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Alpha Natural Resources Mine Hits Two-Year Milestone

The company's CEO recently announced improved safety results across the company, including 84 operations with no lost-time injuries and two former Massey Energy mines removed from MSHA's potential pattern of violation list.

WHO Focuses on Aging Population for World Health Day

Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over 60 years will double from about 11 percent to 22 percent.

Funding Supports Studies on Coordinating Health Care Services

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation awarded $750,000 in grants for three studies, including one analyzing the communication between home health nurses and physicians caring for recently hospitalized Medicare patients with congestive heart failure.



Red Cross Launches Social Media Command Center for Disaster Relief

The center will help expand the Red Cross’s ability to engage with the public during emergencies. Tests run during recent tornadoes in the Midwest enabled Red Cross team members to determine where to position workers on the ground.

NIOSH Changes Closed-Circuit Escape Respirator Requirements

The new requirements for testing and certification become effective in 30 days, but manufactures can make and sell currently approved respirators for the next three years.

REACH Report Gets Industry's Notice

The report released Feb. 28 by researchers from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU European Union Center is being cited by the American Chemical Council as proof REACH won't work well in the US.

CAL FIRE Urging Flood Safety Awareness

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is observing Flood Safety Awareness Week March 12-16.

CSB Develops Policy on Employee Participation in Investigations

The new policy is geared to enhance the role played by plant workers in determining root causes of incidents and promoting facility safety.

Yearly Cost of Alzheimer's Tops $200 Billion: Report

Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country and the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed.

BSEE's Watson Briefs Committee on FY2013 Budget Request

The $222.2 million request includes $3.7 million in base funding for the National Offshore Training and Learning Center, where federal inspectors are being trained.

FAA Begins Choosing UAV Test Ranges

Six ranges or sites will be chosen, as Congress ordered. But the legislative mandate contained no funding to set up, manage, or oversee them.

Calif. Labor Commissioner Sues Car Washes to Collect $2 Million in Unpaid Wages, Penalties

Both lawsuits allege violations of minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping laws and failure to issue itemized wage deduction statements.

$469,420 Fine Issued to Texas Steel Firm Following Employee Complaints

OSHA's Houston South Area Office initiated a safety inspection on Sept. 7, 2011, as a result of several employee complaints, while concurrently conducting a site-specific target inspection.

FRA Delays Adjacent Track Rule's Effective Date to 2013

The final rule was scheduled to take effect May 1, 2012, but it is being delayed 14 months to accommodate railroads' training schedules.

408-Foot Broadcasting Tower to Top One World Trade Center

When completed, the building's broadcast center is projected to generate more than $10 million annually by broadcasting TV and FM radio signals. The building's construction has reached the 92nd floor.

OSHA Launches Emphasis Program for Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Since 2006, OSHA has conducted five fatality inspections at dairy farms in Wisconsin. Hazards cited have been related to animal handling, tractor rollover protection, and manure pits.

NIOSH Seeks Applications for Nanotechnology, PPE Research Grants

Extramural funding of nanotechnology-related research has been undertaken to help increase the knowledge of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials as they relate to occupational safety and health.

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