The new mayor promised to take action before he was sworn in last week. President Dmitry Medvedev says a "huge number of people" die on the city's roads "partly because of a poor traffic management system."
OSHA recently revised its policy for all Outreach Training Programs to address the number of hours each day a student may spend in OSHA 10- and 30-hour classes. OSHA revised the length of daily classroom instruction to prevent workers from being saturated with so much information that they may miss content that could prevent injuries, illnesses, and death.
Cesspools are used more widely in Hawaii than in any other state. Cesspools discharge raw sewage into the ground, allowing disease-causing pathogens and other contaminants to potentially pollute groundwater, streams, and the ocean.
The United Mine Workers of America said annual hands-on training of underground miners to activate and use refuge chambers during emergencies is not enough, and a federal appeals court has told MSHA to explain why it did not require quarterly training.
The most urgent of 11 recommendations in a long-awaited report is that state and local communities adopt and strictly adhere to current national model building and fire safety codes.
FDA awarded 84 grants worth $18.5 million in fiscal year 2010 to help state and local regulatory agencies defend against and respond quickly to threats to the food supply and to outbreaks of foodborne diseases.
"C & F Packing has demonstrated a disregard for worker safety by placing workers at risk for serious injury from machine rotating parts," said OSHA Area Director Diane M. Turek in Des Plaines, Ill.
OSHA has long used the 90 dB Permissible Exposure Limit to define maximum "safe" noise, although much of the rest of the world disagrees.
An FDA inspection of United Food Service’s facility between Sept. 22, 2010, and Oct. 1, 2010, revealed “an active and widespread rodent infestation, including live and dead rodents within the warehouse where food products are stored,” according to the complaint.
At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. marshals seized articles of prescription and over-the-counter drug products from Tri-Med Laboratories Inc. in Somerset, N.J. earlier this month. The seizure warrant, issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and unsealed this week, shows the drugs are unapproved and adulterated new drugs.
Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab updated attendees of the 2010 Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center International Symposium about the two National Emphasis Programs, including the Chemical pilot NEP.
Administrator Craig Fugate announced it Oct. 28 at a San Diego conference. The idea chosen by FEMA leaders from entries submitted before Jan. 3 will be highlighted on www.fema.gov.
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has approved national guidelines for apprenticeship standards for the occupation of direct support professional. These standards will enable employers to use ETA's Registered Apprenticeship program to train workers for careers in the long-term care sector of the health care industry.
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are helping ensure the smoked salmon that's always a hit at festive gatherings is always safe to eat. They have developed a first-of-its-kind mathematical model that food processors and others can use to select the optimal combination of temperature and concentrations of salt and smoke compounds to reduce or eliminate microbial contamination of the product.
Nearly three-fourths of surveyed employers (74 percent) have designated both Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 25) and the day after as paid holidays in 2010, down from 79 percent in 2009.
“In addition to cutting greenhouse gas pollution, greater fuel economy will shrink fuel costs for small businesses that depend on pick ups and heavy duty vehicles, shipping companies and cities and towns with fleets of these vehicles," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson.
Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania orders gas drilling halted in state forest lands after the legislature would not pass a severance tax. But the state already has issued hundreds of drilling permits.