Exposure to the harmful metal, which can cause illness and cancer in cases of chronic contact, can be more easily monitored by workers and supervisors with a new OSHA online endeavor.
Robert LiMandri on Dec. 3 started the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week by visiting a Brooklyn public school to teach children in first, second, and third grades how to safely ride elevators and escalators and what to do in an emergency.
Judy Schurke's resignation as director of the parent agency of the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health will be effective Dec. 31
FAA and OSHA proposed the new policy on Nov. 30.
After the employee followed the company's injury report policy, he was wrong accused of falsifying the injury report.
One analyst said the refinery "needs relatively little maintenance" because much of its equipment is new, having been installed after the March 2005 explosion.
Think about the overall wear life of the garment and what the cost will mean long term.
The operators of mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana are now on notice about a potential pattern of violations. The agency also announced the number of operations with chronic violations is falling.
The agency alerted users and suppliers of copper ionization water treatment systems that this method is prohibited by the EU beginning Feb. 1, 2013.
The case is among the largest penalties proposed by the agency this year. "While I'm grateful that nobody was injured from the incident, I'm alarmed by the egregious nature of the violations we uncovered during our inspection," OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels said.
In an unprecedented move, a Massey division president faced charges of conspiracy related to the 2010 mining explosion that killed 29 workers.
This is the first use of the suspension authority allowed by the Food Safety Modernization Act, the agency announced Nov. 26.
Now facing $165,900 in fines, Mississippi Phosphates was investigated after two employees died in similar incidents.
Six serious violations have been assessed against Harrison Hoist Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, in connection with the collapse of part of a tower crane at a University of Texas at Dallas campus in July.
The Nov. 30 NSC meeting concerns the licensee’s response to the discovery of "unexpected wear" in nearly new steam generators after a leak inside a Unit 3 steam generator tube early this year.
DEA announced that a federal court jury in Cleveland, Ohio, convicted Dr. Terence Sasaki, pharmacist Vinesh Darji, and Audrey Barbara Rovedo on Nov. 15 of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, raising the number of people convicted in the case to 13.
BSEE has ordered Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC, to submit a performance improvement plan by Dec. 15 and to take several corrective actions immediately.
The agency's Dallas Area Office investigated after an employee working the checkout counter at TMT Inc.’s Garland, Texas, Whip In convenience store died following an assault in May 2012.
The annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was marked in more than 50 countries on Nov. 18.
Subject to court approval, the company's agreement will settle all criminal claims from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill with the U.S. Department of Justice and all securities claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission.