These fires caused an estimated 3,120 civilian fire deaths, a four percent increase from a year ago, and an estimated 17,720 civilian fire injuries, also a four percent increase from the previous year.
A record 1,580 exhibitors have booked 617,800 square feet of exhibit space for the Oct. 18-21 trade show and the Congress for Safety and Health at Work.
The violations include failing to comply with the requirements of OSHA's process safety management standard, which resulted in workers being exposed to ammonia during maintenance of pipe lines.
An inspection was opened after OSHA learned that a worker sustained serious eye and facial injuries when the grinding wheel of the portable grinder he was operating ruptured and kicked back in his face.
Among 22 winners of $500,000, no-strings-attached awards announced Sept. 20 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was Kevin Guskiewicz, who has focused his research on sports-related concussions.
The MS Nordlys, operated by Hurtigruten ASA, has been moved to a shipyard to undergo repairs after a Sept. 15 fire. The operator says four other ships equipped with the same engine are continuing their cruises.
The Food Standards Agency also issued guidance last week to help manufacturers remove six food colors from their products.
The sector's fatality rate in 2009 was 24.7 per 100,000 workers, and an average of 243 farm workers suffer lost-time injuries each day, ASSE said.
A Fatal Alert posted by MSHA says this category of mines has experienced more fatalities in October than in any other month during the past 11 years.
OSHA cited the contractors for safety hazards after a worker received burns from an electrical shock during the installation of a new landfill gas processing and compression facility at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistic Base in Albany, Ga.
The board has voted to divide into three independent businesses. One will be a commercial fire and security company with about $10 billion in annual revenue and 69,000 employees.
Sixteen of the 17 people who took its first Health and Safety at Work exam given in Arabic achieved the qualification. Next up: Russian and Mandarin.
The agency announced its $93 million will clean up lead and other health hazards in nearly 7,000 high-risk homes and train workers about lead safety methods.
In the United States, 87 percent of all deaths are due to noncommunicable diseases. Sixteen percent of the population smokes and 43 percent are physically inactive.
The employee led internal investigations that revealed widespread and pervasive wire, mail, and bank fraud involving Countrywide employees.
The network includes 289 hospitals and 33,530 primary care and specialist physicians to serve about 1.1 million Aetna members in the state.
Representatives of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation defended the large increases during a Sept. 13 public hearing, saying claims and the cost of adjusting sinkhole losses are skyrocketing.