You may be affected by this action if you are a pesticide formulator, agrichemical dealer, an independent commercial applicator, or a custom blender. The final rule is effective Dec. 29.
The four states with the next-highest rates in 2008 are Montana, Ohio, Vermont, and New Hampshire. The lowest rate, $1.08 per $100 of payroll, belongs to North Dakota.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently announced the winners of the Fiscal Year 2009 Intramural National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) competition. Demonstrating a high level of scientific merit and a focus on translating research into practice, awards were given to 17 projects in diverse areas covering some of the many priority needs in each of the NORA sectors.
Twenty-five thousand cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia annually during 1998-2003, according to studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, titled "Assessing the Burden of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Associated Cancers in the United States," was published online and appears in the Nov. 15, 2008, supplement edition of Cancer.
The new pages are designed to help employers train their employees on the risk of exposure and include information on the symptoms associated with stings and bites, how workers can protect themselves, and what they should do if they are stung or bitten.
The agency's investigation followed an incident in May that killed one employee and injured 22 others.
Electronic tools helping small businesses evaluate workplace safety and health management programs was among the topics presented at a recent OSHA forum titled "Challenges Small Businesses Face in Complying with Regulations."
The construction company's activities at sites around the world continue through Sunday and remind the workers that active planning should precede every task.
Today is not only the day to change our clocks, it's also the day to replaced smoke alarm batteries, according to an timely reminder from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission as Daylight Saving Time ends.
NIOSH and partners will hold the International Conference on Road Safety at Work on Feb. 16-18, 2009, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Conference co-sponsors include the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, International Labour Organization, U.S. Department of State, and the National Safety Council.
Gov. Ed Rendell honored the winners last week at the 2008 Governor's Award for Safety Excellence luncheon in Hershey. U.S. Steel – Mon Valley, also a 1998 winner, has cut its OSHA recordables rate to 1.05 and had just eight lost-time incidents in 2007 among its 3,100 employees.
As the weather grows cold and people start planning for the holidays, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released two new research videos that illustrate the benefit of having sprinkler systems in homes. Scientists exposed two dry Christmas trees to an open flame in a living room mock-up built inside their laboratory and recorded the results.
Starring Chandra Wilson, who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey in ABC's weekly drama series, the public service announcements have important tips for parents and caregivers to follow when using OTC oral cough and cold medicines.
Iowa's labor commissioner announced the record $9,988,200 in civil penalties and said the Postville, Iowa, kosher meatpacking plant also owes $264,786.45 in back wages. This blow may close the plant, where 389 workers were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 12.
A 2008 appropriations bill directed the agency to "regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an ammonium nitrate facility . . . to prevent the misappropriation or use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism." DHS is taking comments until Dec. 19.
However, the Liberty Mutual/SADD study of 3,580 students at 29 high schools across the country found only 57 percent of teen passengers would speak up to stop the driver from racing other cars.
MSHA said the Oct. 22 fatality was the fourth accident in five weeks where a bulldozer operator died or suffered life-threatening injuries on the job.
The event will be held in Arlington, Va., but also will be broadcast via the Web for those unable to attend in person.
The federal government recently announced it is making $679 million available immediately to states across the nation to cover costs incurred to repair roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural emergencies and catastrophic events.
Six major illnesses common among Americans age 65 and older cost more than $196 billion in 2007, according to estimates by researchers at RTI International.