OSHA's release noted that a federal agency receives a notice of an unhealthful or unsafe working condition, which is equivalent to a private-sector citation.
UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd., which supplies power to London and southeastern England, pleaded guilty and has been fined $442,000 and ordered to pay $233,000 in court costs, HSE reported.
When a worker is injured, his or her average time lost for recuperation is 24 days, according to OSHA.
The company admitted no liability and maintains that it complied with disclosure requirements and the two federal contracts in all material respects.
The new soot standard aims to reduce the amount allowed in the air from 15 to 12 micrograms per cubic meter.
The chicken processor and distributor exposed employees to chemicals and did not perform regulation inspection on equipment, among other offenses.
The Department of Energy has discovered financial ties between a contractor and a subcontractor at a nuclear cleanup site, raising questions of partiality.
One worker died and another was critically injured Sept. 29 in the explosive at CVR Energy Inc.'s Wynnewood refinery. Three months ago, authorities urged oil and gas operators in the state to take part in a safety stand down because of rising fatalities.
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Released by Safe Work Australia, this is the first annual report summarizing new diagnoses collected in the Australian Mesothelioma Registry, a new national registry that became operational in 2011.
Dr. Beth J. Rosenberg, an assistant professor in the Public Health Program of Tufts University School of Medicine, will be nominated by President Obama.
The fall protection market in North America will accelerate thanks to strong enforcement and will reach $670.5 million in 2017, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report.
Preventing slip, trip, and fall accidents is a risk management proposition.
The food company faces more than $104,000 in proposed fines due to the death of a worker.
OSHA's Charleston, W.Va. Area Office investigated Sodexho Inc. for removal work at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W.Va.
The International Powered Access Federation said its accident database logged 17 fatalities during the first half of 2012, with 11 of those in the United States.
The board will release its preliminary findings during the July 23-24 hearing in Houston, and experts will discuss using leading and lagging indicators to improve process safety performance.
Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu recognized Rockwood Lithium's expanded facility in Kings Mountain, N.C., for increasing the U.S. production.
A contract employee who was cleaning and sanitizing a machine used in the hummus manufacturing process was caught, pulled into the machine, and crushed to death between two rotating augers.