One new final toxicological profile for chlorine and six updated ones of priority hazardous substances are in this new set.
ILA Corp. concedes it fired a man because of his dyslexia and will pay $95,000 to settle.
"Given the difficult economic conditions states currently face, asking for additional input on compliance dates is the right thing to do," said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "We want to be sure these safety requirements are reasonable, fair, and cost-effective."
"For the safety of its workers, this employer must ensure that protective measures are taken to prevent the catastrophic release of flammable vapors, which can lead to fires and explosions," said Greg Baxter, OSHA's regional administrator in Denver.
Intended for health care workers and medical and nursing students, the interactive course is available free online.
The U.S. Senate voted 73-25 on Tuesday to pass S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois. It now goes to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Part of the investigation the board agreed to do after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, this Dec. 15 event will be a public hearing involving several international experts.
The HHS agency asked grantees to vote online by 8 a.m. Nov. 30 for their favorite change in what SAMHSA now offers about mental health and substance abuse.
In a Nov. 18 decision that was a case of first impression, the commission held that a company's change in legal status does not prevent a repeat violation from being upheld against the successor company.
Low-speed crash tests showed they caused more than twice the repair costs of genuine replacement parts, according to the company.
The directive recognizes updated consensus standards and includes more information about the PPE shipyard employers must provide to workers at no cost, as well as PPE for which they don't have to pay.
In the past, pesticides were used to eliminate the problem, but as pest control practices have changed, the bedbug problem has grown. Experts note too that most bedbugs are homegrown and are being spread from belongings taken from one place to another.
According to the department, the agreement will improve the movie-going experience for people who use wheelchairs and their companions at AMC stadium-style theaters nationwide.
MSHA has launched the second phase of an outreach and enforcement program designed to strengthen efforts to prevent mining fatalities. "Rules to Live By II: Preventing Catastrophic Accidents" was developed from data gathered by reviewing accidents that resulted in five or more fatalities, as well as from incidents caused by fires or explosions that had the potential to result in more fatalities.
The final rule that is effective Nov. 30, 2010, adds them to the section 313 list of toxic chemicals, as EPA proposed in April 2010.
Last Friday, Nov. 26, was an another unpaid furlough day for state workers across the country. For many, it was the last furlough day of the year, but more are coming in 2011.
Actual bird strikes and testing prove cast acrylic windshields are not sufficiently resistant, the National Transportation Safety Board says in a new accident report.