The National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority says operators should upgrade or replace their Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft if they cannot safely carry the personnel assigned to them, or reduce the number of personnel on board.
The agency's Manhattan Area Office investigated four employee injuries last year that happened during flying routines and has cited 8 Legged Productions LLC, proposing $12,600 in fines.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has petitioned NHTSA to require stronger guards on tractor-trailers. Currently, the trailer, guard, bolts, and welding don't have to be tested as a whole system.
A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico's Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers began recently in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
The new authority allows Department inspectors to close down shipping companies with poor safety records. It also specifically authorizes inspectors to take immediate action when there is a significant safety problem with a package in transit.
The panel is writing a report after last year's shocking disclosure of a sexually transmitted disease study conducted in 1946-48. It plans to submit its report before the end of this year.
Updates reflected in the current edition focus on distinct test methods to determine a glove’s abrasion resistance depending on the material type, and cited test methods to ensure they represent the state of the art in materials performance and technology.
The final rule takes effect April 1. It tells State Homes that receive a per diem for providing nursing home care to eligible veterans they must meet certain provisions of the 2009 edition NFPA 101.
OSHA issued the willful citation to Associated Milk Producers for allegedly failing to fully implement and properly install fall protection for workers performing milk unloading operations. Additionally, two serious citations were issued for not providing training, evaluation, and certification for operators of powered industrial vehicles.
The resource combines tools, materials, and activities geared to help an organization develop and maintain a successful needs-based program.
OSHA has proposed a total of $201,000 in penalties against Miami, Fla.-based E.N. Range Inc.
Results of the survey will help NIOSH better understand the extent to which health care workers may be exposed to chemical agents such as antineoplastic agents, anesthetic gases, surgical smoke, high-level disinfectants, chemical sterilants, and aerosolized medications.
In August, L&I began an inspection at the company's worksite and found multiple safety problems, including open removal of dry asbestos with no containment and piles of bags containing chunks of dry asbestos materials.
Two awards for research work that supports the National Occupational Research Agenda will be presented in July in Cincinnati. May 18 is the deadline to submit a nomination.
Groundbreaking on Dec. 6 started the new, 947,000-square-foot hospital at Fort Hood's Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center. Construction begins in earnest in April, and it will open to patients in 2015.
OSHA's inspection, initiated in response to a complaint about unsafe conditions, found A.A. Will Corp. employees working in a trench deeper than 5 feet that lacked protection against collapse of its sidewalls.
"This employer has continued to endanger its workers by failing to correct hazardous conditions," said Roberto Sanchez, OSHA's area director in Birmingham.