Safety agency's failings exposed by sealant
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Nearly 200 victims are suing after falling ill while using Stand 'n Seal grout sealer. Some fell ill after a recall -- when the Consumer Product Safety Commission is supposed to ensure unsafe products stay off store shelves. But with 400 employees monitoring about 15,000 products, some items slip through the cracks.
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The failure of the Indian Government and an American corporation to tackle the after-effects of one of the worst industrial accidents in history has left a legacy of continuing pollution
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Health and safety officials are urged to act after a report finds one in three industry deaths occur on building sites.
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The construction industry comes under fire from unions for its "failure" to act to prevent workplace fatalities.
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After failing to pay staff wages, a Gwynedd based enterprise agency is to make an announcement  about its future.
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The Food and Drug Administration lacks clear regulatory authority and is chronically underfunded, shortcomings hindering its ability to evaluate the safety of drugs used by millions of Americans, according to outside scientists the agency asked to critique its performance.
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An independent oversight agency said it could not complete an audit of a $1.2 billion contract to train Iraqi policemen because records kept by the State Department and by DynCorp International, the contractor, were inaccurate and in disarray.
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Federal regulators said an inspection of Chiron Corp.'s (CHIR) flu-vaccine plant in England last year turned up manufacturing problems similar to those that led British authorities to shut down the facility ...
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The Homeland Security Department could access data stored in the electronic container seal, but failure rates must be below 5%. By Larry Greenemeier.
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The August blaze that killed two firefighters at a condemned skyscraper across from ground zero exposed incompetence at multiple government agencies that either owned it or oversaw its long-delayed demolition.
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Many contracting executives are so concerned about the safety of employees that they refuse to speak publicly on the topic. Privately, they say that the risk of kidnapping impairs their operations severely.
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Interim report says crew error could have had 'serious consequences' had there been a fire
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In the weeks before key government tests of new radiation detection equipment, officials at the Department of Homeland Security helped contractors through repeated dry runs that enabled them to perform better during the examinations, according to government briefing documents obtained by The...
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The companyâs lawyers had attempted to gain the upper hand in a patent case by highlighting safety concerns about the companyâs own product.
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State officials complain that the federal government has failed to properly investigate a long-running series of lung injuries tied to widely available waterproofing sprays.
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Government officials called the immunity a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute the companyâs employees.
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WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that 12.6 percent of the planes it tested had drinking water on board that failed to meet the agency&#39;s standards.