The first Business Pulse coincides with this September's National Preparedness Month and features a business continuity discussion between CDC and UPS.
Due to unsafe walking and falling on the tracks, the CTA has introduced a rail safety campaign aimed at reducing accidents and death.
The agency's new report lists four core actions it says must be taken to prevent the spread of infections. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate HELP Committee has set a Sept. 24 hearing on ways to reduce health care-associated infections.
The October 2013 issue of Arizona Highways features an item on page 13 identifying the fly agaric mushroom as being edible.
Based on its investigation of the Lac-Megantic derailment, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent advisory letters to U.S. and Canadian agencies, and NTSB said it shares TSB's concerns.
This triggers the 90-day countdown to the deadline for filing comments on a proposal that is the most important regulatory action by OSHA this year, so far.
One session concerned a global, high-speed broadband service for the maritime industry. A ship could be fitted with CCTV video cameras so that during a security incident, the shipping company could view live feeds and retrieve security logs.
ChemView displays health and safety data, making it possible to compare chemicals by use and by health or environmental effects, and it allows searches by chemical name or Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number, use, hazard effect, or regulatory action
The agency says because of the risks of overdose and death, these drugs should be reserved for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate.
CPSC announced the recall of about 16,000 semi-automatic air pistols by Crosman Corp. of Bloomfield, N.Y.
The company has to pay a fine as a result of a November 2011 accident
The beet sugar company looks at tens of thousands of dollars in fines after employees were burned in separate incidents.
The document is designed as a "best practices" guide for working in and around confined spaces.
Cal/OSHA and the state Labor Commissioner's Office are two of the agencies participating in it.
Eight patients potentially were exposed through neurosurgical equipment "because the prion that causes sporadic CJD is not eradicated by the standard sterilization process mandated at hospitals," it stated, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' announcement.
Working at height, exposure to harmful dusts, and sanitation are three areas the inspectors will check, according to the agency's Sept. 2 announcement.
Violations issued after BSA worker fell 16 feet due to guardrail collapse in 2011.
Participants in the Sept. 4 news conference will include Pamela S. Hyde, SAMHSA administrator; Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; and Dr. H. Westley Clark, director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
The point is, you don't need to be a fortune teller to predict frustration, and the same thing is true for rushing.
What does an employer do about relaxed drug laws? Watch for impairment and be prepared to confront it as a safety issue.