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OSHA's Top 10 List
OSHA’s latest top 10 list of violations was announced at the National Safety Council’s 2013 Congress and Expo in Chicago. OSHA’s fiscal year is from Oct. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013. The following table details the top 10 standards violated, along wi...
OSHA's Proposed Rulemaking on Crystalline Silica
On October 25th, OSHA posted a News Release extending the public comment period for their proposed rulemaking on occupational exposure to crystalline silica. This ubiquitous, naturally occurring mineral has long been regulated through OSHA’s Hazard ...
Global Harmonization Standard Reminder
The first date in OSHA’s Global Harmonization Standard (GHS) is coming up before you know it. OSHA is requiring that employees are trained on the new label elements (i.e., pictograms, hazard statements, precautionary statements, and signal words) an...
Hazard Alert: Methylene Chloride
In January 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in conjunction with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a Hazard Alert regarding the use of methylene chloride during bathtub refinishin...
OSHA's National Emphasis Program: Isocyantes
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) monitors industries with specific hazards by developing National Emphasis Programs or NEPs. These programs are developed based upon injury and illnesses data, specific type of industry or haza...
Residential Construction Fall Protection
What relevance does an OSHA announcement about Construction in 2010 have in 2013? Think fall protection.
PELs, STELs, and Ceiling Limits
The air we breathe is never contaminant free in the sense that the atmospheric gases comprising air (nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases) are “littered” with dust particles, pollen, dander, microbes, and chemical...
OSHA and Compliance Based Safety
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while other people will find a way around the laws." - Plato (427-347 B.C.)
Meeting OSHA's Revised HazCom Standard's Training Requirements
With OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) remaining as one of the top five most frequently cited standards against employers (ranking #2 in fiscal year 2012), now’s the time to prepare for meeting the first compliance deadline of December 1, 20...
Use Your Filtering Facepiece
OSHA defines a filtering facepiece (dust mask) as “a negative pressure particulate respirator with a filter as an integral part of the facepiece or with the entire facepiece composed of the filtering medium.”
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