Dr. Craig Conover, the state's chief epidemiologist, was appointed Sept. 30 by Gov. Pat Quinn.
OSHA's inspections were initiated under a regional emphasis program aimed at preventing injuries and deaths caused by falls. Proposed penalties total $164,120.
"As the global population grows, there will be even more critical need for protection materials to keep people safe and to protect the environment, structures and critical processes," said Thomas G. Powell, president of DuPont Protection Technologies.
Traumatic brain injuries rose from 153,375 in 2001 to 248,418 in 2009, said the report.
The company’s iXL Learning System™ won the 10th award given by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's Product Design Technical Group, HFES announced Oct. 3.
Seven serious violations involve failing to provide protection from trip and fall hazards, ensure electrical cords are not spliced, and ensure industrial machines were properly guarded.
"The most common causes of home fires include cooking, heating, electrical malfunction, smoking materials, and candles,” said FEMA Regional Administrator Ken Murphy.
Its new book contains case studies from 11 companies in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Botswana, South Africa, and Germany.
The Department of Homeland Security has launched a secure, online CSAT Site Security Plan tool.
When OSHA withdrew its proposed reinterpretation of “feasible administrative or engineering controls” to prevent hearing loss, it promised to convene a stakeholder meeting. That meeting will take place Nov. 3.
Both resulted from lessons learned in one of the greatest sea rescues on record: the Oct. 4-5, 1980, rescue of all 524 passengers and crew members from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Alaska.
OSHA issued seven serious safety and health violations following the April death of a worker who was ejected from an aerial lift after it was struck by a falling tree.
Young men, ages 21–34, made up only 11 percent of the U.S. population in 2010, yet were responsible for 32 percent of all episodes of drinking and driving.
"This report shows us we are doing a great job, but there are things we can and will do better,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.
The final day's activities Oct. 6 in Columbus, Ohio, included a mine rescue stakeholder meeting with MSHA Assistant Secretary Joe Main, and an awards banquet in the Battelle Grand Ballroom.
OSHA inspectors found that workers were exposed to respiratory and confined space hazards while cleaning waste tanks used to store petroleum hydrocarbons at a job site in Channahon, Ill.
Unprotected trenches are among the deadliest construction hazards, as shown by more than 200 fatalities and hundreds of serious injuries since 2003, according to the agency.