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L&I Makes Available Online Delivery of Claims Materials

If enough injured workers, employers, and health care providers opt in, the agency could save at least $1.3 million in the first year alone.

New Director Chosen for Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Former Coast Guard Vice Admiral Brian Salerno will take the helm of BSEE on Aug. 26.

CDC Raises Estimate of Lyme Disease Burden

"This new preliminary estimate confirms that Lyme disease is a tremendous public health problem in the United States and clearly highlights the urgent need for prevention," said Dr. Paul Mead, M.D., MPH, chief of epidemiology and surveillance for CDC's Lyme disease program.



In this side-by-side photo, the newer ambulances on the left are much more visible than the older ambulance in Northumberland County EMS

Green Ambulances Stand Out in Ontario Community

The Northumberland County EMS has begun using three new ambulances with lime green coloring and highly reflective prismatic material to make them more visible, especially at night.

FDA Warns Again About NuVision Pharmacy Products

FDA Warns Again About NuVision Pharmacy Products

All sterile drug products made and distributed by NuVision Pharmacy of Dallas may still pose a serious risk to patients, according to the agency.

DoD Physicians Outline Burn Treatment Advances

Two are now in clinical trials and involve replacement skin grown in a lab and a “spray-on” skin process, according to a report by Terri Moon Cronk of American Forces Press Service.

London Fire Brigade's Animal Rescues Declining

The biggest UK fire department hopes emergency calls to rescue animals will disappear.

Texas Health Agency Issues Measles Alert

Texas Health Agency Issues Measles Alert

After no confirmed cases were reported in Texas last year, there have been 11 thus far in 2013.

CA Labor Commissioner Files Lien in Wage Theft Case

CA Labor Commissioner Files Lien in Wage Theft Case

An investigation by California's Labor Enforcement Task Force found the unpaid wages and also 13 workplace safety violations.

Total Safety Welcomes New CEO

Troy W. Thacker became the Houston-based company's president and CEO effective Aug. 5.

Agencies Set Public Meeting on Rail Hazmat Movements

The two DOT agencies, FRA and PHMSA, want to hearing from stakeholders because they have begun a review of operational factors that affect the safe transportation of hazmats by rail.

Saudi Aramco Hails Workers' WorldSkills Participation

Two employees from the company competed at the Leipzig event in July, one in electrical installations and the other in aircraft maintenance.

MSHA Online Tool Aids Mine Operators

They can determine whether their mines are reducing significant and substantial (S&S) violations.

Rail Company in Lac-Mégantic Incident Loses Operating Certificate

The Canadian Transportation Agency suspended the Certificate of Fitness issued to Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd. and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co., a subsidiary, stating they now lack adequate third-party liability insurance coverage.

American Red Cross Continues Sandy Aid

"We can help people and communities in a more comprehensive way when we pool our resources and services together in a coordinated way. This not only speeds recovery, but helps us engage the entire community in building the resilience we need as we face disasters of this type in the future," said Jerry DeFrancisco, president of Humanitarian Services at the Red Cross.

NZ Government Bent on Cutting Incidents

The new blueprint calls for cutting workplace injuries and fatalities by 25 percent by 2020.

OSHA Issues $1.1 Million in Fines to Republic Steel

Already included in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, the company is facing 24 alleged safety violations, mainly involving fall protection.

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