OSHA – New walking-working surfaces proposed rule features drastic changes
OSHA published a long-awaited proposed rulemaking, which will revise the walking-working surfaces and personal protective equipment standards to improve worker protection from tripping, slipping, and...
View ArticleOSHA Submits Final Rule Adopting Globally Harmonized System (GHS) to OMB
OSHAs HazCom Standard is advancing towards Rule; OSHA’s long-awaited revised Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM) – which adopts the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of...
View ArticleU.S. GHS Implementation
The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has primary responsibility for implementing the GHS requirements for hazard classification, labeling, & SDS since these issues are...
View ArticleHAZWOPER – Incidental Spill vs Emergency Spill
What is the difference between an incidental and an emergency spill? An incidental release is a release of a hazardous substance which does not pose a significant safety or health hazard to employees...
View ArticleOSHA’s Top 10 Violations for 2012 Announced
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2012. Patrick...
View ArticleOSHA Mandates New Hazard Communication Training by 12/1/13
Don’t procrastinate!! OSHA has adopted new hazardous chemical labeling requirements as a part of its recent revision of the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 (HCS), bringing it into...
View ArticleOSHA’s Top 10 Willful Violations for FY 2013
Safety & Health’s annual article on the top 10 for fiscal year 2013 had to use preliminary data. Rounding out the OSHA Top 10 update is a list of the top 10 willful violations of 2013: Ranking –...
View ArticleISO 45001: The New Health & Safety Standard
ISO recently announced that ISO Committee ISO/PC 283 – Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems, has been formed with an objective to develop and publish an international standard for...
View ArticleOSHA extends comment period on proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses to Oct. 14, 2014. The...
View ArticleOSHA Top Ten Violations for 2014
OSHA just released its list of the top ten most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2014. The 2014 list includes all the same all the same standards as last year’s list, and...
View ArticleOSHA’s New Recordkeeping Rules Summarized (29 CFR 1904)
On September 11, 2014, OSHA released the text of its Final Rule making changes to requirements for Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting under Part 1904, 29 C.F.R. §1904.0 et.seq. The new...
View ArticleEffective EHS Training: ANSI’s Z490.1 Provides Nice Approach
Many companies spend a lot of time, effort, and money trying to maintain high standards for the environment, health, and safety (EHS). And this often involves-and should involve-an EHS training...
View ArticleAlways Wear Your Seat Belt While Operating a Fork Lift – why?
This photo shows the scene of a fatality that occurred when a forklift tipped over and the operator thought he could “jump clear.” He didn’t quite make it. He was crushed between the forklift rollover...
View ArticleTop Five OSHA Changes to Watch for in 2016
The last year of President Obama’s administration is fast approaching and 2016 looks to be a busy time for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as it attempts to finalize...
View ArticleOSHA final rule requires electronic injury and illness reporting, creates...
OSHA has released its final rule to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public, and OSHA about workplace hazards. The agency said that via the final regulation, it...
View ArticleISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety) – Could it Lead to more Stringent...
It was announced this summer (in June 2016) that the publication of the much-anticipated ISO 45001 Management System Standard for Occupational Safety & Health is to be delayed by at least a year....
View ArticleArc Flash Risk Management – a very real threat to your employees
An arc flash occurs amongst the live conductors or between a conductor and the ground. The current from any of the live conductor leaves its normal directional flow, travels through air and enters...
View ArticleGet ISO 45001:2018 certified in 120 days
This course will provide an element by element overview of the ISO 45001 standard and examples of how to implement the requirements. The course will show how to integrate your existing OSHA based...
View ArticleWhat are the new requirements for risks and opportunities according to ISO...
With the release of ISO 45001:2018, there are new requirements for assessing risks and opportunities in the Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS). So, how does this differ from the...
View ArticleFREE Webinar Series – ISO 45001 and ISO 14001
FREE – What is an ISO 45001:2018 certified Occupation Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has finalized the ISO 45001 Occupational...
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