The agency's MMWR publication this week featured a report on an assessment of responders following a vinyl chloride release from a New Jersey train derailment in 2012.
The accident occurred at Michael Foods' Big Red Farms facility in Wakefield, Neb.
The worker died while cleaning oil residue inside a rail car at the company's facility in Mounds, Ill.
Soldream Inc. faces more than $59,000 in proposed fines for multiple safety and health violations.
Austal USA LLC has been cited three times by OSHA in the past five years.
A new report form the European Environment Agency (EEA) says air pollution is still the main environmental health hazard.
Southern Grouts and Mortars Inc. has been cited for eight violations after OSHA's Fort Worth area office investigated.
OSHA also found that workers weren't outfitted with the proper personal protective equipment to do the cleanup.
At minimum, OSHA requires that respirator fit testing occurs on an annual basis. However, fit testing must occur in other notable instances, as well.
Recent advancements are driving a renewed interest by health and safety professionals to evaluate these systems as a potential solution for a variety of on-the-job hazards.
UniFirst Corp. has been cited for the violations.
A worker for the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company suffered second- and third-degree burns.
MSHA announced it has imposed a fine of $1,077,800 in the case.
MSHA reported 99 percent of the samples collected met new compliance levels.
The organization represents more than 300,000 full-time firefighters and paramedics in the United States and Canada.
The agency's Health Hazard Evaluation Program is seeking five facilities to participate. A team of industrial hygienists and medical officers will make site visits to assess workers' occupational exposures.
OSHA cites Transport Tech LLC for five repeat safety violations.
Two mines in Texas and Alabama received postponement notices, as well.
A rural NJ fire company is getting new equipment.
The company was cited for inadequate workplace safeguards following a fatal fire in Boston's Back Bay.