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An accident that killed two 14-year-old workers -- and that made the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (COSH) list for top 2011 workplace fatalities -- will not result in any OSHA citations against Monsanta Corp., the agency announced yesterday.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced that Hepburnia Coal Co. Inc. has agreed to provide special training to its employees on the rights provided to miners under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 as well as pay a civil penalty of $3,750 to settle charges of unlawful discrimination against one employee.

Amid regulatory efforts to reduce errors by air traffic controllers, a controller mistake has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as the cause of a near mid-air collision last June.

An accident that killed two 14-year-old workers -- and that made the National Council for Occupational Safety & Health (COSH) list for top 2011 workplace fatalities -- will not result in any OSHA citations against Monsanta Corp., the agency announced yesterday.

Although increasingly under fire for its health risks, asbestos consumption in the U.S. has increased dramatically.

Even after being informed of cave-in hazards, a Connecticut company continued to send workers into a ten-foot-deep trench in Hartford that lacked protection to prevent the walls from collapsing -- an action which earned Penney Construction Co. LLC seven OSHA citations and $169,000 in proposed fines.

Lydia Renton, CIH, ROH of WESA Inc., has been elected Chair of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). ABIH is the certifying organization for Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH).

Even after being informed of cave-in hazards, a Connecticut company continued to send workers into a ten-foot-deep trench in Hartford that lacked protection to prevent the walls from collapsing -- an action which earned Penney Construction Co. LLC seven OSHA citations and $169,000 in proposed fines.

A study published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine has confirmed "strong associations" between exposure to chrysotile asbestos and lung cancer and asbestiosis.

On Dec. 21, EPA issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution such as arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.

We're excited about the growing interest in our DragonWear FR clothing line. Because of this and our customer base expanding to include the safety, oil, electrical and railroad industries we wanted to provide a DragonWear Facebook Page that is focused on fire resistant clothing, FR technology and announcements related to the safety industry.

What would you prefer: The carrot or the stick? Punishment works and is frequently used in less mature safety programs as a reaction to some incident that hurt someone.