The United States government recently announced that there is no food or feed safety concern from an incident in which a small portion of an unauthorized genetically engineered (GE) cotton variety was harvested along with commercially available GE cotton.
DOL's suit was filed following an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division which disclosed that the company had misclassified as exempt from FLSA's overtime requirements, four employees at its headquarters, and 969 temporary placement employees across the country.
In explosive blast tests at the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory Lake Lyon Experimental Mine, an 8-inch-thick wet-laid solid concrete-block stopping coated on one side withstood the strongest pressure, according to this report.
Three meetings this month in Rochester, Bemidji, and St. Paul will allow homebuilders and others to discuss potential changes to the building code with Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Steve Sviggum.
Jan. 22 is the new deadline for written comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Search RIN 1218-AC01 to post a comment.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced it took new steps toward improving standards and setting uniform requirements for medical examiners, while also finalizing a streamlined process for combining the commercial driver's license (CDL) and medical certificate records for commercial truck and bus drivers operating on the nation's roads.
About 35 robots performed at a Texas facility as developers worked on creating a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate mechanical rescuers. The tests, shown in this Texas Engineering Extension Service photo, were sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.
"Partial measures don't get the job done," said Arthur Dube, OSHA's area director in Buffalo, N.Y. "Proper lockout/tagout training and procedures must be implemented and maintained completely, effectively, and continuously to safeguard employees against possible injuries."
At a recent press conference, National Transportation Safety Board members reviewed the past year's progress in getting states to enact safety legislation called for in its Most Wanted List of safety improvement. Although there were some modest gains in the past year, NTSB said much more needs to be accomplished before any of the items can be removed from the list.
In its more than 30 years of existence, the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) has been the “go-to” reference for first responders faced with the possibility of a hazardous materials incident— and it will continue to be the essential reference. In order to reflect changes in both domestic and international regulations, the ERG is republished every four years in English, French, and Spanish.
For example, the revised regulations clarify that calling in "sick" without providing more information is not sufficient notice of the need for FMLA leave.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).
OSHA has cited Florida Transportation Services for one willful and four serious safety violations. In May, three employees died after entering a cargo hold filled with argon gas.
Lindsay E. Booher, CIH, CSP, the association's president, notes the appointment "could be one of the most important appointments of the new administration."
The next administration will decide whether oral fluid, hair, and sweat testing are added to federally required testing programs. Agencies raised “significant issues” in their comments that will require more examination, and possibly more studies, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said.
Underwriters Laboratories, a leading product safety organization, is urging families to focus on safety when purchasing gifts this holiday season. Although families may spend less this year, consumers shouldn't skimp on safety.
OSHA's next action on the rule, which several groups urged the agency to write back in 1999 and 2001, is the March 2009 completion of a peer review of health effects and risk assessment.
The Labor Department's semiannual regulatory agenda says the required review of the standard's potential impact on small businesses will be finished in February 2009.
An international consortium of researchers has begun an effort to sequence the genome of the domesticated turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.
Organic food is all the rage, but, according to a team of food and poultry scientists, despite popular opinion it's not automatically safer than conventionally grown foods.