AIHA Ergonomics Committee will sponsor the “Ergonomics Symposium: Making a Business Case for Ergonomics (and Other Health and Safety Programs)” at AIHce.
Massey Energy Co. Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Research is the first large-scale study to look at the cardiovascular mechanisms of work stress in the population and provides strong evidence of the way it can lead to coronary heart disease.
While OSHA's budget, staffing levels and inspection activity have dropped, the American workforce has grown and new hazards have emerged, watchdog group says.
In letter to New York City Mayor Bloomberg, the association expressed opposition to pending legislation that involves the issuance of permits for atmospheric biological, chemical and radiological detectors.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, a consortium that oversaw design and construction of the $15 billion tunnel project, will pay $407 million for “gross failures”; 24 other design firms will pay $51 million.
Thirty-day extension means that comments on the agency's Confined Spaces in Construction Notice of Proposed Rulemaking must be submitted by no later than February 28.
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