Instead of calculating them on a calendar-year basis for purposes of deciding hazardous materials safety permit eligibility, it will use a fiscal-year basis starting Oct. 1 to give motor carriers three months to preview the rates.
A worker died when he became caught in moving parts of a machine known as a stacker, which activated while he was inside the machine performing maintenance.
A briefcase-sized system puts non-medical cabin crew members in contact with ground-based experts during in-flight medical emergencies.
The agency and the National Science Foundation Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, a collaboration of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Northeastern University, and the University of New Hampshire, will study occupational health and safety concerns related to the nanotechnology industry.