The Travelers Companies Inc., one of the largest property casualty companies in the United States, posted $1.09 billion in after-tax catastrophe losses in second-quarter results released July 21.
OSHA announced the Liberty Electric Power Plant in Eddystone, Pa., had achieved this elite status in its VPP programs.
Baek Hun Ki, who previously chaired a national federation of labor unions, became president of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency on July 15.
A WSDOT worker was responding to a report of a tree that had fallen on communication lines along Highway 203 near Carnation, Wash. While setting up highway cones to divert traffic, he was struck by a second tree that fell.
The latest posted data from the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet™) is from 2007 reports, which showed the injury rates rose for teaching but not nonteaching facilities.
The vaccine formulation protects against the three virus strains that surveillance indicates will be most common during the upcoming season and includes the same virus strains used for the 2010-2011 influenza season.
The company was cited for one willful, one repeat, 20 serious, and one-other-than serious violation, following a combined safety and health inspection at the company's facility.
Marks and Spencer plc will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being found guilty along with contractors of violating asbestos control regulations during reconstruction work.
They are two of the policy priorities identified in the administration's new strategy unveiled July 11. It warns that drug-induced deaths now exceed motor vehicle crash-related fatalities in 17 states and Washington, D.C.
Two contests with a total of $70,000 in prizes available were announced July 14. One is for apps to increase the public's awareness of data from OSHA and the Wage and Hour Division.
Most executives at 820 community hospitals said in a survey released July 12 that they are delaying treatment and experiencing higher costs because of the shortages.
The House bill's author said its passage July 12 on a 406-22 vote "reflects our collaborative approach" in crafting the legislation, which would phase out taxpayer-subsidized rates.
OSHA has cited the company for 13 safety violations with $75,000 in proposed penalties.
The guide states that all outpatient practices should ensure that at least one individual with specific training in infection control is on staff or regularly available. This individual should be involved in developing a written infection control policy and have regular communication with health care providers to address specific issues or concerns.
TRSA contends the science behind research results released this week is insufficient and mainly a transparent effort to push disposable paper industrial wipers as substitutes for reusable cloth shop towels.
The agency announced this is the focus of this year's Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program, PROP, because three rib fall deaths and three roof fall deaths occurred in 2010.
The mining sector is a high-risk industry responsible for 2 percent of all serious worker's compensation claims and some of the highest injury and fatality rates nationwide.
OSHA claims the company has a long history of violations.
The agency investigated three releases at the West Virginia plant within a 48-hour period in January 2010, including a phosgene gas release that killed a worker who was near the location where phosgene cylinders were stored.
“Without knowing it, manufacturing workers may be ingesting certain heavy metals at elevated levels from this unexpected source," said Barbara Beck, Ph.D., DABT, principal at Gradient, the firm that conducted the research. "For some of these metals, the amounts ingested may be greater than allowed in drinking water on a daily basis."