently finalized a five-year plan for cleaning up the legacy of abandoned uranium mining on the Navajo Nation.
Retail giant Wal-Mart will pay $250,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced recently. EEOC had charged that Wal-Mart failed to accommodate and then fired a long-time pharmacy technician who suffered a disability resulting from a gunshot wound.
An alliance between OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers continues with the goal of fostering a culture of prevention for safety and health hazards at U.S. job sites.