Yudel Cayro, owner and operator of Courtesy Medical Group Inc., a medical clinic in Miami, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme involving Miami-area home health agencies, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced.
The Food and Drug Administration, in cooperation with other state and local public health agencies, is warning consumers not to eat any Sally Jackson cheeses. The products were processed under conditions that create a significant risk of contamination of the unpasteurized raw milk and finished cheese, and Sally Jackson cheeses have been identified as one possible source of eight cases of E. coli O157 infections in an ongoing investigation.
Several enforcement actions been filed this month, including one against a Houston contractor in connection with a job site in Hamburg, Pa.
This is the seventh Sims Recycling Solutions facility in North America to be certified to OHSAS 18001, the international occupational health and safety management system standard.
Pike River Coal, the company that owns the mine where 29 miners died Nov. 19, has gone into receivership. The receivers presented a draft re-entry plan Dec. 22 to local police.
The Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment/Systems Section is only the second section formed by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association in the past decade.
Recommended by the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, the National Association of Home Builders, and the Occupational Safety and Health State Plan Association, this change took effect immediately. Its enforcement effective date is June 16, 2011.
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.