Category: Federal
OSHA Plans Conference To Address Temporary Worker Safety
OSHA on Friday announced that it will host a conference in Illinois to address workplace safety and health concerns for temporary worker. The OSHA Safety Day Training Conference will be held on March 18 in Sugar Grove, IL, featuring sessions on industrial hygiene fundamentals, machine…
NIOSH Posts New Resources To Prevent Aerial Lift Falls, Injuries
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA have released new resources to help employers better prevent fall injury and death when aerial lifts are being used. OSHA announced March 1 a new NIOSH webpage devoted to aerial lift safety, including guidance on…
OSHA Seeks Comment On Walking, Working Surfaces Information Collection Requirements
OSHA is requesting public comments on information collection requirements contained in its Walking and Working Surfaces Standard for General Industry. A Federal Register notice from OSHA states the agency is looking to determine the desired format and minimize the reporting burden of reporting requirements contained…
OSHA Reschedules Hearing On Beryllium Rule
An OSHA hearing originally scheduled for this week on a proposed rule on occupational exposure to the chemical beryllium has been pushed back to March 21, according to the agency. The March hearing will bring together stakeholders to participate in the rulemaking process by providing…
Report Examines State-By-State Workplace Safety, Health Risks
A new report by Underwriters Laboratories offers an assessment of workplace safety and health on a state-by-state basis, aiding businesses in identifying issues that can be managed through health and safety frameworks and prevent workplace injury, illness and death. “There is growing recognition among businesses…
Attorneys: New OSHA Whistleblower Guidance Favors Employees
The bar has dropped for OSHA investigators to determine whether a workplace retaliation complaint has merit, according to an assessment by occupational safety and health attorneys, leaving employers more vulnerable to whistleblower investigations. Under recently revised whistleblower investigation guidance, OSHA investigators no longer have to…
Safety Engineer Group Urges OSHA To Require Workplace Safety, Health Program Adoption
The American Society of Safety Engineers is “disappointed” OSHA has not completed a rulemaking that requires employers to adopt safety and health management programs, but sees updated guidelines on such programs as a positive step forward. According to comments submitted on OSHA’s new voluntary guidelines…
OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
OSHA on Jan. 1, 2015 implemented new reporting and recordkeeping requirements mandating that all work-related fatalities be reported to OSHA or state OSH agencies within eight hours, and all work-related hospitalizations, amputations and eye losses within 24 hours. A log of all injuries and deaths within…
OSHA Strikes Deal With Trucking Association On Hazard Reduction
OSHA on Monday announced that it has renewed an alliance with the Industrial Trucking Association to minimize worker injuries and fatalities from industrial truck tip-overs and “struck-by” hazards. According to OSHA, the alliance will allow for development of resources and training on hazards that lead…
OSHA Notice On Approval Of New Jersey Occupational Safety, Health Plan
OSHA on Jan. 22, 2016, issued a notice highlighting completion of development of New Jersey’s state plan for occupational safety and health. OSHA announces in the notice that the state has met all the requirements necessary to implement an effective state plan to regulate industries in…
OSHA Seeks Comment On Information Collection, Evaluation Of State Plans
OSHA on Tuesday announced that it is seeking public comment on new efforts to reduce paperwork and reporting burdens on states that maintain their own occupational safety and health plans. According to a Federal Register notice, OSHA is soliciting comments on extension of information collection…
Businesses face April 30 deadline on recordkeeping requirement
OSHA has announced that employers must post between Feb. 1 and April 30Form 300A, which summarizes to employees the total job-related injuries and illnesses that were logged in 2015. According to OSHA, more employers are now covered by the requirements, following changes to the agency’s…
