OSHA Compliance Posts

The State of West Virginia now requires that propane technicians be trained, certified, and licensed. The Chemical Safety Board issued the recommendation following the CSB investigation of a propane explosion at the Little General Store in Ghent, WV, that occurred on Jan. 30, 2007. The blast killed four people and seriously injured five others. The…...

OSHA has announced that it will NOT abandon its system for ensuring that electrical products used in the workplace are safe. The European Union requested that OSHA explore the possibility of adopting its system, known as Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (“SDoC”)…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the arrest of Brian Andre, former owner of Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork, and Regina Shaw, owner of Andre Stone & Mason Work Inc., the successor company to Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ordered their arrest…...

OSHA announced late last week that it is withdrawing its proposed interpretation titled “Interpretation of OSHA’s Provisions for Feasible Administrative or Engineering Controls of Occupational Noise.” The interpretation would have clarified the term “feasible administrative or engineering controls” as used in OSHA’s noise standard. The proposed interpretation was published in the Federal Register on Oct…....

OSHA has announced that it has temporarily withdrawn from review by the Office of Management and Budget its proposal to restore a column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders on employer injury and illness logs…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The OSHA 10 & 30-hour cards will cost you starting in July 2011. I have some VERY RELIABLE information that this is going to happen, and from what I have been able to determine, it is without OSHA’s blessing. It seems that the OTI centers have some type of formal committee that has been discussing…...

1910.38 Employee Emergency Action Plans 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response 1910.134 Respiratory Protection 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces 1910.147 The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) 1910.156 Fire Brigades 1910.272 Grain Handling Facilities 1910.1001 Asbestos 1910.1017 Vinyl Chloride 1910.1018 Inorganic Arsenic 1910.1025 Lead 1910.1027 Cadmium 1910.1028 Benzene…...

Management Leadership and Employee Involvement… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

This page has been developed using information from the Factory Mutual Insurance Company.  A link below has been provided so that you may visit their site (FM Global) and gather as much useful info as needed.   SAFTENG’s Welding Safety Page has over 50 informative website’s to help improve your hot work safety   My…...

ALL REGION VI VPP SITES REPORTING (60) SURVEY: How does your site deal with the following? 1. All employees entering the plant must be clean shaven.                 Yes 48% No 52% 2. All contractors entering the plant to work must be clean shaven.     Yes 47% No 53% 3. Are there exceptions to the Facial Hair Policy?                             …...

This is not the first time I have addressed this matter. Still, somehow, somewhere, a dirty little lie has been circulating among ammonia design and installation contractors that somehow an engine room handling less than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is incapable of presenting an explosion hazard, thus no need for any engineered ventilation. …...