The transaction, valued at approximately $3.5 billion, will form a new, publicly listed company called Towers Watson & Co.
"As there are no global marketplace boundaries today and with a large number of our 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professional members continuing to work in countries and projects around the world, this agreement will help us move forward in preventing injuries and illnesses worldwide," said ASSE President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM.
"You are not alone," Jordan Barab assured the packed audience of safety professionals present for ASSE's Safety 2009 in San Antonio. "We have your back and your fight is our fight."
The Plainview, Minn.-based site is voluntarily recalling instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers, and gums (thickening agents) that it has manufactured over the past two years and sold to industry customers, including distributors and manufacturers but not directly to the public.
For outstanding service to the safety profession and workplace, the American Society of Safety Engineers today named ASSE Past-President James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP, of Hurst, Texas, as Society Fellow.
OSHA inspection personnel from other states will be in Texas in July to check for unsafe scaffolds, fall hazards, trenching violations, and other potential injury and fatality hazards, the Labor secretary announced in her speech Monday morning at Safety 2009.
The Illinois facility was storing chlorine and diesel fuel over the minimum threshold level and failed to provide emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms to state and local authorities, EPA said.
"It was a tedious, difficult process but it was well worth it," said Paul G. Likens, lead pilot for CALSTAR IV in Ukiah, Calif. "Without a doubt we will be able to more safely complete the transportation of the gravely ill and victims of trauma."
The “ballpark figure” was given Friday by Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in Atlanta. She said five manufacturers are working on vaccines for this strain of influenza, with clinical trials to happen this summer.
The facility, which manufactures bottled water products, has had an injury and illness rate nearly 70 percent below the industry average for three years, OSHA said.
The agency wants comments by Aug. 4 on how it should write a rule that will require accidental chemical releases to be reported to it or to the National Response Center.
The new WellnessOptions program offered as part of the state employee benefits package has enrolled 26 percent of the state's workers, exceeding the 20 percent goal, Gov. Dave Heineman announced.
The awareness campaign "seeks to get impaired boaters off the water, while making them aware of the legal consequences as well as the potentially fatal effects of boating under the influence," says Al Johnson, the First Coast Guard District's recreational boating safety specialist.
According to the association, counterfeiting of certain electrical products has been on the rise as evidenced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that rank electrical products fifth in counterfeit imports.
An enhanced wind shear across the tropical Pacific coupled with relatively cool temperatures in the Atlantic "will almost certainly result in a less-active season than last year, and could potentially result in an unusually quiet season," said WSI seasonal forecaster Dr. Todd Crawford.
The agency posted the information Tuesday to help this group of workers and their managers address bloodborne pathogens exposures.
Updates on OSHA and NIOSH activities also will be presented at the July 15 meeting.
The agency advises workers to take preventive measures such as reducing physical exertion and wearing light, loose-fitting clothing and says employers should provide workers with water and regular rest periods in a cool recovery area.
Three separate companies were issued willful violations for failing to provide a competent person to supervise the removal of a ceiling that contained asbestos, to provide the required respiratory equipment, and to inform workers that the worksite contained asbestos.
OSHA has ordered the Metro North Commuter Railroad Inc., which provides commuter rail service in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, to take corrective actions and pay each of the four complainants $75,000 in punitive damages.