This week's GAO report says NIOSH is estimating the costs it oversees correctly for FY2008 because the estimates are based on actual experience, not predicted care.
President/CEO Michael LaRocco moves to the $6 billion property and casualty insurer from Safeco.
Rep. John Barrow, whose district includes the Imperial Sugar plant, is a sponsor of H.R. 5522, which would require interim and final dust standards and revision of the HazCom standard.
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said the rule is intended to prevent any more incidents like the Port Wentworth Imperial Sugar explosion last month.
The U.S. Fire Administration recently announced the release of Coffee Break training presentations in video format to enhance ongoing support of fire prevention efforts.
The page, unveiled by agency chief Edwin Foulke Jr., links to the current National Emphasis Program, a bulletin on dust hazards, and several relevant standards.
Carbon nanotubes exhibit the same explosion severities and sensitivities as those for various coals, food flours, and other nanostructured carbon blacks, the researchers also found.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a daylight saving time alert reminding consumers to make sure they have working smoke alarms when turning clocks ahead on Sunday, March 9.
Manufactured in China, the connectors were sold at hardware stores in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Florida from August 2007 through September 2007 for between $7 and $20.
Two choices for manufacturers: smolder-resistant coverings or fire barriers between the cover fabric and inner materials.
Twice as many firefighters are injured each year performing fireground duties as there are fire injuries to the civilian population, reaching an estimated total of 36,880 in 2004, according to a new report issued yesterday by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration.
Jim Clack headed the response when the I-35W highway bridge collapsed Aug. 1, 2007. Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon will announce his appointment today.
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration announced today the four fire service executives who will receive the National Fire Academy's (NFA) 2007 Annual Outstanding Research Awards. This award recognizes Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) students for their Applied Research Projects.
The Standards Council also may remove this from its Technical Committee on Pyrotechnics' scope and will hold a public hearing June 2 at WSCE in Las Vegas.
A $900,000 DHS grant supports the educational campaign about the importance of properly maintained smoke alarms.
"It's disheartening to see that public perception is not changing," said Chris Jelenewicz, SFPE's engineering program manager.
The United States Fire Administration has released a comprehensive report from a joint project with the National Fire Protection Association to examine what can be done to reduce the high death rate from fire in rural America.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) on Feb. 1 to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on a new mandatory standard to address residential upholstered furniture fires.
Protective covers on the compressor's motor are not made from proper flame retardant material and can ignite, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
The incident on Jan. 30, 2007, at the Little General Store in Ghent killed four people and injured six others when propane gas was suddenly released through a liquid withdrawal valve during a changeover between two propane tanks.