“We could very well see hearing loss problems continue to increase into future generations,” Louise Vallee told a room full of safety professionals at a recent seminar, according to a press release from the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.
Dan Urmann, architect of Solarhome.org, a Web platform for the solar industry, has announced that inquiries from every state were up since Congress passed the landmark RES bill, according to a recent press release.
The official coming out party was held in San Antonio, site of this year’s American Society of Safety Engineers professional development conference. It was a rare treat for safety and health pros. When was the last time the Labor Secretary and the OSHA chief spoke at the same safety and health meeting, from the same stage on the same day?
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced at the annual gathering of the American Society of Safety Engineers, held in late June in San Antonio, a major construction safety initiative in Texas to prevent workplace injuries and fatalities.
OSHA has proposed $255,150 in fines against Sturm Ruger & Co. Inc. for 60 alleged violations of safety and health standards identified during the agency's inspections of the firearms manufacturer's Newport, N.H., plant conducted between November 2008 and May 2009, according to an agency press release.
EPA has made available comprehensive reports and data on water enforcement in all 50 states, according to an agency press release. This is part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s larger effort by to enhance transparency, promote the public’s right to know about water quality and provide information on EPA’s actions to protect water under the Clean Water Act, according to the release.
Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In addition, the percentage of obese or overweight children is at or above 30 percent in 30 states.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its
annual report to Congress yesterday, providing a summary of accident
investigations and safety recommendations in the past
calendar year, according to an NTSB press release.
National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker prompted Americans today to keep safety in mind when celebrating our nation’s independence this Fourth of July weekend.