Immunologist Jennifer Serwanga returned to Bundibugyo near Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to study whether survivors’ immune systems carried clues that could help devise treatments for several Ebola strains and other related viruses.
Wego Chemical Group and related companies have violated statutory requirements by failing to report more than 200 chemicals, the EPA said in a complaint announced Monday.
Appeals court judges asked industry, labor, and health organizations to provide evidence they have standing to challenge an EPA rule designed to reduce health risks from ongoing chemical manufacturing, brake, and other uses of chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen.
The Trump administration says its latest climate rollback — delaying the phasedown of highly polluting greenhouse gases used in refrigeration — will save Americans millions of dollars on groceries. Its own economic analysis for the final rule tells a different story.
The DOL and state labor agencies are preparing employers for the World Cup and House Republicans propose cutting funding for a chemical safety board.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to 260 as officials updated their estimates of the outbreak’s size and international health organizations warned of the risk of further spread.
Some US passengers exposed to hantavirus aboard the Hondius cruise ship will be released from isolation next week, including two New Yorkers, as others extend their quarantine period beyond the original May 31 completion date, state public health officials said.
The USDA’s push to accelerate line speeds at meat processing facilities will put more pressure on OSHA, as safety advocates warn faster processing can worsen already high injury rates among workers.
New York’s prevailing wage law expansion to include workers at off-site fabrication facilities drew a legal challenge Thursday from a group of construction contractors and trade organizations, which alleged the law could destroy the state’s public construction industry.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it’s withdrawing a Biden-era rule and restoring regulations protecting polluters from liability for excessive emissions during malfunctions or unexpected events.
As employers are making plans to return to their workplaces. How quickly they succeed will likely depend on how many of their employees get vaccinated.
Employer contests a four-item serious citation in 11 parts and $53,976 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(c)(1), for failure to establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures; 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(e)(1), for failure to provide a medical evaluation to determine an employee’s ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(f)(2), for failure to ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting face-piece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator. (20-0329)
Employer contests a three-item serious citation and $6,998 fine and a repeat citation and $8,906 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1926.102(a)(1), for failure to ensure that eye and face protective equipment was used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury; 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(1), for failure to secure portable ladders used to access an upper landing surface against displacement; and 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(13), for failure to ensure that the top step of a stepladder was not used as a step. (20-0330)
Employer contests a two-item serious citation and $12,337 fine and a two-item other-than-serious citation with no fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.36(d)(1), for failure to ensure that employees were able to open exit route doors from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.178(l)(4)(iii), for failure to conduct an evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator performance at least once every three years. The other-than-serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.157(e)(3), for failure to perform annual maintenance checks on fire extinguishers. (20-0317)
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