Good News From OSHA Spring Regulatory Agenda.
2 Items in OSHA Spring 2013 Regulatory Agenda are positive for precision machining industry.
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What Keeps You Safe?
What keeps you safe? If “Knowledge of how vulnerable you are” and an “Attitude of being vulnerable to all the hazards in your area” aren’t your answers, I suggest that you might not be all that safe. relying on externalities does not assure your safety. Knowledge and attitude does.
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What Would You Ask OSHA Director Michaels?
We’ll be moderating a session with Director Michaels of OSHA at PMPA’s Management Update Conference in February. What would you ask Director Michaels?
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OSHA Severe Violator Enforcement Program Removal Criteria
Removal Criteria for employers on OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) have just been published by OSHA.
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OSHA Haz Comm-Your Work Is Just Beginning
OSHA thinks we can cover the Cost of classifying Chemical hazards to meet the new GHS criteria;
Cost to revise Safety Data sheets and labels to meet the new format and content requirements;
Cost to train 43 million employeeson the new formatand content of material symbols and data sheets;
Cost to management of those 5 million workplaces to become familiarwith the New GHS requirements, assess, revise, develop and implement new compliance materials needed to adopt GHS;
And the cost for printing new packaging and labels in color;
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You’ve Got Mail- OSHA Announces 19,000 Private Sector Firm Survey
This survey’s sole purpose is to facilitate OSHA’s I2P2 program to hold employers accountable for the rekjected ergonomics standard and to other hazards not specifically identified in regulations. Your participation is voluntary.
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Injury, Illness Rates Were Decreasing Without OSHA Enforcement Push
Looks like the collaborative approach of the prior administration was effective at reducing the nations occupational Injury and illness rates.
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OSHA New Personal Protective Equipment Enforcement Guidelines
New OSHA Enforcement Guidance on PPE takes the mystery out of what you need to manage.
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Ten Points for Effective Lock Out Tagout
Your shops’s LOCKOUT /TAGOUT program is the “key” to safety on machinery and equipment repair and maintenance operations.
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OSHA Top 10 Training Citations For The Precision Machining Industry
The top 10 training citations by OSHA for the precision machining industry are listed, along with links to the OSHAweb document for each area, training and record retention information.