OSHA Compliance Posts

Facility has been cited for 13 safety and health violations by OSHA following an inspection at its manufacturing facility. Proposed fines total $62,000.  One REPEAT safety violation, with a penalty of $22,000, involves the employer failing to reduce the pressure in a compressed air device to less than 30 pounds per square inch when using…...

OSHA Most Frequently Cited General Industry Standards 2012 from John Newquist… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

From head to toe!  Qualified electrical workers must be properly donned in their electrical PPE. Basically speaking, here is the deal from head to toe for just checking for the absence of voltage:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

A lot of factories and industrial workplaces have first aid teams and along with these dedicated response teams comes compliance with OSHA’s Blood borne pathogens (BPP) standard 1910.1030.  Yet there is one small issue that many facilities overlook when it comes to their BBP training…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

Six willful, egregious citations were issued for inadequate machine guarding over the blades of slitter machines. The citations are being issued as willful because the company certified abatement for machine guarding on much of this equipment in 2009 and had a history of machine guarding violations in the past. OSHA also found that the company…...

This is in response to your inquiry on behalf of the American Chemistry Council concerning how OSHA’s March 26, 2012, revisions to its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012) apply to combustible dust. Below I summarize each of your questions and provide our response to it…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) is warning of a telephone scam by a company identifying itself as “U.S. Federal Labor Compliance.” Wyoming business owners have been the targets of the phone calls. The recipients of the fraudulent calls are told that they need to purchase an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance…...

WARNING – Poster, Log 300 and Safety Program SCAM!  Maryland Occupational Safety & Health (MOSH) has received several inquiries from employers around the state concerning intimidating solicitations for: MOSH Poster about Safety and Health Rights,  Forms to complete the Log 300, and a required “canned” Safety and Health Program These solicitations pressure the employer into purchasing…...

This decision from the OSHRC will make you wonder if safety is more about “legal matters” or “common sense safety”.  The fact that a company can use a JLG brand lift to remove and replace 31′ beams weighing 325 pound comes down to the use of clamps vs. no clamps is just crazy.  I think…...

OSHA has identified and sent letters (letter13.html) to approximately 9,400 workplaces whose establishments are covered by Federal OSHA and reported to OSHA a 2011 “Days Away from work, Restricted work or job Transfer injury and illness” (DART) rate greater than the average rate for their industry.  The letter encourages employers to consider hiring an outside…...