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Texas A&M University will pay $1 million to settle an investigation that found safety and sanitation lapses and other problems in its biodefense program.

Two-year pact will aim at improving safety for crane, hoist and monorail systems owners and operators.

Agency is accepting nominations for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH).

It took a lawsuit to force Sears to fix millions of stoves that can tip over and crush children because the agency didn't take meaningful action, two consumer groups claim.

OSHA issued contractors 44 safety and health violations after firefighters died last summer at a condemned ground zero skyscraper in New York.

Weak enforcement, minimal fines and dwindling inspections allow poultry processors to ignore hazards that can kill and injure workers, Charlotte Observer reports.

OSHA cites Alabama company for 13 safety violations after inspectors visited three jobsites in August and November 2007.

Novel approach to blocking staph infections could offer a new direction for therapies against a bacterium that's becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to the NIH.

Researchers were able to quantify the link between comprehensive tobacco control programs and a decrease in adult smoking.

The event will examine general excavation safety requirements and the ANSI/ASSE A10.12 standard, and offer ways to avoid trenching and excavation hazards.