Chevron Energy Solutions announced that its operation of the central utility plant at Fort Detrick has earned Star Status from OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.
The enforcement cases represent civil cases filed in federal district courts across the country to protect the contributions made by employees and matching contributions promised by their employers.
The Justice Department announced Monday that a federal court jury convicted Keith Gordon-Smith and his asbestos abatement company, Gordon-Smith Contracting Inc., of violating CAA asbestos work practice standards and lying to hide the violations.
There is little published information about air quality and ventilation rates in retail spaces, and ventilation requirements for retail have been set largely by data for commercial office buildings.
Surely one of the last U.S. House Education and Labor hearings before Republicans take control in January, today's hearing will examine recent trends and their impact on state programs.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education "remains the best-positioned entity to perform this critical function," Executive Vice President Rick Pollack wrote in his letter to Dr. David Michaels.
Physiologists who analyzed obesity, heart disease, and diabetes found that the act of sitting shuts down the circulation of a fat-absorbing enzyme called lipase.
Among the regulations are primary seat belt laws, graduated licensing laws for young drivers, hard-core drinking driver laws, and recreational boating safety laws. New ones may be considered, according to the board.
The meeting will discuss NIOSH's work on a performance standard for CBRN respirators. The project is Docket Number 082-A, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Combination Respirator Unit.
Spent rounds from training conducted in the 1960s remain at sites in at least seven states, according to the U.S. Army.
Inviting manufacturers to a Dec. 15-16 public workshop, the agency says it intends to facilitate the development of safer, more effective "next-generation" devices.
Two units of the federal Technical Support Working Group are hosting PPE Conference 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 30-Dec. 3. TSWG is the interagency R&D anti-terrorism program.
Six years of work went into the specifications that have been sent to 38 member states, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation said Nov. 8.
OSHA began its inspection on May 12 at the company's worksite in Dallas after receiving a complaint alleging workers were being exposed to lead while cutting lead cable that was to be recycled.
The new rule seeks to prevent “widespread fatigue damage” (WFD) by requiring aircraft manufacturers and certification applicants to establish a number of flight cycles or hours a plane can operate and be free from WFD without additional inspections for fatigue.
The road trip from GM headquarters in Detroit began Nov. 11, the same day General Electric announced it will buy 12,000 GM electric vehicles, starting with the Volt in 2011.
The good and bad about the proposed rule published in May will be open for discussion Jan. 18 at DOL headquarters in Washington, D.C.