OSHA Compliance Posts

So much to learn from this video.  OSH practices need to understand the concept of Layers of Protection:  Prevent, Protect, and Mitigate through our Hierarchy of Controls. GUARDING to PREVENT exposure to hazardous energy, NO LOOSE clothes around power transmission devices (even well-guarded devices) to PROTECT workers, E-Stop to MITIGATE the consequences when #1 and…...

Most of us have some form of “ventilation” used as an “engineering control” in our workplaces. This is sound advice from our friends “across the pond” in the UK… Note: although they are on a different continent and at a different latitude and longitude, airborne contaminants behave the same as in other countries on this…...

I challenged a product recently on a LinkedIn post. My challenge was based on a video advertisement and caused me to question the product and what it could do to OSHA and IBC codes related to steps/stairs. One of the company reps, Rick Corbin, contacted me and gave me more information, and I stand corrected…....

There was some legal advice given today on a social media site regarding documenting our safety training with sign-in sheets, so if OSHA ever asked for records to show an employee was “trained”, the employer would be able to show the sign-in sheet.  The advice even contained the statement: Your safety training in this respect…...

The heat index is based on the relative humidity.  When this relative humidity is HIGH, it significantly reduces the ability of our sweat to evaporate off our skin.  This sweating and evaporation process is how our bodies are cooled.  Our Heat-Related Illness Prevention Plan’s “action temperature(s)” MUST be based on the HEAT INDEX – not the…...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has notified the SBA Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) that OSHA intends to convene a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) panel (commonly known as an “SBREFA” panel) on a possible “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” rule in the next several weeks. OSHA’s possible…...

They are NOT there to perform a causal analysis. They are there simply to determine if one or more of its standards were violated. And in some cases, they may even issue citations that had zero to do with the event that brought them on-site. So addressing OSHA’s citations is NOT the sole path forward…...

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In 2016 and 2017, The General Accountability Office (GAO) reported that meat and poultry workers faced multiple occupational hazards. OSHA is responsible for ensuring worker safety and health, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is responsible for ensuring the safety of meat and poultry products, and employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces. …...

At 1:00 p.m. on December 16, 2022, an employee monitored the start-up and operations of a high-pressure Water Tube Generator Boiler in preparation for an anticipated winter storm. A threaded plug on the boiler wall failed during the boiler’s start-up as system pressure was building, allowing the release of high-temperature and high-pressure steam. The steam…...