OSHA Compliance Posts

I have written about interlocks and their design, use, and function many times.  I have also shared accidents which involved the abuse and/or misuse of interlocks.  Sadly I have another fatality to report where an interlocked guard was by-passed… At 2:20 p.m. on June 11, 2018, an employee was mixing powders using a commercial horizontal…...

Recently OSHA issued a General Duty Clause citation for “overhead process piping not properly secured causing excessive vibration” and the standard they referenced was  2007 National Board Inspection Code Part II, Section 2, Inspection 2.4.4(d) The citation was classified as “serious” and came with an $11,934 fine…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

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We all know we, as safety professionals, see life through a different lens than most others.  But ever since I started seeing these AT&T commercials “Ok is just not good enough” I always go back to my HAZMAT ER days.  One of the last ER’s I was called upon for assistance, I was delegated to a…...

This 10-minute video provides an overview of the OSHA inspection process under the agency’s Regional Emphasis Program for Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate and Agricultural Ammonia Facilities.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Another aspect of a “respiratory protection program” often times will include a PFT as part of the “medical evaluation”.  For the most part, these PFTs are done by the location where the PLHP resides and most of the time they are done by “trained” personnel – but how many of us actually audit the service provider…...

I have received a number of e-mails, text, and phone calls concerning OSHA’s change in their Electronic Filing of Injury and Illness data.   Bottom Line… 300A Annual Summary Data is all that is required to be submitted for those establishments that have 250 or more employees.  TIP: “employees” are that personnel on site that if they…...

The selection of a respirator can be confusing, but if we keep just four (4) things in mind we can at least determine if we can use an Air-Purifying Respirator (APR).  These four things are:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Oily waste safety cans are an essential safety device where ever cloths and wiping rags are used with oils and solvents. Rags and cloths soaked with solvents, thinners, linseed oil, combustible adhesives, and other flammable liquids present a serious fire risk if they are improperly discarded. These cans have specially designed lids that open no…...

This is another part of my recent respirator articles; my attempt to help up and coming program administrators understand what OSHA is actually requiring as the absolute minimums.  This post is about the “numbers” we see and hear when discussing respiratory protection.  As I posted a few months I ago, during an audit for a…...

ATTENTION FOOD PROCESSOR CLIENTS:  OSHA is onto the Clean-In-Place (CIP) process and how it contains “hazardous energy sources”, which in turn makes opening up the CIP system a “line-break” and LOTO activity.  These citations center around PPE and LOTO issues at a food plant where workers were exposed to “hot water”. OSHA has cited a…...