The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new safety video showing the need for emergency response agencies, companies, and communities to work closely together to prepare for the kinds of tragic chemical accidents the CSB has investigated over the past decade.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is pleased to announce the release of a timely issue brief entitled “Holes In the Net: Surveying the Impact of the Current Economic recession on the Health Care Safety Net.”
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) recently issued a report, “Dying for Work in New York,” a summary of up-to-date and historic data on occupational health and safety in New York City and New York State.
OSHA’s Kansas City office announced today a special regional emphasis program aimed at reducing occupational exposure to lead, one of the leading causes of workplace illnesses, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.
On June 9th, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its bold new highway safety agenda at a press conference on Capitol Hill, according to an ATA press release.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the compliance dates for all facilities and established a new compliance date for farms subject to the oil Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) regulations, according to a recent press release.
The Electrical Safety Coalition of Ontario (www.electricalsafetycoalition.com) announced in a recent press statement the launch of a unique electrical safety campaign aimed at suppressing the demand for 'live work' on energized electrical equipment.
OSHA announced in the June 11, 2009, Federal Register that nominations are being accepted for persons to serve on the 12-member National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.
Tyson Foods Inc. was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Arkansas to pay the maximum fine for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker’s death in its River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) plant in Texarkana, Ark., the Justice Department announced.
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