PETMAN is a robot that could handle hazardous materials.
This will make the agency's most popular document a true pocket guide, one commenter observed. NIOSH officials want feedback from users to help them decide how to organize the content.
A National Security Council spokeswoman said 68 kilograms of material were transported to Russia to be downblended into low enriched uranium for nuclear power reactors.
The company is offering nine courses focused on process safety, combustible dusts, process hazard analysis, and preventing flash fires and explosions in six cities this year.
Twenty-four participants from a dozen countries are attending IAEA's School for Nuclear Energy Management until April 5 and then will continue their studies in Georgia.
Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Neb., is the site of the April 18 "listening session" that follows release of the State Department's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.
The virus in the missing vial is Guanarito, and the UTMB president's letter claims it represents "no appreciable public health risk."
More than 10,000 accidental exposures per year involve mouse and rat poisons, according to the agency.
Its final rule lists quantities of 16 radionuclides that a task force concluded warrant additional security or protection.
Graphic Products Inc. Project Manager Jim Bocci will discuss best practices and the ANSI/ASME A13.1 standard, which is recommended for identifying most piping systems.
The Board of Governors is meeting March 4 at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with a variety of safety issues on its agenda.
The two-day meeting in Washington, D.C., concerns how to motivate pesticide workers to use the best personal protective technology.
Compared to January 2012, total chemical production in all regions was up 0.9 percent and remained ahead year-over-year in all regions except the Mid-Atlantic and West Coast regions, which were off from a year ago.
The White House executive order, which lists chemical facilities as critical infrastructure, complements ACC's Responsible Care Security Code.
Two states that have tried it, Oregon and Mississippi, apparently have been able to reduce or maintain the decline in the number of meth lab incidents, according to the report.
The REACH program, implemented five years ago, has made more than 30,000 documents available about chemicals on the EU market.
The maximum civil penalty is $175,000 for a knowing violation that results in death, serious or severe injury to someone, or substantial property damage.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is coordinating with six northeastern states, some of which have exempted drivers until at least Feb. 18 to deliver emergency supplies.
"The teams running the Texas City refinery and related marketing assets have made remarkable progress in both safety and reliability, and they should feel very proud of these accomplishments," said Iain Conn, chief executive of BP's global refining and marketing business.
The state agency also has filed 25 citations against Chevron USA, including 11 willful serious and 12 serious violations, in connection with the August 2012 fire.