The pre-conference program identifies 10 technical sessions as "hot topics" for this year—and they look very promising.
Shareholders of both companies approved the deal Aug. 17. The companies expect to complete the merger Sept. 2 and predict they will realize $1 billion of savings from synergies and productivity initiatives.
An investigation determined seven workers were at risk in February and March of 2016 at a Pittsburgh facility.
Workers were exposed to lead at levels up to 20 times the permissible exposure limit, according to OSHA.
Air Liquide Large Industries US LP has been cited for one willful and one serious violation.
The agency says this proves compliance with the rule is achievable.
The company was also cited for failing to provide respiratory protection.
If there is no way through engineering or administrative controls to get exposure to acceptable levels, respiratory protection must be provided.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration Joseph A. Main issued a statement.
Health and safety managers at a military facility requested NIOSH's help.
The agency has issued 17 serious violations and $105,000 in penalties for exposures at Alstom's Hornell, N.Y., plant.
Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions was issued nine serious citations as a result.
Reinhart Food Service LLC faces $72K in OSHA penalties.
The agency has issued a counterfeit N95 respirator notice for the second time since early April.
Acme Parts Inc. faces fines for dangerous lead, noise and chemical hazards
Even if we can't stop the production of deadly gases during a fire, we can take precautions to protect ourselves.
CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee divides ATDs into those two categories, diseases requiring Airborne Precautions and diseases requiring Droplet Precautions.
Other high-risk work groups cited in the report are oil and gas extraction workers (144 deaths in 2014), health care workers who may face workplace violence hazards (765 occupational fatalities in 2014 were attributed to workplace violence), and Latino workers (804 deaths in 2014 and a fatality rate of 3.7 per 100,000 workers).
"This rule makes clear that coal miners have a right to know a full picture of their health. No workers should lose their lives because of known dangers that were kept from them in the interest of their employers," said DOL Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Director Leonard Howie.
"We strongly urge OSHA to re-examine and reassess how its final rule will negatively harm the construction industry, job growth, consumers, and the economy while doing little to improve the health and safety of industry workers," said NAHB Chairman Ed Brady. "Given that it is unlikely the agency will change course, Congress must take the lead and act swiftly to craft legislation that will keep this fundamentally flawed rule from taking effect."