UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd., which supplies power to London and southeastern England, pleaded guilty and has been fined $442,000 and ordered to pay $233,000 in court costs, HSE reported.
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found numerous violations requiring a restaurant to pay current and former workers $84,864.
The March 2012 shooting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic killed two, including the shooter. A consultant hired by OSHA concluded patient safety was more a focus at the clinic than employee safety.
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association is offering it, having decided to endorse ASCE/SEI 7-10, Minimum Design Loads of Buildings and Other Structures, as the standard for temporary bracing of tilt panels during construction.
The 2011 spill increased by 1,000 barrels after employees waited 46 minutes to close all valves.
New York City officials celebrated both milestones achieved during 2012.
The ANSI/ASSE A10-26-2011 standard, Emergency Procedures for Construction and Demolition Sites, is one of the newest American National Standards.
The company announced Jan. 3 it has reached agreement with the Justice Department to resolve civil and potential criminal claims.
For allegedly failing to provide employees with protective wear against chemicals, OSHA has fined a fitness club $60,000.
The Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition, Oregon OSHA, and several partner organizations are sponsoring it this year.
The DOE awaits approval to transport radioactive uranium for proper disposal in Nevada.
Instead of revenue generation, traffic cameras should be used to enforce street safety, according to Iowa officials.
A team of five people boarded Shell's Kulluk ship, grounded since Dec. 31 on the southeast coast of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska. They reported it is firmly aground and found no signs of environmental impact.
Laser scanning can accurately depict a scene in three dimensions, Joseph Kolly, director of the agency’s Office of Research and Engineering, reported Jan. 1 in a post on the NTSB blog.
AB Volvo, one of five partners involved in the China Sweden Research Centre for Traffic Safety, said pilot projects already are under way.
The hospital announced Dec. 31 that it will begin decontaminating isolation rooms with these devices, which disperse the bleaching agent into the air and, after all surfaces have been covered, break it down into its water and oxygen components.
As crews face hurricane-force winds, the Shell-owned rig has again broken towlines.