Month: July 2015
OSHA Backtracks On Medical Tape As Medical Treatment After Pressure From Sports Trainers
OSHA has reversed an earlier policy that classified the use of kinesiology tape as an OSHA recordable medical treatment, deciding instead that it qualifies as first aid — backing down after agreeing to the sports training industry’s request to review information about how the medical…
OSHA Clarifies Several Aspects Of Hazcom Enforcement, But Policy Details Draw Concern
OSHA’s newly produced enforcement policy for the 2012 update to hazard communication (hazcom) standards makes several strides in clarifying for both field staff and affected employers the circumstances under which alleged violations of the rule could be cited, sources say, but industries are concerned about…
Cal/OSHA Chief: State OSHA’s Budget, Staffing Increases Should Ameliorate Feds’ Concerns
California’s OSHA program will continue beefing up staffing levels and increasing overall inspection numbers, leveraging a 10 percent enforcement funding spike in the state’s newly passed budget, in what Cal/OSHA chief Juliann Sum suggests could ameliorate concerns at the federal level about the state agency’s…
OSHA Extends Confined Spaces In Construction Enforcement Date For ‘Good Faith’ Employers
OSHA has decided to delay full enforcement of the agency’s recently issued confined spaces in construction rule, giving employers that are making “good faith” compliance efforts an extra 60 days before citing them under the new standard, in a partial accommodation of industry’s request for…
OSHA Wields Corporate Settlement Talks To Tamp Down Workplace Violence Risks
OSHA has reached a milestone settlement with a corporate health care provider that gives the agency a foothold to proactively address workplace violence risks, using its negotiating powers to take on an issue that officials signal will increasingly become a federal enforcement priority in health…
OSHA Seeks White House Approval Of Final Rule Tackling Slips, Trips And Falls
OSHA is asking the White House for the go-ahead to finish a final rule aimed at heading off workplace hazards from slips, trips and falls, taking a crucial step in a 25-year regulatory effort — and moving ahead on a rule the Obama administration has…
