OSHA Compliance Posts

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...

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…...