The board said its investigation of the September 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion has revealed emergency responders nationwide may not have the information they need to react effectively to a leak or rupture.
Two years in the making, the action agenda lists 48 recommendations in seven broad areas. The theme is to redirect U.S. chemicals policy to prevent exposures and to use inherently safer chemicals.
The owner and manager of a California condominium complex were sentenced for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act’s asbestos work practice standards during the renovation of a 204-unit apartment building in Winnetka, Calif., in 2006 – work that caused asbestos to be released into the complex and the surrounding community.
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's conference in Chicago, Dr. David Khayat, MD, Ph.D., of Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital received the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award for promoting oncology care in France.
In 2008, OSHA issued more than $1 million in fines against the two companies now on trial in a Colorado federal court.
The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will meet June 22 in Washington, D.C., after subgroups on those two topics meet Jan. 21.
The food services sector was one of the few U.S. economic sectors still growing in May 2011. A National Council of La Raza analyst says vulnerable workers in the industry are pressured to hide injuries and forgo treatment, however.
Overexertion is the third leading cause of unintentional injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, accounting for an estimated 3.3 million visits annually.
FDA has determined that any concern about a relationship between ARB use and development of cancer has been resolved by this analysis.
The latest data from the Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that over the five-year period from 2005 to 2009, nearly 3,400 people died, and an estimated 116,000 were injured, in tire-related crashes.
The tool works by removing the closed or damaged highway from the networks, and recommending alternate available routes.
Underwriters Laboratories has introduced testing methods to meet the monitoring requirements for 28 new contaminants proposed in EPA's third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3).
CEO Anil Mathur of Alaska Tanker Company is scheduled to receive the American Society of Safety Engineers' 2010-2011 President's Award on June 12.
Homeowners are advised to be vigilant in eliminating places where water can collect and stand in their yards and gardens.
Cooking is the leading cause of both one- and two-family and multifamily residential buildings fires, followed by heating.
Power analytics software calculates potential arc flash threats in real time, recommending appropriate safety procedures and PPE needed to work in the vicinity.
Safety 2011, the American Society of Safety Engineers' big conference in Chicago, is the setting for the debut of the Center for Safety and Health in Sustainability -- a collaboration of ASSE, AIHA, and IOSH.
A look at the behavioral lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Dr. E. Scott Geller's "People-Powered Safety" session, and a report by some of the ASSE delegates who visited China in November 2010 are among the highlights on June 13.
Welding fume exposure tends to be highly variable due to several exposure factors.
The new federal food safety law aims to prevent contamination rather than simply respond to it.