OSHA Compliance Posts

Our friends at Oregon OSHA have once again out done themselves with a great podcast that ALL safety professionals, safety committees, and management teams should take the 4.5 minutes and sit back and listen to this podcast.  The “hierarchy of controls” is the baseline for understanding how hazards are controlled and OR-OSHA nails it in…...

Question: Under OSHA regulations 29 CFR 1926.95(a) who is responsible for the laundering of fire retarding clothing that is provided to employees? Answer: Criteria for Personal Protective Equipment – Title 29 CFR 1926.95(a) section states: (a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective…...

Coverage: National Period: 30 days, 7/17/15 to 8/16/15 New Inspections: Opened in the last 30 days = 4,371 Closed Inspections: Closed in the last 30 days = 4,319 Ongoing Inspections: Opened prior to 30 day reporting period and still not closed = 119,926 Inspections with Violations = 113 Inspections with no Violations =  4,258 Assessed…...

OSHA has releases their REVISED Training Requirements in OSHA Standards (OSHA 2254-07R 2015)OSHA 2254-07R 2015).  This publication provides a general overview of a variety of standards-related topics. This publication does NOT alter or determine compliance responsibilities which are set forth in OSHA standards, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.  Moreover, because interpretations and enforcement…...

OSHA today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness throughout the five-year period during which the employer is required to keep the records.   OSHA is issuing this proposed rule in light of the decision of the U.S…....

This paper company had 39 VPP Sites in 2013 and today they were placed in OSHA’s SVEP for this incident.  Here is a breakdown of the citations that took them from VPP to SVEP.  A 57-year-old general mechanic was removing burned filter bags of combustible fly ash dust from a dust collector in the facility’s…...

Today OSHA announced that they have placed International Paper (IP) into their Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) following a combustible dust ignition incident involving fly-ash at one of their facilities.  This development is HUGE in the respect that IP was once one of OSHA’s top participants in the Voluntary Protection Program.  To go from one of OSHA’s…...

Ever wonder about that 5 o’clock shadow and the impact it may have on a respirator face-to-mask seal?  How about 2-3 days growth… what is that impact on respiratory protection safety?  Well now we have a much better idea!  The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) did a small study to find out just how…...

The Hazard Communication standard (HCS) has been revised to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS Revision 3, 2009). This includes updates to the requirements for labeling and for safety data sheets (SDSs). This instruction outlines the revisions to the HCS, such as the revised hazard classification…...