The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced plans to hold a briefing on June 29 to share with the public information gathered during the investigation of the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va.
During National Public Health Week (NPHW), which runs through April 10, the American Public Health Association (APHA) is reminding people that “Safety is No Accident.”
Although California banned texting while driving in 2008, the state is ramping up enforcement efforts for its first Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which runs through April.
OSHA has cited Quality Steel Corp. in Cleveland, MS for 19 safety violations following the October 2010 death of a worker who was ejected and crushed after the forklift he was operating overturned.
A team of mechanics put in some overtime yesterday as the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the mid-air fuselage rupture of a Southwest Airline plane got underway.
The American Red Cross has introduced what it’s calling “the next generation” of first aid and CPR training, with changes designed to save both trainees and instructors time and money.
A manufacturing company investigated as part of OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting Program received more than 20 citations for a wide range of problems, according to the agency.
A United Steelworkers (USW) expert on workplace chemical security issues testifying yesterday before a U.S. House subcommittee said that existing measures for protecting chemical facilities from terrorist attacks are inadequate.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the number and rate of traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to the lowest levels since 1949, despite a significant increase in the number of miles Americans drove during the year.
They're the latest in high-tech faucetry: hands-free water savers, equipped with electronic-eye sensors that automatically detect hands and dispense preset amounts of water.
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