ExxonMobil has agreed to spend $1.5 million in a settlement to compensate for polluting water and failing to adequately ensure against excessive air pollution at its Torrance, Calif., refinery.
NIOSH Director Dr. Linda Rosenstock has accepted the position of Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Lax safety training played a key role in an explosion and fire last March at the Phillips Chemical Company's Houston Chemical Complex in Pasadena, Texas, that killed one worker and injured 69 others.
According to preliminary results of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News’ annual White Paper survey, 29 percent of safety and health pros predict complying with a final OSHA ergonomics standard will be “not at all difficult”, and 28 percent say it will be “very difficult.”
By more than a two-to-one margin, safety and health pros surveyed for ISHN’s 17th Annual White Paper favor Gov. George W. Bush over Vice President Al Gore in the race for the White House.
Companies whose workers are highly committed to their employers and have confidence in top management deliver significantly higher returns to shareholders.
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