Witnesses listed for the committee hearing include the Grocery Manufacturers Association's chief scientific offier and Pfizer's vice president of quality and EHS.
The nation's biggest railroads want relief from their requirement to transport toxic inhalation hazard materials.
The agency announced Friday it has accepted for review a new nuclear reactor application for the Grand Gulf site near Port Gibson, Miss., from Entergy.
The rule replaces an Emergency Temporary Standard that required stronger seals blocking off abandoned areas in underground coal mines.
The association's president said he hopes this rule "signals a renewed commitment from OSHA to continue to advance appropriate standard setting.”
Michigan OSHA announced its resumption April 11 and said it is following OSHA's lead, now that an annual congressional block has been removed.
As of April 21, industry personnel who apply for qualification, certification, and instructor credentials must register to get a new ID number. THose responsible for maintaining dust sampling units must get a new number to continue sampling.
The DOT agencies proposing the rule say the May 14 meeting will focus on chlorine transport and the May 15 meeting on anhydrous ammonia.
AAA says its new analysis should spur more state action on graduated driver licensing programs.
A legislative package filed Tuesday by PM Stephen Harper is intended to improve the safety of food, consumer, and health products in Canada.
Monday's notice cites two counterfeit valves at a facility near Baxley, Ga., and four circuit breakers removed from stock by a facility in Rock Hill, S.C.
The voice vote is a step toward forcing OSHA to issue a standard addressing them, which the agency's chief has stated he does not want to do.
Employers must ensure hearing protection is worn in posted hearing protection zones at 85 decibels and must allow voluntary HPD use at 80db average levels, daily or weekly.
OSHA is holding a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2008. The open meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room C-5521, Conference Room 4 of the Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20210.
The agency held meetings with business owners, industry and consumer groups, and state leaders, along with public hearings across the state to develop the new standards, which include bringing the requirements to separate livestock operations and housing into closer alignment with federal rules.
The job's responsibilities include not only the monitoring and support of some 3,000 ISO committees and working groups, but also the management of the Geneva-based ISO Central Secretariat.
The cost-benefit analysis says providing water as required could cost employers $5.7 million to $15.8 million per year, with training expected to cost about half as much.
The ANSI/ASSE A10.19-2008 standard is one of a series of voluntary consensus standards that focus on construction and demolition operations.
The rule will increase by 500 percent on average the amount of energy cars can absorb before rupturing. This EPA photo shows a Graniteville, S.C., derailment, one of three incidents prompting the rule.