OSHA has fined Polychem Services Inc. $110,000 in the enforcement case.
"These updated findings are the culmination of years of study and analysis, and further confirm the safety of the plant's design," said Ed Halpin, PG&E's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer.
The Home Depot and Chemique each face civil penalties for allegedly violating the regulations.
Employees of R+L Carriers were forced to avert an explosion and fire, among other dangers.
Complying with the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, FRA issued a rule in 2010 that requires railroad track owners to implement bridge management programs and perform bridge inspections at least annually.
True hazmat gear must provide protection from head to toe.
Now, packages of any size that contain lithium batteries must be properly sealed and labeled, which could present a challenge to smaller businesses.
OSHA has fined the Edison, N.J., manufacturer and a staffing agency $53,000 in all.
The alliance is part of the federal government's response to President Obama's Executive Order 13650: Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, which he signed following the devastating West explosion.
The White House's announcement of a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector included a reference to the upcoming standards.
The agency's 2013 Toxics Release Inventory analysis shows this was 84 percent of the toxic chemical waste managed at U.S. industrial facilities that year.
The combustible dust explosion at the New Jersey company injured seven employees in 2012.
The agency's MMWR publication this week featured a report on an assessment of responders following a vinyl chloride release from a New Jersey train derailment in 2012.
As you are aware, the deadline to train employees on GHS has passed. However, it is required to train new employees, as well as provide training when a new physical or health hazard is introduced into the workplace.
President Obama on Dec. 18 signed into law H.R. 4007, the "Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014."
The CSB nominations had languished since January 2014.
In his testimony before two Senate committees, Dr. David Michaels recommended indexing OSHA's penalties for inflation and increasing criminal penalties "to provide a credible deterrent."
The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Dec. 9 issued an order spelling out conditioning standards that all wells must use, effective April 1, 2015, "to improve the marketability and safe transportation" of Bakken crude oil.
In a collaborative effort, the CDC is training and assessing Ebola hospital readiness.
OSHA also found that workers weren't outfitted with the proper personal protective equipment to do the cleanup.