A study done for Safe Work Australia also showed that many in the country's trades do not follow standard safety precautions to protect themselves against exposure to asbestos fibers.
Guidelines highlight transport platform operation, inspection, maintenance, and fall protection.
The two deadly incidents, which befell separate worksites, were among five that occurred during a 15-day span in the Pittsburgh area last summer.
A day after President Obama announced $8.33 billion in federal loan guarantees to build and operate two new nuclear reactors, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its report summarizing the nuclear power industry's performance in FY2009.
The United States alleged that the Zylon fabric in the vests lost its ballistic capability quickly, especially when exposed to heat and humidity, and that the company was aware of the fabric's defective nature some three and a half years before it stopped selling it for use in ballistic armor.
According to new data from EEOC regarding job patterns in the private sector, Hispanics or Latinos had the fastest growth rate, increasing from 2.5 percent to more than 13 percent between 1966 and 2008.
Personnel working at the site had no training on the operation and maintenance of equipment to prevent discharges, no training on discharge procedure protocols, no training on applicable pollution control laws, rules and regulations, and spill prevention briefings were not scheduled and conducted periodically.
Some of the issues to be reviewed at this year’s public board meeting include emergency helicopter medical services, intelligent highway technologies, motor carrier operations, operator fatigue, rail car design, and marine safety management systems.
More than 60 sessions will be offered throughout the event’s three days, including sessions on fall protection, power line safety, worker’s compensation issues, electrical safety, industrial hygiene issues, and work zone safety. NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard will deliver the event’s keynote address.
After conducting an investigation under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Rail Safety Act, OSHA ordered the railroads to pay the employee a total of $80,453 that includes $57,587 in back wages and interest, $10,000 in compensatory damages, and $12,866 in attorney's fees.
As part of EPA’s Methane to Markets Grant, the firm will subcontract with the University of Colorado for the project, which will inventory emissions in the gassy, abandoned coal mines in the coal-bearing regions of the Shanxi and Hebei Provinces.
In a survey administered to professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and blood/tissue industries, three-quarters of respondents said they work with more than four global suppliers, with growing numbers of suppliers posing potentially significant threats to supply quality when not managed properly.
Researchers estimate annual short-term disability costs at about $1,000 per worker with depression and $1,700 per worker with severe depression -- much higher than for common diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis.
EPA noted this is the seventh year in a multi-year initiative to improve compliance with the construction general permit. The permit authorizes storm water discharges from construction sites, and it requires operators of those sites to design, install, and maintain storm water controls to protect surface waters from common construction site pollutants like sediment, oil and grease, and concrete washout.
The funds from the 2010 Isman Grant will make it possible for the hazmat team to attend the IAFC International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference in Baltimore in May 2010.
The spill occurred when piping connecting a 13,000 gallon oil tank to a boiler failed and released 8,000 gallons of oil into the facility's secondary containment area.
FAA’s Call to Action aims to strengthen pilot hiring, training and performance, as well as combat fatigue and improve professional standards and discipline at all airlines. FAA is pursuing both rule changes and voluntary safety enhancements.
All three companies were found responsible for the unauthorized discharge of oil field brine into the tributaries of various creeks in Oklahoma and Texas generated by their production activities.
It will "help [users] incorporate internationally recognized best practices for identifying and managing risks across financial, strategic, and operational areas," said Doug Morton, director of Life Sciences & Business Management for CSA Standards.
British agencies began a consultation on Feb. 9 to take stakeholders' comments on how to implement it.