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Washington – Airports reported a record-high number of incidents of lasers being pointed at airplanes and disrupting pilots last year, according to statistics released Jan. 19 by the Department of Transportation.

Washington – Registration is open for the Federal Transit Administration's 6th Annual Drug and Alcohol Program National Conference, the Department of Transportation announced Jan. 18.

Arlington, VA – Faulty equipment and coal dust likely caused a small methane ignition to turn into a massive explosion that killed 29 miners at Upper Big Branch Mine-South in April, according to preliminary investigation results from MSHA.

Tumwater, WA – More than $137 million was collected last year by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries' workers’ compensation fraud program, according to a new report.

Washington – Judge Covette Rooney, a 15-year judiciary veteran of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, was designated as its new acting chief administrative law judge.

Washington – OSHA administrator David Michaels lashed out at his agency’s critics by stressing OSHA is committed to providing employers with information to keep their workers safe.

Washington – Public hearings and the release of documents related to the April 5 Upper Big Branch Mine-South tragedy will be postponed in deference to the Department of Justice, Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith recently said.

Washington – A proposed interpretation of OSHA noise standards was withdrawn Jan. 19, three months after it was first published in the Federal Register.

Emmitsburg, MD – Each year, an estimated 10,000 fires occur in attics of residential buildings, causing approximately 30 deaths, 125 injuries and $477 million in property damage.

Nearly 3 out of every 4 workers go to work when they are sick, according to survey results released Jan. 19 by CareerBuilder.