After a cougar killed an employee at a Portland animal sanctuary, concerns have been raised over the safety measures taken at the facility.
The DOT inspector general's office announced it Nov. 5 in response to a request from the top Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
With the government estimating some 4.5 million people have been affected in the central Philippines, WHO is mobilizing supplies.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Advisory Council on Substance Abuse has voted to support legislation that would make pseudoephedrine medications available by prescription only.
SeaWorld stopped allowing trainers to be in the water with killer whales after trainer Dawn Brancheau's death in 2010, but it is still challenging OSHA's citations in the case.
Foss Manufacturing Co. in Hampton, NH, received $115,000 in proposed fines along with the citations.
The section on engineering controls -– local exhaust ventilation, isolation, and dust suppression methods -- states they are likely to be the most effective control strategy for nanomaterials, but it also advises using elimination and substitution first if they are feasible.
A dustup between two federal agencies has arisen, as NTSB has recommended that DOT audit the FMCSA's oversight.
The final rule comes as a result of the Colgan Air 3407 crash in 2009 near Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 49 people on board and one person on the ground.
This was two fewer than the total fatalities during the same quarter of 2012.
The Dec. 3-6 event features a keynote speech by Georgia Pacific's CEO and workshops on combustible dust, lockout/tagout, and more.
The five-year agreement provides $5 million in funding from the federal agency overseeing offshore oil and gas operations, with three Texas universities participating.
The agency stated that it will gradually start making food companies phase out products that contain artificial trans fats.
The key element of its new proposed rule is public disclosure of companies' injury and illness data.
The U.S. Senate voted 64-32 on Nov. 7 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity.