Using U.S. Department of Labor and Mine Safety and Health Administration data, Christopher Barnes and David Wagner, both doctoral candidates studying industrial and organizational psychology at Michigan State University, found that the number of workplace accidents spikes after Daylight Savings Time changes every March.
The facility failed to report many hazardous chemicals stored at the site including sulfuric acid, lead, zinc, and hydrochloric acid, EPA said.
"OSHA's process safety management regulations are designed to reduce or eliminate workplace hazards associated with the catastrophic release of highly hazardous chemicals," said Patricia Jones, director of OSHA's area office in Avenel, N.J., which conducted the investigation.
The standard, Z490.1-2009, covers all areas of training, including training development, delivery, evaluation, and management of training and training programs, ASSE says.
The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. One potential route is through veterinarians, who, according to a new report by University of Iowa College of Public Health researchers, are at markedly increased risk of infection with zoonotic pathogens--the viruses and bacteria that can infect both animals and humans.
According to the Department of Justice, the company suffered damage and losses in excess of $94,200 as a result of the former employee's computer intrusion and intentional, unauthorized deletion of programs and files.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Nancy Nord recently announced that a lease has been signed to expand and modernize the agency's testing facilities. The new facility, located off the "I-270 Technology Corridor" in Rockville, Md., will enhance CPSC's efforts to protect the public from dangerous consumer products and brings scientists and engineers together in one testing facility.
"It is particularly disturbing and sadly ironic when a health care facility, of all places, refuses to reasonably accommodate an employee's disability," said EEOC Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence.
According to the poll, only 12 percent of companies plan to offer summer hours this year--a benefit typically defined as allowing employees to put in extra hours Monday through Thursday and take either a half day off every Friday or a full day off every other Friday during the summer months.
The Department of Labor recently announced that it has paid more than $400 million in compensation and medical benefits to Colorado residents under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The act was created to assist those individuals who became ill as a result of working in the atomic weapons industry. Survivors of such individuals may also be eligible for benefits.
The Boise State University team's leader foresees installed accelerometers that continuously monitor bolts in locations such as a highway tunnel, depicted here in a photo from FHWA's "Public Roads" magazine.
"We want participants to be as imaginative and creative as possible, and to explore ways in which photography can highlight the need for safe and healthy workplaces," the agency says. The top-ranked photo, chosen by an international jury of professional photographers, will win 3,000 euros.
"This agreement highlights each group's dedication to enhancing professionalism in the field of hazardous materials management and the overall environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) industry," said AHMP President Harry S. Kemp, CHMM.
Sunlight and other light sources send wake-up cues to the body's internal clock, so it's vital to take steps to make it as dark as possible. A range of approaches can address this problem.
"There's obviously a lot more to the story behind these numbers, but the short version is that the red ink many of us had been expecting to see across the industry seems to have been largely avoided," says Ian Rusk, ZweigWhite president and financial consultant.
OSHA has cited Metalor Technologies for 10 alleged serious violations of safety standards, with $46,500 in fines, following an inspection prompted by a Nov. 7, 2008, chlorine gas leak at the company's North Attleboro, Mass., metals refining plant.
A secondhand smoke Health Hazard Evaluation triggered by confidential requests from non-poker dealers at Bally's, Paris, and Caesars Palace casinos found evidence of exposure to a known carcinogen from tobacco smoke, based on measurable levels in their urine.
Recipient Erik P. Delaney, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who specializes in EH&S, hazmat, and safety management, "has distinguished himself by the breadth and depth of his knowledge regarding the management of hazardous materials, and through the professionalism he exhibits in dealing with the public, his co-workers, and other industry professionals," said IHMM Board of Directors Chair Elizabeth Pfeiffer.