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9/5/2017
Are Employers Required to Cover Costs of Voluntary Respirator Use?
If the level of air contaminants in the workplace is irritating, but not dangerously high, employees may choose to wear respirators even when not required. Even when respirator use is completely voluntary, employers and employees still must follow OSHA rules to ensure that respirators are used properly.
8/28/2017
Spring 2017 Unified Regulatory Agenda Released
Last week, the Federal government released its semiannual update on regulatory actions to be finalized, proposed, or withdrawn in the coming months. Officially titled the “Current Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” and released twice per year, the report looks a little different this time around.
8/1/2017
The "Shocking" Truth About OSHA's Electrical Safety Standards
Electricity impacts our summer in many ways: afternoon thunderstorms with lightning, fireflies at night, that huge electric bill from running the air conditioner all season long. But you probably don’t think much about OSHA’s electrical standards, do you?
8/1/2017
OSHA Launches Injury and Illness E-Reporting Portal
As of August 1, a new OSHA Injury Tracking Application is available to help employers meet their obligations for electronic reporting of injury and illness data. Employers covered under this new requirement have until December 1, 2017 to submit data from OSHA Forms 300 and/or 300A.
7/21/2017
Tragic Confined Space Deaths Lead to 10 Serious OSHA Violations
Three workers died tragically in January in a workplace accident involving a confined space and toxic gas. Now, the utility company and the contractor that employed the workers face $119,500 in penalties for ten serious OSHA safety violations.
6/29/2017
OSHA Proposes Delay to New Injury and Illness E-Reporting Rule
As hinted at last month on OSHA’s website, the Agency this week proposed extending the deadline for employers to electronically submit injury and illness data recorded on OSHA Form 300A for the year 2016. The new proposed deadline for employers to submit 2016 Form 300A data using the new electronic system is December 1, 2017.
6/27/2017
OSHA May Revoke Some Parts of Its Beryllium Final Rule
OSHA this week proposed revoking the “ancillary provisions” for the construction and shipyard sectors adopted in a January 2017 Final Rule to revise the beryllium workplace exposure standard. OSHA will not revoke the new, lower permissible exposure limits (PELs) for beryllium and beryllium compounds.
6/5/2017
OSHA Safety Rules for Grain Handling Facilities
Grain elevators are one type of “grain handling facility” for which OSHA maintains specific work safety requirements in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR). Others include feed mills, flour mills, rice mills, pelletizing plants, and dry corn mills.
6/5/2017
OSHA and Cal/OSHA Update Operational Enforcement Agreement
OSHA announced on June 2 a revised Operational Status Agreement between the Federal agency and California’s OSHA State Plan. Under the updated operational agreement, Federal OSHA “gains coverage of private and tribal employers on US-government recognized Native American reservations and trust lands.”
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