This was shared in one of the safety groups I participate in and I am not sure how I feel about this. Your thoughts/concerns? Would you let this device be used in your organization? Do you feel it replaces LOTO? Any safety people been approached by electrical workers wanting to use these? Anyone have first…...
Disconnect for Electrical-Discharge Lighting Existing Fluorescent Luminaire Read More »
MAR 12 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM MANAGERS FROM: RICHARD E. FAIRFAX, Deputy Assistant Secretary SUBJECT: Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices Section 11(c) of the OSH Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee because the employee reports an injury or illness. 29 CFR 1904.36. This memorandum is intended to provide…...
Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices Read More »
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March 2012 Update on OSHA’s Refinery & Chemical National Emphasis Programs Read More »
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has been kind enough to offer some of their emergency response related documents for FREE. The list includes: American Industrial Hygiene Association Industrial Hygienists’ Role and Responsibilities In Emergency Preparedness and Response (06) IH Deployment Checklist IH Role in EPR EPR IH Reference (including links to other resources) Safety Officer…...
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…The HAZWOPER standard requires employers to provide training to employees who provide emergency response services during releases of hazardous substances, 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6). The level of training the employer must provide depends on the role the employee will perform in a response. Employees must be trained to the first responder operations level if they will…...
Although not a new release, OR-OSHA provides a document I have used for a couple of years in my work and consulting. OR-OSHA is of course a state plan, but from what I can tell they have adopted the federal OSHA general industry standards exactly as they are written in 29CFR 1910 (not sure about…...
For more information about this study, please contact Dr. Sharon M. Abel at e-mail:sharon.abel@drdc-rddc.gc.ca Results The results of this study showed that for each of the five (5) protective conditions, the noise reduction provided by earmuffs increases as frequency increases from 0.25 kHz to 1 kHz, after which there was no further increase. Five Hearing…...
OSHA has issued a letter of concern to an organization regarding their 40-hour “HAZWOPER Hands-On Simulator®” on-line training program. OSHA states…As always, the use of interactive and video training programs as a part of an employer’s overall HAZWOPER training program is acceptable. However, an employer may not rely solely on the use of an interactive or…...
HAZWOPER Training MUST consist of MORE THAN video training Read More »
From Liberty Mutual’s Research Institute for Safety Safety warnings are everywhere – on machinery, road signs, medication bottles, electronics, cleaning solutions, and food items…the list goes on. In the workplace, safety warnings are meant to help workers make decisions to avoid actions that could lead to injury, illness, or even death. They are an important, and…...
CAUTION: Your Safety Warnings May Not Be Working Read More »
Whenever someone is hurt in an accident, people say, “There ought to be a law!” Politicians rush to oblige them and then take credit for all the lives they saved. But shouldn’t they also accept blame for the lives lost because of those laws? Lives lost? Yes. A joint study by the Brookings Institution and…...
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has adopted a rule amendment to WAC 296-45 based on recommendations from the Electric Utility Safety Advisory Committee. EUSAC recommended that the Department adopt a “Safety Watch”, which entails direct supervision of a qualified person when a nonqualified employee approaches exposed energized electrical equipment in substations or…...
WA-OSHA enacts NEW Safety Standards for Electrical Workers Read More »
The purpose of this document is to describe the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), why it was developed, and how it relates to the sound management of chemicals. The full official text of the system is available on the web at:http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_rev00/00files_e.html. The GHS is an acronym for The Globally Harmonized…...
