The Securities and Exchange Commission is deciding how much operators of coal mines and other types of mines must disclose when they report health and safety violations and mining-related fatalities.
Families, businesses, and communities should focus on readiness and hazard awareness, agency officials say.
The National Demolition Association said more than 2,000 eLearning courses are offered in its new online training system.
UL Environment Inc. will be launching an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program in January 2011 to provide a comprehensive, globally recognized, and scientifically robust mechanism to consistently evaluate environmental claims on products.
ASHRAE announced that its leaders recently met with U.S. Army officials about a new sustainable design and development policy that incorporates requirements of the standard.
"If you get sick, stay home as much as possible except to get medical care, if needed," said CDC's Dr. Phyllis Kozarsky, an expert on travelers' health issues.
Increased safety emphasis by leadership in the United States Division-South serving in southern Iraq brought the average monthly accident rate down by one-third, from three per 1,000 service members to slight below two.
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“These findings underscore the need for quality improvement interventions and systems of care that will improve early, intermediate, and long-term outcomes of patients with acute ischemic stroke," said Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D.
The health reform law added a break time requirement to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the DOL unit is still working out final guidance for employers.
The Swiss organization's latest newsletter explains that development of the course is far along. Key issues to be covered have been determined, and the preliminary outline calls for eight modules.
The agency chose not to prohibit use of hands-free phones by commercial drivers in interstate commerce but asked for comments on whether it should take that step.
The Tribune is reporting they were hurt when a wall collapsed during a fire at a South Side abandoned commercial building.
When exposed to warm weather or prolonged storage, they may be more likely to show a false result, the company and FDA announced Wednesday.
The guidelines, developed by the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA), mark the first time a set of recommendations for development near existing transmission pipelines has been issued.
OSHA began its inspection on Oct. 21 at the company's facility, which found employees working at an elevation of approximately 14 feet without wearing fall protection.
L.F. Driscoll Co. of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is building an inpatient and diagnostic wing on The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that will expand a busy cardiac center and one of the largest pediatric oncology centers in the country.