OSHA Compliance Posts

OSHA will extend its temporary enforcement measures in residential construction for three (3) more months. The temporary enforcement measures, now extended through March 15, 2013, include: priority free on-site compliance assistance, penalty reductions, extended abatement dates, measures to ensure consistency and increased outreach… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready...

Jordan Barab, Deputy Assistant Secretary of OSHA, gives an OSHA UPDATE at the COSH conference.  He covers OSHA compliance efforts to improving the integrity of the VPP effort.  A nice update on what OSHA has been doing and the direction they are going.  … Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View...

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL DINARDO was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court, before U.S. District Judge Naomi R. Buchwald, to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to issue fraudulent safety training certifications. DINARDO pled guilty in May 2011 to conspiring to…...

Injuries Hidden at TVA Nuclear Sites to Obtain Over $2.5 Million in Safety Bonuses Following a 12-day trial in U.S. District Court, a jury convicted the former Shaw Group Safety Manager, 55, of eight counts of major fraud against the United States.   Sentencing is set for 2:00 p.m., Feb. 21, 2013, in U.S. District Court…...

October 1st of this year, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive insitituted a “Fee for Intervention” (FFI) cost recovery scheme.  Under The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of HSE’s related costs, including inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action.  Novel idea?  Good idea?  Imagine not…...

On June 22, 2012, OSHA published a direct final rule (DFR) in the Federal Register that revised its Head Protection standards for general industry at 29 CFR 1910.135, shipyard employment at 29 CFR 1915.155, marine terminals at 29 CFR 1917.93, longshoring at 29 CFR 1918.103, and construction at 29 CFR 1926.100 by updating a reference to the American National Standards Institute…...

OSHA has cited an energy services company with 13 safety and health violations – including two willfuls and three repeats – for exposing workers to flash fires and other hazards. OSHA opened an inspection after two workers were injured by a fire that occurred in an oil and gas field tank (e.g. frac tank). Proposed…...

This is an AWESOME database that will be helpful beyond anything we could have asked for from NIOSH!!!  It actually breaks down eleven (11) type of power tools from eighteen (18) manufacturers with 41 specifications…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Here are some interesting numbers from OSHA regarding their activities in fiscal year 2012 (ending 9/30/2012): OSHA’s free On-site Consultation Program conducted approximately 30,000 visits to small and medium-sized employers. 205 million visits to OSHA’s Web site 213,283 calls to the OSHA 800 number 19,590 Spanish-speaking callers to the OSHA 800 number 32,906 questions submitted…...

UPDATED on 11/9/12 with standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties and links to OSHA pages for each of the standards listed The Top 10 cited standards and standards for which OSHA assessed the highest penalties in fiscal year 2012 (October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012) are:… Membership Required You must be a member...