OSHA Compliance Posts

We are now down to less than 30 days to have our training completed on Labels and SDS’s.  Here is yet another state OSHA Plan that has gone out of its way to produce some excellent GHS HAZCOM presentations.  This Hazard Communication Employee Training program has been divided into three modules for use as “toolbox”…...

Just when you think we have seen/heard it all when it comes to management no brainers, but this one bares repeating.  IN-OSHA recently cited a food manufacturing facility with a Willful ( in Indiana they call them “Knowing” citations) for having their employees remove the stainless steel clean out port, and then put their finger on…...

At least once a year some company who got a VPP approval tries to use that approval as a vehicle to get out of a citation.  In this OSHRC case, a contractor at a chemical facility had a tankcar cleaning accident that claimed the life of a worker.  The worker entered a railcar to retrieve…...

The general industry standard, 1910.106, Flammable Liquids, is complex and covers many work environments and situations. This fact sheet covers only the basic storage, transfer, and transport requirements. Rules for heavier industrial applications; underground storage facilities; and for building tanks, containers, and other specialized items are in the standard. All references in this fact sheet are…...

OSHA has not changed the general requirements for workplace labeling. Employers have the option to create their own workplace labels. They can either provide all of the required information that is on the label from the chemical manufacturer or, the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols or a combination thereof, which in combination with other…...

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Cal/OSHA cited a company $200,825 for multiple serious and willful violations and two professional employer organizations (PEO) following the April death of a 26-year-old temporary worker who became entangled with the exposed rotating shaft of a mixer while mixing industrial adhesive. Cal/OSHA sanctioned the company for failing to identify and safeguard against the hazards of working…...

A company has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and OSHA to pay more than $1.33 million to resolve criminal penalties and OSHA fines levied as a result of the death of a worker on Nov. 7, 2011. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed the Deferred Prosecution Agreement on Sept. 5,…...

Is an employer required to record a work-related injury sustained by an employee which was treated by a reduction procedure performed on her dislocated ring finger. The employee had no broken bones, no medication, no splints, and no restrictions and returned to work immediately after the reduction of her ring finger. You want to know…...

One of the biggest changes coming with this Globally Harmonized Standard (GHS) is what it will do to the NFPA 704 Diamond Labeling system… the degree of hazard ratings are the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!!  A “4” in NFPA 704 is a “1” in the GHS.  Get ready folks and BUCKLE UP as this is going to…...

The table below summarizes the phase-in dates required under the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS): Effective Completion Date Requirement(s) Who December 1, 2013 Train employees on the new label elements and safety data sheet (SDS) format. Employers June 1, 2015* December 1, 2015 Compliance with all modified provisions of this final rule, except: The Distributor…...