With federal OSHA planning its own injury and illness prevention program standard, the new report shows effective enforcement is vital to achieving injury and major hazard reductions.
Authors of a study published in a March supplement to the American Journal of Public Health confirmed both diagnoses are more likely for those deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
“Our findings indicate that physicians with normal BMI more frequently reported discussing weight loss with patients than overweight or obese physicians," said Sara Bleich, Ph.D., lead author of the study.
Two willful violations were issued for failing to provide employees working in a trench with an adequate protection system to prevent cave-ins and protect employees by removing them from the unprotected trench.
On July 2, 2009, the company's facility released approximately 300 pounds of anhydrous ammonia into the environment, according to the EPA settlement.
Federal inspectors issued 321 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at 10 coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines last month.
Of 24 serious violations, those related to process safety management include incorrect and incomplete process and implementation diagrams, a deficient process hazard analysis of the system, and incomplete operating procedures.
Beware of contractors who ask to be paid in cash, to have a check made out to someone other than the business, who will work just weekends, or who use high-pressure sales tactics.
"While I'm not surprised that tonnage increased in December, I am surprised at the magnitude of the gain," American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said.
Online reports filed from the scene indicate about 20 people were injured, including at least nine with serious injuries who were taken to University Hospital.
An article in the EPRI Journal describes several robots being used for nondestructive evaluation, collecting data on light intensity, and inspecting transmission lines.
"It is troubling to see that not all Americans are getting the recommended cancer screenings and that disparities continue to persist for certain populations," said Sallyann Coleman King, M.D, lead author of the study.
Researchers at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and at University College in London followed 2,123 middle-aged government workers in Britain for six years and found a link between working overtime and major depressive episodes.
An inspection by OSHA's Hartford Area Office found that the cave-in hazard was intensified by the presence of an unsupported sidewalk and catch basin overhanging the trench.
With a two-month moratorium still in place on research studies that make the H5N1 virus more transmissible in mammals, a Michigan State University grad student and professor showed how easily a new virus can evolve dangerous traits.
Using electromagnetic fields and acoustics techniques to destabilize flame plasma worked on small flames, but large-scale suppression has yet to be demonstrated, the program manager said.
The supplement includes lessons learned from the use of new methodologies in studying hearing sensitivity after exposure to drug therapies that may cause hearing damage.