Tag: OSHA
Transitioning to Safer Chemicals and Reduced Compliance Costs
The most effective method to eliminate or reduce potential health and safety risks in the workplace is to eliminate hazards at the source. This eliminates the need for engineering, administrative or workplace controls and for personal protective equipment. Additionally, many required environmental reports and permits can be eliminated or simplified by making smart choices in […]
OSHA Announces New Emphasis Program (NEP) for Occupational Exposures to Isocyanates
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently issued a new initiative combining enforcement and outreach efforts to raise awareness of employers, workers and safety and health professionals of the serious health effects associated with occupational exposure to isocyanates. These health effects include occupational asthma, irritation of the skin and mucous […]
OSHA Issues FY 2014 Budget Justification – Rulemaking Projections
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently issued its budget justification for 2014. OSHA claims in the justification that enforcement inspections result in safer workplaces and provide employers significant savings through reduced workman’s compensation costs. Within the funding request OSHA projects that it will issue four Final Rules (Infectious Disease, […]
OSHA Compliance Initiative on Employers Using Temporary Employees
OSHA has launched an initiative that will focus on protecting temporary employees from recognized workplace hazards. OSHA compliance officers are being directed to assess whether employers who use temporary workers are complying with their responsibilities to adequately train and protect these employees. The initiative defines these workers as all employees supplied to a host company […]
Are you controlling hazardous energy? Is your machine guarding effective?
We often hear complaints about “over-regulation” and the burdens placed on business by governmental rules. Often the complaints are valid. However, we don’t think that OSHA rule on controlling hazardous energy and machine guarding fall into that category. The consequences of getting that wrong are so high and so disastrous, we all need to be […]