Three repeat and two serious citations against a New Jersey firm included $58,080 in proposed penalties.
The serious violations include failing to provide properly constructed scaffolds and provide supports to hold piping.
But it's one of the new laws and regulations some congressional Republicans have in their sights. This one they could threaten by not funding its enforcement by FDA.
Included in the 56-page booklet is advice for preventing slips and falls caused by the top 10 hazards.
The American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, and American Cancer Society are working together as the UN Summit Partners Group to help reduce the worldwide death toll from non-communicable diseases.
No recordable accidents have occurred in the Quality Assurance department of Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc., for 200,000 consecutive hours, which represents 1,000 work days, parent company Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. Inc. announced Wednesday.
More than 1,000 miners will put down their tools at the Arnot Exxaro mine to mourn Petrus Sikupa, 58, a miner who died Dec. 26, six months after suffering a spinal cord injury in a roof collapse at the mine, according to a report published by the Johannesburg Mail & Guardian.
The nonprofit organization provides radio frequency technology and training to public safety agencies to help locate people with cognitive disorders.
A story posted and broadcast Dec. 30 by NPR about a Colorado emergency responder's post-traumatic stress disorder is sparking a lively debate about the cost of treatment.
The Postal Service faces $238,000 in fines, mainly for exposing workers to electrical hazards.
Time's running out to register and take part in the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, a two-day web forum presented by ATSDR that will take place Jan. 5-6.
OSHA issued willful citations alleging that Gerardi failed to properly protect workers from trench cave-ins, the result of four separate inspections conducted under the OSHA Trenching and Excavation Special Emphasis Program.
The board also agreed to hold a fact-finding hearing about the case March 1-2.
Look for a final rule revising the Hazard Communication standard in August 2011 and addition of an MSDs column to the 300 log in 2012, agency officials said.
Larger, color warnings, easier-to-understand information about toxics in the smoke, and a phone number and URL to reach smoking cessation services will be included.
Including a $10,000 prize and publication in the journal for which the prize is named, it will be presented for the first time at HFES' annual meeting in September 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev.
The agency has finished a draft Current Intelligence Bulletin containing an assessment of the toxicological data and recommendations for safe handling of the materials.