When you see it… Classic “error trap” – Bottle cap An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
When you see it… Error Trap 101- Exit Door Confusion An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
When you see it… Error Trap 101- both get you out the door; one summons a “welcoming committee” soon after you exit! An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
When you see it… Classic “error trap” – damned if I do and damned if I don’t An “error trap” is defined as “a condition or circumstance that provides fertile ground for mistakes to happen.”… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
OUR PPE MATTERS!!!! It only works when it is ON. Yesterday, it saved a Dad, son, and brother! … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
OSHA cancelled CPL 2-2.53 in 2007. Your letter cites OSHA’s current guidelines for CPR training contained in OSHA 3317-06N 2006, Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program. Although OSHA does not mandate retraining intervals, this guidance, at p. 13, recommends that “Instructor-led retraining for life-threatening emergencies[,]” specifically CPR and AED, “should occur at…...
The Suburban Manufacturing Group manufactures filtration and drying systems for compressed air. A part of the product line is a compressed air filtration system for use with supplied air respirators (SARs). You have asked for OSHA’s interpretation on addressing air quality and clarification on various designs or configurations of currently marketed breathing air systems. Please…...
Not only did OSHA update its Compliance Directive for Process Safety Management standard 1910.119, effective January 26, 2024, this week, they also posted a Letter of Interpretation (LOI) clarifying several key terms used in its PSM Standard. Terms defined include: Employer Employee Access, as used in the EP element Accessible, as used in the SOP…...
1910.146(d)(14) does not specify how many or what percentage of entry permits must be reviewed annually. Would it be compliant if an employer reviews a representative sample of the entry permits during the one-year review? The easy answer is NO, ALL CANCELED ENTRY PERMITS AND NOT A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE ENTRY PERMITS must…...
In this Letter of Interpretation (LOI), OSHA answers several common questions related to the practice of Group Lockout, such as: Does OSHA require all authorized employees who place their locks on the group lockbox to verify that the energy source was deenergized before performing servicing and maintenance work? How could a change of condition(s) (e.g.,…...
OSHA answers the following questions as they relate to 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks Does OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.178 apply to the following equipment: A vehicle designed to convey both personnel and equipment, such as welding equipment (Pack Mule Industrial Electric Vehicle: Models covered: SC-775, SCT-7750); Motorized shopping cart trolley/collector (Dane Technologies, QuicKART: Models covered:…...
Although this question has been discussed before, OSHA issued a new Letter of Interpretation (LOI) late in 2023 (posted in 2024), answering the following question and has ARCHIVED their previous LOI from November 26, 1996. Does OSHA consider the initial monitoring data and subsequent re-testing data to constitute employee exposure records subject to the record…...
