The new semiannual regulatory agenda updates OSHA's plans for the injury and illness prevention program rule.
The alert issued Jan. 2 follows the derailment three days earlier near Casselton, N.D., of a train carrying the oil.
The safety challenges of a booming industry were met on many fronts in 2013, from training and recruitment to regulatory changes and safety stand-downs.
What do you do about a problem that is never going away? I think you have to design around it.
No certified inspector ever performed an internal inspection of the failed vessel during the six years it was in use, according to CSB's video.
Sites in six states were selected from among 25 proposals from 24 states, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Dec. 30.
The product named Mass Destruction contains at least one synthetic anabolic steroid and has been linked to one case of a user’s liver failure.
The proposed rule published Dec. 24 is the sixth issued this year to fulfill the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. This is the first time FDA has proposed a regulatory approach for preventing intentional adulteration of the U.S. food supply.
BSEE Oil Spill Response Division Chief David Moore said the agency hopes "to spur further innovation and to improve upon the techniques and technology available to respond to potential oil spills."
The rule changes also establish a process for obtaining tax incentives to encourage operators to reducing flaring.
The American Trucking Associations and the Minnesota Trucking Association submitted a joint petition to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct it.
They can overheat and melt and thus present fire and burn hazards.
Inga Beale, currently group chief executive of Canopius, will join Lloyd's in January 2014, the insurance market's chairman announced Dec. 16.
Security clearance for passengers will be transformed as pre-boarding security resources are allocated based on risk, the two organizations promise.
"In Jeh, our dedicated homeland security professionals will have a strong leader with a deep understanding of the threats we face and a proven ability to work across agencies and complex organizations to keep America secure," President Obama said in a White House statement.
The bus companies are shut down for various safety violations.
"Today the United States and Russia are commemorating the completion of one of the most successful non-proliferation programs in our history," National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said.
David Lynn, CSP, said his book, "Principle to Practice: Safety Talking Points," contains material on 103 safety topics that will help people think about how to make safe decisions.
A Christmas tree farm's safety program and a manufacturer's safety coordinator are profiled in the December/January issue of "Resource." And don't miss Administrator Michael Wood's column about the hierarchy of controls.
"We are taking a key step forward in capturing critical data that will allow us to assemble a big picture view of the environmental causes of foodborne outbreaks," said Carol Selman, who heads CDC's Environmental Health Specialists Network team at the National Center for Environmental Health.