OSHA has published criteria for removing employers from the agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP). SVEP has been in effect since June 18, 2010, and is intended to focus agency resources on employers that demonstrate indifference to their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act with willful, repeat or failure-to-abate violations. On August 16,…...
Although it is not really “new” any longer; OSHA revised 1910.307 in 2007 and many of the facts that are presented in this article may be “news” to a lot of you. Many of the “new” requirements in 1910.307 Hazardous (classified) Locations are often not well understood or not even known. This article, which has been…...
“Hazardous Locations” and complying with the “new” 1910.307 Read More »
Since I was able to conduct my very first fit test, I was taught that the Qualitative method was ONLY permitted when the user was wearing an Air Purifying Respirator (APR) which needed a fit factor of 100 or less. When I read 1910.134(f)(6), that is exactly how I read it today… QLFT may only…...
QNFT or QLFT, which is acceptable for an emergency responder entering IDLH atm’s? Read More »
(UPDATED with agenda on 8/20/12) The SAFTENG.net LLC Team will be conducting our OSHA Boot Camp training for one of our local Cincinnati clients. I normally do not open this training up to outsiders, but the feedback we have received after the last couple of courses suggested that I make this course one of the FREE…...
OSHA is updating the references in its standards to recognize the 2009 edition of the American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection, and is deleting the 1986 edition of that national consensus standard because it is out of date. OSHA also is including the construction industry in this rulemaking to ensure consistency among the Agency’s…...
OSHA updating Head Protection Standard in both GI and Const Read More »
ACOEM Guideline – The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment May 4, 2003 More than 34 million Americans wear some type of contact lenses. Of this number, many are employed as part of the industrial workforce. As the health professional most familiar with the hazards encountered in the industrial setting, the occupational and environmental medicine (OEM)…...
The Use of Contact Lenses in an Industrial Environment (ACOEM Guidelines) Read More »
Lenses and Frames The many changes incorporated in the new ANSI Z87.1-2003 will affect the manufacture and testing of both safety frames and safety lenses. Because your industrial business is a valuable asset to your overall operation, you should be familiar with and adopt the practices of the new procedure to ensure compliance and to…...
What ANSI Z87.1-2003 changes in Safety Glasses Requirements Read More »
Applications and Attributes (Informative: the safeguarding and complementary equipment contained in the chart below, as well as their applications and attributes, are NOT intended as an all-inclusive list, but merely as additional information or guidance on some potential uses and capabilities of the listed safeguarding and complementary equipment) Safeguarding Application(s) (for safeguarding hazard areas…...
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SAFTENG believes this information to be accurate and delivers it as a community service. As such, it cannot apply to every specific fact or situation; nor is it a substitute for any provisions of 29 CFR Part 1910 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this...
General Industry Standards with Training Requirements Read More »
Below is a listing of OSHA’s General Industry Standards that require some type of written program or plan…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
General Industry Standards Written Program Requirements Read More »
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is NOT an official listing and is NOT meant to include 100% of all REQUIRED postings, labels, and signs. It is an effort by one individual to identify those OSHA 1910 std’s that require some sign, posting, or label to better prepare a workplace regarding OSHA signage and posting requirements. The user…...
OSHA General Industry Requirements for Labels, Signs, Postings, etc. Read More »
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...
ASTM Developing Standard to Test Resistance to Fogging of Eye Protection Devices Read More »
