OSHA Compliance Posts

Over the years I have used many OSHRC decisions in my newsletters and website, as I feel they are GREAT learning tools to further our understanding of what is required to comply with OSHA standards.  The written decisions of the OSHRC include a ton of information about what the standard requires and the level of…...

This year a company was issued three citation items that the company failed to have a “company executive” certify its annual summaries of workplace injuries and illnesses entered on its OSHA 300 Logs for 2007, 2008, and 2009, in violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1904.32(b)(4).  OSHA proposed a penalty of $800 for each alleged violation.  OSHA’s…...

These are REALLY GREAT tools from OSHA and MSHA.  I can envision these tools being a GREAT EXERCISE for a safety comittee to use as a learning and assessment tool.  They can be used by facilities looking to get an understanding of their compliance obligations based on some VERY SPECIFIC workplace requirements.  The user will…...

Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced the result of a two-week sweep with the City Department of Buildings (“DOB”) that found and confiscated more than 70 fraudulent scaffold certification and U.S. Occupational and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) safety cards and resulted in the arrest of 30 construction workers at sites in Manhattan and Brooklyn…....

This Instruction is intended to help Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) safely inspect roadway and highway construction work zones and to issue consistent citations for violations. Working near fast-moving public traffic presents obvious hazards for CSHOs performing inspections.  This Instruction provides guidance for proper citation under 29 CFR 1926, Subpart G Signs, Signals, and…...

Anyone who works at a business that has a formal hotwork program can recite the distance at which all fire safety requirements must be in place… 35′.  But this 35′ is a “magical number” to many who use it on a daily basis.  Don’t believe the number is “magical”?  Just go out and ask your…...

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit stated the SST program, to a limited extent, focused enforcement resources and targeted inspections on the highest risk industries and worksites. SST inspections excluded some of the highest risk industries and worksites where the most serious injuries and illnesses occurred because certain high-risk…...

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A Corona man who authorities say posed as an OSHA inspector and attempted to collect a fine in cash was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Doing some work for a client regarding fall protection on “order pickers” I came across this neat calculator for calculating  a new load center capacity…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Since my last article on Hazardous Locations I have received dozens of e-mails from members/subscribers asking about their specific workplace situations.  The best advice I can pass on is OSHA’s advice.  They have provided specific examples of the types of areas that would be considered Hazardous Locations in the Subpart S Definitions Section, 1910.399 Definitions applicable…...