In a May 9, 2008 memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies such as OSHA and EPA, White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten warned regulators to
Kimberly-Clark Professional announced it is donating thousands of health and hygiene products to help Columbus, Ind., businesses and residents clean up after recent flooding. “We know that Columbus was hit
The American Society of Safety Engineers’ annual Professional Development Conference & Exposition, held June 7-11 in Las Vegas, broke several meeting records for the organization.
An alliance between the OSHA and the American
Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) was extended today with the continued goal
of fostering a culture of prevention for safety and health hazards at U.S.
jobsites, according to a press release from both the agency and the
organization.
The document, entitled Qualitative Risk
Characterization and Management of Occupational Hazards (Control Banding [CB]):
A Literature Review and Critical Analysis, describes the evolution
and concepts of control banding, a qualitative approach for assessing and
managing hazards associated primarily with chemical exposures in the workplace.
OSHA has cited the U.S. Army for eight alleged
serious safety violations and seven repeat violations at Fort Richardson's
Directorate of Public Works near Anchorage, Alaska, according to an agency
release.
Wyeth Biotech is first New England
biopharmaceutical plant to enter OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs,
according to an agency release Friday. The Andover, Mass., company was
officially accepted into the program in a ceremony held Friday in Andover.
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