Titan Salvage and Micoperi, the two companies hired to remove the cruise ship, presented their engineering plan to the agency supervising the removal.
The agency wants to have its proposed rule adopted by Jan. 1, 2013, when most of the relevant international standards take effect.
The free PDF document will help fire service organizations deal with this costly problem, which happens millions of times per year.
The National Eye Institute is offering $3,000 awards and will have winners present their ideas in February 2013 at a Washington, D.C. meeting.
The safety elements of the new, two-year federal highway funding law are on the agenda for the Aug. 27-29 meeting.
Some of the authors are investigators with the Harvard Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing, one of four NIOSH Centers of Excellence.
The Anglican diocese's Cathedral Project Group recently rejected a proposal to restore the structure, saying it is not a safer option.
The British energy company has been divesting itself of parts of its U.S. fuels businesses and still plans to sell its Texas City, Texas, refinery.
The association's executive board will take this action during the 2012 national conference in October.
The number of people potentially exposed to hepatitis C by an infected contract worker is expanding.
Used by emergency responders during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, ERMA provides "full situational awareness," BSEE Director James Watson said.
The Conshohocken, Pa. plant of ArcelorMittal was cited for eight alleged violations involving hexavalent chromium and other hazards.
The agency will take comments until Sept. 12.
The design firm Perkins+Will released it Aug. 8, with a leader of the firm's sustainability efforts calling the asthmagens a "lurking public health threat."
A final rule that took effect Aug. 6 requires mine operators to correct hazardous conditions and violations of the nine, which address the highest-risk hazards facing miners.
The event is presented by the Technical Support Working Group, NIOSH's National Personal Protective Equipment Laboratory (NPPTL), NFPA, the National Institute of Justice, and the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Several groups or organizations asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to extend the comment period and schedule the public sessions.