After multiple fire safety violations last year, Mohawk Industries and OSHA have come to a settlement resolving these issues for the future.
Commerce, Calif.-based 99 Cents Only Stores Texas Inc. faces 19 serious violations in connection with its Houston distribution center.
Crosswalk events held in five cities Sept. 25 stressed using marked crosswalks and other safe behaviors. October is traditionally the deadliest month for pedestrians.
S. 3624 has passed the Senate, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a co-sponsor, asked the House to take it up quickly. It would allow states to issue CDLs to members of the armed forces whose temporary or permanent duty station is located in the states.
Connie M. Knight, 46, is charged with impersonating a federal employee for the purpose of enticing more than 1,000 people to pay her for fraudulent hazardous waste safety training, so they could work on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Slapped with $68,500 in violations, an Ohio company failed to sufficiently protect workers from cave-ins.
Guy Colonna, division manager for the association's Industrial & Chemical Engineering -- Hazardous Chemical & Materials Department, will discuss the 2013 edition of NFPA 654 standard.
After 18 employees become sick, the Pennsylvania warehouse was evacuated. All are expected to recover.
Underwriters Laboratories and the International Firestop Council collaborated on a demonstration test project and the new video.
Signed Sept. 21 by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie and OSHA Regional Administrator Ken Nishiyama Atha, the pact includes benchmarks for the state agency, including increasing state inspections.
The agency confirmed the direct final rule it issued on this took effect May 7, 2012. It also has approved applications for all 45,000 Veterans Retraining Assistance Program slots available this fiscal year.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it issued a license Sept. 25 to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Global Laser Enrichment to construct and operate the plant in Wilmington, N.C.
The agency's notice indicates it plans a three-phased study to examine the impact from new safety devices they carry, including wireless communication systems, personal dust monitors, and proximity detectors.
OSHA announced its Baton Rouge Area Office conducted the investigation that resulted in 11 violations assessed against Westlake Vinyls Co. LP of Geismar, La.
Authorities managing ports, harbors, straits, and sea areas should count and publicize the numbers for accident-free days, Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu said at an international symposium in Istanbul.
The 2012 Software Award was shared by NASA's first mobile app and the QuakeSim software, which models the behavior of earthquake faults to improve earthquake forecasting.
The presentation is set for Sept. 26, the first day of the 61st Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference in Spokane.