He proposed an amendment Feb. 27 to the All Economic Regulations Are Transparent Act (H.R. 2804) that would have exempted the regulation from the act's requirements, but it was defeated.
The real question is, for you as a safety professional, how much is your “peace of mind” worth?
It takes ongoing vigilance and management of change to identify conditions in your plant that might cause a potential safety problem.
The bench-scale test of whether a burning cigarette will ignite upholstered pieces may underestimate the materials' tendency to smolder, the agency's Mark Bello reported.
The agency hopes to get the message out about chemical safety in the fertilizer industry.
Fire service organizations in the United States, Canada, and India received the fire prevention grants last year.
Changes have been made in the International Fire Code and the International Fuel Gas Code to prohibit these. Six workers died four years ago in the Kleen Energy power plant explosion in Middletown, Conn., because of one.
Jim Pauley, currently senior vice president of external affairs and government relations for Schneider Electric, will assume his new role in July, replacing James M. Shannon.
Kim Bailey, a fire protection engineer with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management, is the instructor for the Feb. 6 workshop, which is focused on fire safety planning for retirement homes and care facilities.
The Jan. 23 fire at the Waste 4 Fuel facility on Cornwall Drive, Orpington, is the 12th at that site since Dec. 3, 2011, according to the London Fire Brigade.
Helicopter operations also are included, as is passenger vessel safety.
The recruits – 173 men and 22 women –are the second-largest recruit class in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department’s 85-year history.
The popular women's retail chain was cited by OSHA for alleged hazards at its New Jersey and New York stores.
The alert issued Jan. 2 follows the derailment three days earlier near Casselton, N.D., of a train carrying the oil.
The proposal comes in the wake of the Chevron 2012 pipe rupture and fire in the Bay Area.
They can overheat and melt and thus present fire and burn hazards.
Lucian Deacon is based in Denver and will manage the division's public outreach efforts.
The Industrial Commission of Arizona has found that the Forestry Division committed willful and serious safety violations during the Yarnell Hill fire in June.
Updating the process safety management standard and several others will allow the agency to respond to the executive order responding to the explosion in West, Texas.
The NFPA report confirms the predicted 30 percent reduction since 2003 in deaths attributed to smoking-materials fires.