OSHA Compliance

Inorganic Arsenic Standard requires employers to: Monitor workers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic and notify workers of exposure-monitoring results; notify anyone who cleans protective clothing or equipment of inorganic arsenic exposure; develop, update and maintain a housekeeping and maintenance plan; monitor worker health by providing medical surveillance; post warning signs and apply labels to shipping and […]

MANY THANKS to John Newquist (Ret. Region V Asst. Administrator) for sharing on Slide Share. Fy2014 mfc general industry from John Newquist  

Establishments in federal jurisdictions must comply with the new requirements beginning January 1, 2015. OSHA’s September 18 final rule did not go into effect in Kentucky on January 1, 2015; 803 KAR 2:180 remains in effect in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  In 2006, Kentucky implemented reporting requirements found in 803 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR) 2:180

 During the last legislative session, the General Assembly passed House Bill 189 which eliminated the requirement for an employer to develop a chemical information list that identified both the common name and chemical name of the material, and the location in the workplace where the material may be found. The legislation also eliminated the requirement

Oregon OSHA is delaying the adoption of the proposed changes to Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standards in General Industry and Construction. This rulemaking proposal is in response to the April 11, 2014 federal OSHA adoption, published in the Federal Register, that revised Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution standards in general industry and construction,

OSHA is making a formal request of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to submit a recommendation on whether the agency should proceed with proposed amendments to the recordkeeping regulations at 29 CFR Part 1904.  The proposed amendments would clarify that employers have a duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related

Facility manufactures over 600 small animal products, including bird food, but not dog and cat food, which are sold in small and large chain pet stores. Fifty to 60 employees work in its 120,000 square foot production facility and warehouse. Part of the facility, measuring 8,000 to 10,000 square feet, is devoted to assembling small

These LOTO decisions by the OSHRC are HUGE in establishing some “minimums” for LOTO procedures, periodic inspections, and training for “affected” and “other” employees.  Readers should pay very close attention to the details that OSHA used in their arguments of how poorly “machine-specific procedures” were written (missing data, conflicting data, no magnitudes listed, etc.).  The

WOW… you want to read a case from !@#$, this will be some interesting reading for you.  If there was ever a case where the lesson is “Do as you say you’re going to do in your safety program” this case is the “poster child” for that cause.  Too many strikes against the management at the

This case makes two (2) decisions that on the surface appear to be a step backwards – but readers should not read anything into these decisions!  The refrigerator in the power strip was lost merely because the CSHO did NOT document the power pull the refrigerator was putting on the power strip.  So before we