H.R. 4714 would increase the agency's funding by 15 percent during the next four fiscal years, allowing it to increase its personnel and take on more investigations, U.S. Rep. James Oberstar said.
The company is being cited for allegedly failing to keep an area clean and free of dangerous accumulations of explosive and combustible foam dust and for failing to install machine guards on cutting machines to protect workers from amputation hazards.
The NSA Safety awards recognize superior performance as measured against Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable injury rates.
EPA and ExxonMobil agreed to settle a case involving more than one billion gallons of illegally stored hazardous waste at the Agrifos Fertilizer site in Pasadena, Texas.
Little evidence of "helicopter shopping" or "call jumping" was found in the agency's review. Patients being transported increased 35 percent from 1999 through 2008 as the number of air ambulance helicopters increased 88 percent.
The presentations taking place Oct. 13 at The Motivation Show recognize both the winning company and its marketing incentive partner.
EPA and the Justice Department announced the penalty and posted the consent decree that has been filed in a Houston federal court. It is a record civil penalty for Clean Air Act violations at an single facility.
Susan Peterson was chosen to be managing director of The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement, bringing with her an extensive background in nonprofits' operations.
Wind farms are spread across most of the United States, and wind turbine manufacturing operations are spread even more widely, according to maps in a new report posted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Dave Rife, now assistant vice president of White Castle, will share the lessons he learned by participating in the fourth episode of CBS' "Undercover Boss" reality show in February 2010. He'll also receive the first Employee Engagement Award.
“As many of us spend over half of our waking hours at work, the workplace is the ideal setting to encourage behavior changes to minimize a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease," said Dr. Kathryn Taubert, senior science officer for the World Heart Federation.
OSHA initiated an inspection after receiving an employee complaint alleging workplace safety and health hazards.
They're the Drilling Safety Rule and the Workplace Safety Rule. The latter applies to all offshore oil and gas operations in federal waters and will require each operator to develop and follow a 13-point Safety and Environmental Management System.
In the study, published in Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra, the team analyzed how various physical and chemical contaminants interact and the impact this had on the hearing of 558 metal workers.
The VPP Star award recognizes employers and workers in private industry who have implemented effective safety and health management systems and maintain injury and illness rates below national Bureau of Labor Statistics averages for their respective industries.
OSHA has cited highway construction company R. A. Cullinan and Son Inc. in Tremont, Ill., with one alleged willful and two serious alleged safety violations, including allowing workers to perform trenching and excavation work at depths of up to 8 feet without cave-in protection.
The Health and Safety Executive highlighted recent studies that indicate 720,000 Britons are studying to obtain literacy qualifications. In the United States, some researchers believe low literacy explains the higher workplace casualty rate of Hispanic workers.