"We are continuing to find serious threats to miners' safety and health," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "While some operators are finally getting the message, others are not."
Drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 are involved in fatal crashes at more than twice the rate as the rest of the population.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration may expand its definition of High Consequence Area, set leak detection requirements for all pipelines, and require measures to prevent stress corrosion cracking.
They will give a more complete picture of the scope of natural variations in the bacteria and the disease they cause, according to NIH.
ASTM D7622 and D7623 "should bring uniformity in testing across the industry," said David Hwang, vice chairman of Subcommittee D02.03 on Elemental Analysis.
The maker of Kevlar announced Oct. 18 that it will sponsor a changing exhibition gallery at the museum in the 400 block of E Street NW in Washington, D.C.
It is reversing the enforcement policy it has used since 1983, which allows most employers to use PPE and a hearing conservation program rather than engineering and administrative controls.
Telecommunications companies are invited to help two agencies create the network for use by the nation's emergency responders.
The Nov. 9-10 event includes experts from several DOT agencies, Volvo and Ford Motor, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and academia to discuss driver, vehicle, and roadway factors.
New technologies demonstrated at the Commercial Motor Vehicle Technology Showcase last week in Tennessee promise to make roadside inspections faster and more comprehensive, according to FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.
They emphasize performing compressions before rescue breathing and using automated external defibrillators early.
Opening to traffic this week, the bridge was dedicated Oct. 14 and is the longest single-span concrete arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Lord Young's report delivered Oct. 15 recommends qualification requirements for health and safety consultants and a longer period, seven days, in which businesses would have to report an injury or accident to authorities.
"For the safety of all their workers, employers must be vigilant when workers enter confined spaces, and take effective and specific protective action," said Greg Baxter, OSHA's regional administrator in Denver.
When they do not have to pay a health insurance deductible, people are more likely to undergo screening for conditions like cancer and high cholesterol. However, the increase is modest, and in high-deductible plans, it is quite small, according to a new study in the journal Health Services Research.
An estimated 2.5 percent of Americans--7.5 million people--have at least one food allergy and young black children with asthma appear to be at the highest risk, according to findings from one of the largest food allergy studies to date. The research was conducted by investigators at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the National Institutes of Health, and other institutions.
Dal-Tile Corp. in Gettysburg, Pa. has earned a star in OSHA's VPP.