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Under the final rule, employees have until May 15 to implement the PPE payment requirements.

Regulation implements Section 4 of the MINER Act of 2006 to improve overall mine rescue capability and mine rescue team effectiveness.

The blast in a silo, where refined sugar is stored before being packaged, was reportedly caused by a sugar dust explosion.

Concrete block manufacturer is the first company to be criminally convicted since amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada were established four years ago.

OSHA has fined a medical devices sterilization company in Waukegan, Ill., $117,000 for repeat and serious violations of federal workplace safety standards.

A worker was killed when a 400-pound slab of pavement fell into the ditch he was working in and landed on him; OSHA has levied penalties.

AIHA has introduced an intermediate course on DVD designed to provide participants with working knowledge of OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard and related respiratory program tools.

The approved system provides a wireless means for mine operators to track miners underground both before and after an emergency event.

In a letter to New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, ASSE voiced concerns about a proposed law requiring permits for atmospheric biological, chemical and radiological detectors.

Six people were being handed over to prosecutors and will likely face criminal charges for their roles in accidents that drowned 181 miners.