Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the agency was passed on a party-line vote Thursday by the Environment and Public Works Committee after Ranking Member David Vitter and seven colleagues ended their brief boycott.
The alliance will offer guidance on a variety of hazards to workers in four states.
The regulations implement a European Directive and build on already existing Health and Safety Executive rules.
These notices must be given out prior to Oct. 1, 2013.
The missed deadlines have been deemed unlawful by a federal judge.
The two bridges benefitting from the project connect the east and west sides of the Michigan city.
The state fire marshal's office and the ATF will announce the results of their joint investigation at 4 p.m. CDT May 16.
In the aftermath of the Bangladesh garment factory building collapse, killing more than 1,100, global retail companies have signed an agreement to improve safety.
The first ones sent to customers went to ANA, the manufacturer announced.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has kicked off the Gulf Environmental Fund today, in which the foundation will execute $2.544 billion in plea agreements from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced three recalls to tied fire hazards.
The health food grocery chain switched the label on chicken and vegan "chick'n" salads.
The students selected as winners in the company's 27th annual Occupational Health and Safety Scholarship Program receive a $5,000 scholarship and attendance to the 2013 AIHce conference in Montreal, Canada.
OSHA fined an Illinois industrial cleaning company after a worker was killed falling from his ladder.
The company said the construction passed that mark without a lost-time injury among employees or contractors.
The recipient of the association's William Steiger Memorial Award is a familiar name: Dr. David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, the assistant U.S. secretary of labor for OSHA. He'll receive it May 19 during ACGIH's membership reception and annual meeting.
This list provides consumers with access to 611 individual consultants and 361 companies who specialize in more than 30 OEHS practice areas. The print version of the directory will be available at AIHce 2013 in Montreal.