Below is a listing of OSHA’s General Industry Standards that require some type of written program or plan…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT an official listing and is NOT meant to include 100% of all REQUIRED postings, labels, and signs. It is an effort by one individual to identify those OSHA 1910 std’s that require some sign, posting, or label to better prepare a workplace regarding OSHA signage and posting requirements. The user…...
Although this is about athletic eye and face protection fogging, if ASTM is successful with athletic eye and face protection it will have a HUGE IMPACT on workplace safety eye and face protection!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Here is an explanation of the “letters” that OH EPA uses in their enforcement communications and how and when they use each type of communication:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Intended for those EH&S professionals responsible for conducting or working in a successful hearing conservation program within their organization, this webinar is designed to give an overview of hearing conservation program management. Topics will include an examination of different hearing conservation program components including regulatory guidance, noise hazard identification and control, monitoring audiometry and noise…...
On September 9, 2009, OSHA issued a final rule which revised and updated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) standards to be more consistent with the current consensus standards regarding good industry practices, as reflected by the latest editions of the pertinent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards at the time (74 Fed. Reg. 46350-46361). The rule…...
Many THANKS to Barry Weissman for sharing this with his YAHOO Safety Group! This could be HUGE, bigger than the revised HAZCOM standard. Following its May 3 meeting, the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) recommended that the Department of Labor consider asking the president to update OSHA’s permissible exposure limits (PELs) by…...
FREE DOWNLOAD of ANSI Z49.1:2012 Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes In my world of Process Safety I often hear OSHA being blamed for not being specific enough and if the OSHA standards were more specific… “these horrible accidents would be fewer”. I wholeheartedly disagree with this line of thought. Case in hand… in my…...
The NIOSH Respirator Selection Logic (RSL) relies entirely on whether the airborne concentration of a contaminant exceeds a defined exposure limit (such as the NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit [REL] or OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit [PEL]), regardless of what the chemical’s vapor pressure is. However, vapor pressure plays a decisive role in selecting a respirator, particularly…...
I am sure many of you have heard the old saying… “it’s just common sense” when it comes to applying PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) tape, often called “thread sealants” or “plumber’s tape”. Yet this practice is a critical skill for ensuring leak-free connections in threaded piping systems. While it seems straightforward, the direction and tension of the…...
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Here is a basic review of a general industry workplace’s responsibilities as it relates to EXIT signs, emergency lighting, and emergency alarms…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
