OSHA has issued one repeat, six serious, and one other-than-serious violation.
The ATF Fire Research Laboratory has determined that the West Fertilizer fire on April 17, 2013, that caused a massive explosion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and killed 15 people, was deliberately set. ATF personnel conducted more than 400 interviews and their investigation of the fire's origin cost more than $2 million.
Reinhart Food Service LLC faces $72K in OSHA penalties.
The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing will be taking on the project
The PID is one of the most sensitive detectors available for many toxic compounds with detection limits in the low or sub-ppb range.
Workplace labels must include the product identifier and general information regarding all of the hazards of the chemical(s).
Waste Control Specialists LLC announced April 28 it has filed an application with the NRC to build and manage a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility.
ACA has supported two bills: the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, S. 697, which passed the U.S. Senate on Dec. 17, 2015, and a House of Representatives bill, H.R. 2576, which passed June 23, 2015, on a 398-1 vote.
PHMSA will distribute more than 1.5 million free copies of the guidebook to firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law enforcement officers nationwide -- the goal is to have one in every public service vehicle across the country.
The penalty is for alleged hazmat violations -- an undeclared shipment of two Protective Breathing Equipment Units flown from Seville to Miami in 2015.
The tanks in question were tested by H&W Tank Testing and Christopher Humphries.
DOT developed these resources to offer a flexible approach to training responders to prepare for rail incidents involving flammable liquids; the materials offer information on best practices related to rail incidents involving Class 3 flammable liquids, such as crude oil and ethanol.
The company also said it couldn't identify a single source of Listeria bacteria that contaminated equipment.
EPA has made checklists available to the regulated community, including the associated guidance regarding abandoned CCPs.
Stakeholders' concerns range from asbestos and lead-based paint typically found in older and/or legacy data centers to fire-resistant clothing, contractor and construction management, elevated work such as portable and fixed ladders, and rooftop maintenance.
The security summit is focused on managing cyber threats and securing the use, storage, and transport of radiological and nuclear materials; it is the fourth in the series, following the inaugural summit in Washington in 2010, the second in Seoul in 2012, and the third in The Hague in 2014.
OSHA has cited J. Walter Miller Co. for 12 violations.
Inspectors also found workers had to enter a dust-collection silo referred to as a "bag house" to perform routine maintenance without the required confined space safety precautions being in place, so 13 of the serious violations involved confined space hazards.
The exercise is intended to improve Canada's response capabilities for a train derailment involving flammable liquids -- the scenario that occurred in July 2013 in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
The managers retaliated after employees raised safety concerns at the Selma foam manufacturer.