OSHA Compliance Posts

Oregon OSHA is delaying the adoption of the proposed changes to Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standards in General Industry and Construction. This rulemaking proposal is in response to the April 11, 2014 federal OSHA adoption, published in the Federal Register, that revised Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution standards in general industry and construction,…...

OSHA is making a formal request of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to submit a recommendation on whether the agency should proceed with proposed amendments to the recordkeeping regulations at 29 CFR Part 1904.  The proposed amendments would clarify that employers have a duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related…...

Facility manufactures over 600 small animal products, including bird food, but not dog and cat food, which are sold in small and large chain pet stores. Fifty to 60 employees work in its 120,000 square foot production facility and warehouse. Part of the facility, measuring 8,000 to 10,000 square feet, is devoted to assembling small…...

These LOTO decisions by the OSHRC are HUGE in establishing some “minimums” for LOTO procedures, periodic inspections, and training for “affected” and “other” employees.  Readers should pay very close attention to the details that OSHA used in their arguments of how poorly “machine-specific procedures” were written (missing data, conflicting data, no magnitudes listed, etc.).  The…...

WOW… you want to read a case from !@#$, this will be some interesting reading for you.  If there was ever a case where the lesson is “Do as you say you’re going to do in your safety program” this case is the “poster child” for that cause.  Too many strikes against the management at the…...

This case makes two (2) decisions that on the surface appear to be a step backwards – but readers should not read anything into these decisions!  The refrigerator in the power strip was lost merely because the CSHO did NOT document the power pull the refrigerator was putting on the power strip.  So before we…...

Use the information in this table to build hazard awareness and prevent risk for similar occurrences in your workplace.  This table shares preliminary details about many of the fatalities reported to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  There were 27 MIOSHA-related deaths in 2013 & 27 MIOSHA-related deaths in 2012. 2009 saw the lowest number with…...

Citations issued for health and safety violations were affirmed by an administrative law judge from the independent OSHRC, upholding an earlier decision by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The violations occurred at the company’s chicken processing plant. OSHA cited the plant in May 2012 for a variety of safety and…...

In “general industry” workplaces OSHA has a “General Requirements” standard for conducting Welding, Cutting, and Brazing activities (1910.252). For those working within the battery limits of a PSM/RMP covered process, both OSHA (1910.119(k)(2) and EPA (68.85(b) reference 1910.252(a) as the basics of safely conducting these HW activities. But there is one (1) requirement that we…...

The Top 10 for Fiscal Year 2014 are: Fall protection (1926.501) = 6,143 Hazard Communication (1910.1200) = 5,161 Scaffolding (1926.451) = 4,029 Respiratory Protection (1910.134) = 3,223 Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) = 2,704 Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) = 2,662 Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305) = 2,490 Ladders (1926.1053) = 2,448 Machine Guarding (1910.212) = 2,200 Electrical –…...