OSHA Compliance Posts

A Joint Report of Michigan State University and Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and Michigan Department of Community HealthPrepared by: Joanna Kica, MPA, Martha Stanbury, MSPH, Doug Kalinowski, MS CIH, Kenneth Rosenman, MD Michigan State University’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division compiles data on work-related burns in the State of Michigan. This report is the first annual report on occupational burns in…...

OSHA penalty policy was changed to revise size reductions to small employers under 25 employees. They will get a 60% size reduction vs. 40% now.  Click Here for the OSHA Memo (pdf)…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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…...

…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…...

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…...

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…...