This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. Of necessity, your work involves workers being close to the point of operation for many tasks. Spot welders, riveters, manual forming machines, etc. are all operations that …
EHS Today: “A recent court decision extending the time limitation for OSHA to assess repeat violations has upped the ante for employers who until now chose not to contest more routine violations because of the cost of defending them. OSHA …
Employers need not spend $75,000 to $150,000 to do arc flash assessments to comply with OSHA standards. There is a much more economical approach.
OSHA has proposed delaying the start of a new electronic recordkeeping rule until Dec. 1, and intends to make a separate proposal to reconsider, revise or remove some of those requirements.
What a difference a few months can make, as can be seen with changes at OSHA. A review of recent issues of OSHA’s “Quick Takes” newsletter highlighting important agency news paints a different picture of OSHA than newsletters from last fall.
Then, the publication was full of news about companies being cited and fined. The new penalties had kicked in and the fines were reaching record levels. The story OSHA wanted to tell about itself was enforcement, enforcement, enforcement. Contrast that with the current “Quick Takes.” Much of the news there is about training and cooperative efforts with employers.
Much of the discussion about OSHA these days is about whether the agency has gone too far with some of its regulations and programs. No matter where you stand, though, it is good every once in a while to remember …
A second OSHA-related regulation appears close to being reversed with a Senate vote this week to roll back a regulation that would have required firms that bid on government contracts to disclose past safety and labor law violations. The measure, …
A change in OSHA rule on record-keeping that extended employers’ liability for recording workplace injuries and illnesses to five years appears close to being reversed. The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to overturn the rule change, which was …
Employers are now liable for potential problems with their OSHA-required records of work-related injuries and illnesses for five years after the occurrence of any violation, under recently revised regulations, and may need to revise their record-keeping practices.
Despite a surge in OSHA enforcement in recent years, workplace fatalities in 2015 hit their highest level since 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The total of 4,836 fatal work injuries in 2015 was up slightly from the …