OSHA Compliance Posts

Although this is about athletic eye and face protection fogging, if ASTM is successful with athletic eye and face protection it will have a HUGE IMPACT on workplace safety eye and face protection!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Here is an explanation of the “letters” that OH EPA uses in their enforcement communications and how and when they use each type of communication:… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Intended for those EH&S professionals responsible for conducting or working in a successful hearing conservation program within their organization, this webinar is designed to give an overview of hearing conservation program management. Topics will include an examination of different hearing conservation program components including regulatory guidance, noise hazard identification and control, monitoring audiometry and noise…...

On September 9, 2009, OSHA issued a final rule which revised and updated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) standards to be more consistent with the current consensus standards regarding good industry practices, as reflected by the latest editions of the pertinent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards at the time (74 Fed. Reg. 46350-46361). The rule…...

Many THANKS to Barry Weissman for sharing this with his YAHOO Safety Group!  This could be HUGE, bigger than the revised HAZCOM standard.  Following its May 3 meeting, the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) recommended that the Department of Labor consider asking the president to update OSHA’s permissible exposure limits (PELs) by…...

Here is a basic review of a general industry workplace’s responsibilities as it relates to EXIT signs, emergency lighting, and emergency alarms…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

A “Partner in Safety” with SAFTENG has produced several EXCELLENT videos on the topic of electrical safe work practices.  The videos are from different perspectives and are though provoking.  Here is the video from the “safety professional’s” perspective.  The safety professional has a responsibility to provide adequate electrical safety training and a safe work environment. …...

29 CFR Part 1910 Bloodborne Pathogens Standard;Corrections and Technical Amendment AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.ACTION: Final rule; corrections and technical amendment.SUMMARY: OSHA is making a technical amendment to its Bloodborne Pathogens Standard by moving the rule’s paragraph on sharps injury log requirements from paragraph (i), entitled “Dates”, to paragraph (h), entitled “Recordkeeping.”DATES:…...