The researchers found that the nonfatal injury trend for law enforcement offices climbed during the 12-year period they studied, which is in contrast with the trend for all other U.S. workers, which significantly decreased.
This year's Grainger Show is the eleventh time in the series that the company has brought in customers by the thousands, Grainger Chairman and CEO D.G. Macpherson said.
"NOAA satellites aren't just for accurate weather forecasts; they play a direct role in saving lives," said RDML Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret., assistant secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and acting under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. "In a real sense, SARSAT can mean the difference between life and death."
Still, the motorcyclist total was a bright spot in the 2017 data because there were a record 125 motorcyclist fatalities in 2016. Most motorcyclists killed in 2017 crashes were not wearing helmets, according to CDOT.
NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative and the coalition want safety advocates across the United States to host simultaneous events, such as live burn and fire sprinkler demonstrations and fire department open houses, on May 19 and hope to see them take place in all 50 states.
In the years since Apple released the first iPad, how we connect, communicate, receive and share information has changed in ways we could not have imagined. Nearly every industry – from automotive to music, retail, publishing, education, construction, even farming has taken notice.
Every day, workers everywhere are exposed to noise during their workday that may be loud enough – or occasionally loud enough – to be damaging to their hearing. Without adequate protection and procedures, long-term damage can occur. This is why workplace safety, and hearing conservation programs, are essential for the long-term health and well-being of our working men and women
The city will ask Seattle Municipal Court to vacate misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions prosecuted by the city before pot was legalized in Washington in 2012. Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes announced the decision Feb. 8.
Assistant Secretary David Zatezalo discussed MSHA's initiative to reform and modernize its data collection, saying too often in the past, "data was not synchronized or easily disseminated throughout the agency." He said modernization ideas include using more digital tools in the field and better data dissemination across the agency.
There will be less red tape and less duplication for project proposers to navigate, according to the officials, who said the government will expand the types of impacts studied to understand how a proposed project could affect not just the environment, but also its long-term health, social, and economic impacts, as well as impacts on indigenous peoples.
"Nuclear safety and security remain our key priorities, both in Europe and globally," added Gerassimos Thomas, deputy director general in the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission. "In 2018, the EU will conduct its first-ever topical peer review on aging management of nuclear power plants under the amended Nuclear Safety Directive."
The agenda for this meeting includes sessions on new reactor construction and commissioning, cyber security, emergency preparedness, maintaining a safety culture, and analysis of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station disaster following a tsunami in March 2011.
The report says there were an insufficient number of emergency shelters ready to take in evacuees, and the ones that were open lacked the ability to care for people with some medical conditions, particularly those with quadriplegia and those needing dialysis or who were ventilator-dependent.
"Giving our students hands-on learning opportunities and, once they graduate, supporting them as lifelong learners is the beginning of Future Ready Oregon. It is a new way of thinking about our economy," Gov. Kate Brown said in her 2018 State of the State address.
HSE's investigation found Tata Steel had failed to enforce its own safety procedures, despite having two previous incidents before Standerline's death, and that the steelmaker also failed to put in place essential control measures that would have prevented the overhead crane from even being in operation.