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.
The committee is scheduled to meet Dec. 5-6 in Washington, D.C., to discuss GHS and the proposed draft standard on occupational exposure to beryllium, among other matters.
Based in Eagleville, Pa., the flashlight manufacturer recycled nickel cadmium and small, sealed lead acid batteries during the third quarter.
A new study from FDA showed that 12 percent of imported spices contain insect parts, animal hair, and possibly unsafe pathogens.
The cities of New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Orlando will host at least two of the biggest U.S. safety, health, and environmental conferences apiece next year.
Releasing its report on the November 2012 explosion on a Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations platform, killing three workers, the agency’s director also has asked the American Petroleum Institute to issue standards for hot work that follow industry best practices.
The justices will decide whether or not workers should be paid for the time they take to put on and remove safety equipment.
The agency's assistant secretary, Dr. David Michaels, has spoken repeatedly about the issue of temporary workers' safety. A group of safety advocates has drawn up 15 recommendations to address the issue.
In today’s information world, health, safety, and industrial hygiene professionals are continually confronted with the challenge to gather, review, and act wisely based on various types of data. Safety Management Software is one tool available that can help safety professionals consolidate this data and improve the safety decision making process. This article will explore how safety management software can assist in the data collection and data analysis needs of the environmental, health and safety (EHS) manager.
Four people riding on the float were killed and five others were seriously injured, and eight passengers and a deputy sheriff received minor injuries in the November 2012 accident in Midland, Texas.
The agency's final rule applies for the reporting year beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
The new rule eases the regulation of beef imports in relation to Mad Cow Disease, making the United States fall more in line with international standards.