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How OSHA Decides to Inspect a Workplace

3/17/2023

How OSHA Decides to Inspect a Workplace

With the number of OSHA site visits returning to pre-pandemic levels in FY 2022 and the agency hiring new enforcement personnel, employers should review how the agency prioritizes workplaces for inspection.
OSHA Targeting Inspections With More Recent Data

2/21/2023

OSHA Targeting Inspections With More Recent Data

OSHA has updated its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) enforcement policy to rely on more recent injury and illness data when deciding which workplaces should be prioritized for health and safety inspection(s). 
OSHA Revises Combustible Dust Emphasis Program

2/3/2023

OSHA Revises Combustible Dust Emphasis Program

OSHA aims to continue inspecting facilities that generate or handle combustible dusts that are likely to cause fire, flash fire, deflagration, and/or explosion hazards.
Can a Safety Data Sheet Be Wrong?

2/2/2023

Can a Safety Data Sheet Be Wrong?

Your TSDF is on the phone. They say that they can't treat your waste. They sampled it and found it contains toxic constituents that they can't process. You followed the info on the SDS exactly. So what happened?
OSHA Enforcement Roundup: Week of 12/12

12/7/2022

OSHA Enforcement Roundup: Week of 12/12

After investigating two separate, fatal incidents, OSHA has cited a construction contractor and a loading facility for serious workplace health and safety violations.
Four Factors for Falls at Any Workplace

11/28/2022

Four Factors for Falls at Any Workplace

Every year, more than 200,000 workers experience a fall-related injury that causes them to miss one or more days of work. Address these four "fall factors" can significantly lower the risk of a reportable incident from a fall.
OSHA Warns of Dust Hazards in Cannabis Industry

11/8/2022

OSHA Warns of Dust Hazards in Cannabis Industry

Following the death of an employee from “occupational asthma due to exposure to ground cannabis,” OSHA cited a marijuana cultivation facility for alleged failure to adequately warn employees about health hazards in the workplace.
 
What's in a Written Hazard Communication Program?

11/4/2022

What's in a Written Hazard Communication Program?

Failure to develop a written hazard communication program is a common misstep for general industry employers. OSHA issues more citations for HazCom violations than for any other general industry Standard. 
 
OSHA Proposes $573,000 in Penalties for Twenty-one Alleged Violations

10/13/2022

OSHA Proposes $573,000 in Penalties for Twenty-one Alleged Violations

Following an investigation of a metal coatings and manufacturing facility, OSHA issued citations for twenty-one health and safety violations and proposed more than half a million dollars in civil penalties.
10 Most Cited OSHA Violations of 2022

9/22/2022

10 Most Cited OSHA Violations of 2022

OSHA recently announced a preliminary list of the ten most cited workplace health and safety violations for FY 2022.

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