Originally signed in August 2004, the partnership supports training and sharing best practices for safe work in electrical transmission and distribution.
The Feb. 22 public meeting in Washington, D.C., is part of the agency’s review of its steadily increasing approvals for movements of damaged packages or leaking tank cars that are not in compliance with hazardous materials regulations.
The highest possible achievement in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs has been earned by San Antonio-based Tesoro Corp.'s Mandan, N.D., refinery.
The agency is conducting a public review of the draft Current Intelligence Bulletin, titled Derivation of Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) Values.
Every Member State except Sweden already requires hands-free devices if they are used while driving, but the European Transport Safety Council's recent report recommends a complete ban on mobile phone use, including hands-free.
Friday's memorial ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center will honor the seven who died Jan. 28, 1986, and other astronauts, including the Apollo 1 crew.
The individual employees, safety managers, and companies represent a range of industries and hazard solutions, including highly successful first aid iPhone apps and an electrical engineer's contribution toward a national arc flash standard. Winners will be announced April 28.
Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich also announced the new structure of what was MMS: Two independent agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
The safety and health issues of this large workforce are the focus of its work with the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
"This basic principle, that protection needs to be provided equally to all workers, argues against exempting certain classes of workers or occupations from fall protection rules where there are technological feasible, practical, and affordable means of preventing fall injuries," said Dan Shipp, president of ISEA.
The findings show that ACS is more costly than other conditions common in working-age adults, such as asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
A partnership of Kansas State University and Mercy Regional Health Center will be ready by the time the BSL-4 lab opens in 2018, officials say.
In all, the company was cited for eight serious violations and one other-than-serious violation following the July 2010 explosion that caused two deaths.
FDA's actions will result in “a smarter medical device program that supports innovation, keeps jobs here at home, and brings important, safe, and, effective technologies to patients quickly,” said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
OSHA's San Antonio Area Office initiated a safety and health inspection on July 28, 2010, at the company's facility following a complaint that employees were being stuck by hypodermic needles while sorting trash that was to be recycled.
Seven people, some of whom are local, are scheduled to testify about the recommendations to the board during its meeting in Institute, W.Va., where the 2008 explosion occurred.
MSHA officials met Tuesday night with families of the 29 miners killed in the April 2010 explosion to discuss their theory about its cause, with a mining machine being the focus.
IAFC has submitted a series of proposals via the NFPA code change process to update NFPA 72 with the specific intent to provide solutions to the problems caused by the number of false alarms in commercial facilities.
"This is only the second time that the department has invoked the statutory authority to order 'other appropriate relief,'" said Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith. "All available legal tools will be used where necessary to protect workers from future harm."
The company does not expect to begin drilling until 2013 or 2014. It promised "to use the intervening time to fully implement the lessons learned from the investigations into the Montara and Deepwater Horizon incidents."