MSHA issued the rule because it determined miners are exposed to pinning, crushing, and struck-by hazards when working near mobile machines in underground coal mines.
Avoid the dangerous trap in emergency equipment maintenance.
Given that they are seldom needed, many facilities give minimum attention to OSHA’s compliance standards.
The WMATA corrective action plan was required by an FTA Safety Directive.
A new drug facts table would provide dosing instructions, warnings, and other safety information in a quick-reference, easy-to-read format.
Catholic Relief Services will implement a project to develop skills for youths in those countries.
The two rules are “the first step in putting greater emphasis on the prevention of foodborne illness, holding imported food to the same food safety standard as domestically produced food, and developing a nationally integrated food safety system in partnership with state and local authorities,” according to the agency.
OSHA cited two contractors for a total of four violations.
Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., would have lost the chairmanship of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee at the end of 2016 because of Republicans' committee chairmanship term limits.
The agency has been concerned about struck-by incidents in mines for several years.
Wireless gas monitoring is flexible and provides more control—at a time when regulators are about to make sure you have such control.
Employers can ensure their sites comply with OSHA's 1910.133 eye and face protection standard by following the fundamental hierarchy of controls.
Kelli Heflin of Southwest Generation told stories of withdrawing from VPP and how her company got back on track.
Mark Costello was involved in an argument with his son at an Oklahoma City restaurant Sunday evening, the Oklahoman reports.
The new rule allows NIOSH to extend the date until one year after the agency first approves a CCER model.
A lawsuit has yielded $5 million in back wages.
Acting Administrator Therese McMillan calls the proposed rule “an important milestone.” Comments are due by Oct. 13.
The document laying out the procedures for implement the program includes a list of industries with high numbers and rates of amputations, as reported to BLS. These range from machine shops to sawmills, retail and commercial bakeries, meat processing, and manufacturing various types of food.
The NTSB has determined that driver fatigue was the main factor in the crash between a Walmart truck and a limo transporting Tracy Morgan, who was seriously injured.
"Requiring that an additional, trained individual double check that the handbrakes have been set on a train will help stop preventable accidents," said FRA Acting Administrator Sarah Feinberg.