To improve safety standards, OSHA is turning to the public for suggestions.
OSHA created it to protect and inform people who are still rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.
The portals include self-screening tools for hazardous and harmful use of alcohol, as well as self-help programs. The countries are Brazil, India, Mexico, and Belarus.
According to The Lancet, the results reveal substantial shifts in the burden of disease from children to younger adults, and also from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional conditions to noncommunicable diseases.
More than 1,800 companies thus far have been recognized by the American Heart Association for creating a corporate culture of health and wellness.
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the United Steelworkers released the report on 2011 accidents at the 17 refineries last week.
FSIS said the reassessments must be conducted within 90 days and "must account for several Salmonella outbreaks that were associated with those types of products."
The free AMA event on Dec. 12 will feature two CDC presenters.
A subcontractor operating a crane at a site in Germany died Dec. 3 when a blade fell onto the crane's cabin, the Danish manufacturer Vestas reported.
An agreement announced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls for Maid of the Mist Corp. to pay more to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and to invest $32 million in improving a site to provide winter storage for the boats.
Research in protein cell deterioration may lead to cures for Lou Gehrig’s disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
With the Apps for Vehicles Challenge, the public is encouraged to submit ideas for apps that would help drivers reach the next level of fuel efficiency.
NIST and the U.S. Forest Service created the Wildland Urban Interface Hazard Scale to help communities prepare for fires that occur where developed and undeveloped areas meet.
Robert LiMandri on Dec. 3 started the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week by visiting a Brooklyn public school to teach children in first, second, and third grades how to safely ride elevators and escalators and what to do in an emergency.
This new alliance will emphasize safety in some of the grain and feed industry’s danger areas.
These are among the most serious collisions to occur on U.S. highways, according to the agency. A June 2011 railroad grade-crossing accident in Nevada also is on the agenda.
Exit doors of the eight-story building were locked, and its owner claims he was never advised to install emergency exits.