The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is now listed as a Patient Safety Organization by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
A report in BLS' January 2011 "Monthly Labor Review" says drug and alcohol testing was one of the most active areas of legislation during the year.
MSHA recently announced that federal inspectors issued 377 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at 15 coal and seven metal/nonmetal mine operations last month. The coal mines were issued 208 citations and seven orders; the metal/nonmetal mines were issued 148 citations and 14 orders.
The first few months of work done by participants in the European Commission-funded SAFEPROTEX project were devoted to trials of nanoparticles and self-cleaning, antimicrobial fibers.
States where residents are the least likely to be physically active during leisure time are Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Summarizing investigators' findings, the new report includes information that could not be disclosed while the companies involved were being prosecuted. The December 2005 incident is Britain's costliest industrial disaster at more than $1.6 billion.
Vanessa Forbes, based in the firm's London office, has experience as an inspector in the UK offshore industry and as a technical consultant in oil & gas and nuclear energy.
The clock is ticking toward the March 4 deadline for public comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours of service rule, which is vigorously opposed by the American Trucking Associations.
After a three-week trial, a jury convicted a small company in connection with the September 2008 death of geologist Alexander Wright in a trench collapse. Cotswold Geotechnical was fined $622,000.
This civil penalty is the largest penalty ever assessed against an airline by the Department of Transportation in a non-safety-related case.
OSHA initiated an inspection of the facility in August 2010 in response to a complaint and alleges three willful, 18 serious, and two other-than-serious violations of health and safety standards.
The deaths are the most reported since 2006 and a steep climb from the 65 fatalities reported in 2009.
One in every six container journeys results in damaged cargo, and many incidents are caused by bad packing, according to a new report.
Safety, security, and employee videos will be featured. Amtrak already had Facebook and Twitter pages.
The estimated number of affected entities is 773,632, while the time to comply can be as much as 80 hours, according to the agency.
The public meeting where a National Toxicology Program Peer Review Panel will review three draft Technical Reports, including one for acrylamide, will be webcast.
OSHA found that some hospital employees were exposed to potential electric shock, burns, arc flash incidents, and electrocution while changing circuit breakers on live electrical panels.