An investigation, conducted by PHMSA, found a pattern of severe explosions resulting in at least one fatality, serious property damage, and injuries associated with TyLar, and experimental gas.
Soot is generated by coal-fired power plants, diesel and other vehicles, agricultural burning, wood stoves, and industrial combustion.
T2 Construction oversaw the activities of demolition contractor Gramek Construction, including the removal of floor tile and pipe insulation that allegedly contained asbestos.
The agency has proposed a rule that would add secondary containment requirements for new and replaced tanks and piping, as well as adding operator training requirements.
AIHA recently sent a letter urging release of OSHA's crystalline silica proposed rule, which the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received in February 2011. It's now one of 23 pending rules under extended OIRA review.
The Dec. 12 meeting in Washington, D.C., seeks stakeholders' comments on questions such as whether there should continue to be a carcinogen policy or, instead, a broader policy on toxicant identification and classification.
OSHA opened an inspection after receiving a report that employees were performing small parts plating operations without protection against chemical and physical hazards.
The company was cited for 21 violations of workplace safety standards following the May 11 death of an employee who was fatally engulfed by cotton seed stored in a silo. Proposed penalties total $155,200.
The videos are based on real-life incidents and include detailed depictions of hazards and the safety measures that would have prevented these injuries and fatalities.
Seven repeat safety and health violations include using PVC piping for compressed air throughout the facility, failing to secure or mount electrical outlets properly, and failing to guard live electrical parts of equipment.
CDC helped to investigate widespread poisoning caused by mining activities. Villagers continue to be affected, but childhood mortality has dropped in seven villages.
"Failing to follow process safety management procedures to reduce workers' exposure to hazardous chemicals is unacceptable," said Kathy Webb, OSHA's area director in North Aurora.
The two new undergraduate courses are "Our Global Environment: Issues and Challenges" and "Nature vs. Nurture: Genes, Environment and Health," which will be taught for the first time in spring 2012.
The report takes a look at the number of 2010 firefighter injuries, injuries by type of duty, exposures to infectious diseases, and how a community’s size affects the number of injuries within a fire department.
A new fact sheet from the World Health Organization sums up the problems of improper sharps disposal and health care waste that often is not separated into hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams in low-income countries.
NIOSH recently compiled a fact sheet on lung disease that can result from exposure to flavoring chemicals containing diacetyl.
Salvors have attached 35 underwater locator beacons to the containers considered most vulnerable to being lost overboard, and they expect 200 more beacons to arrive soon from the United States, Maritime New Zealand reported Nov. 7.
After being used, many sharps end up in home and public trash cans or flushed down toilets. This kind of improper disposal puts people, such as sanitation workers, sewage treatment workers, and janitors at risk for needlestick injuries or infection with viruses.
The new www.YouKnowStyrene.org from the Styrene Information & Research Center includes a section about exposure limits and health studies.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's provisional settlement of a case that began in 2007 shows again that selling a dangerous product can be heavily punished.