Top workplace safety priorities for 2011
Occupational safety professionals have weighed in on their top issues for the coming year. See if you agree. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) polled its members to find their top...
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OSHA: The next 40 years?
On April 28, 2011, OSHA turned 40 years old. Is the agency suffering an early mid-life crisis? Why is the age 40 associated with mid-life crisis? It’s probably because people realize that they’ve...
View ArticleFailed to protect workers from dust and noise: $758K fine
Even without a combustible dust standard, OSHA can fine companies for failing to provide appropriate fire and explosion protection from combustible dust. OSHA has fined All-Feed Processing &...
View ArticleReport: OSHA rulemaking process takes too long
A report to Congress from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls the process for creating a new OSHA regulation “protracted” and “lengthy.” The GAO looked at the time it took OSHA to develop...
View ArticleNew York Times: OSHA largely ignores long-term health threats
More than 40,000 workers die each year from exposure to toxic chemicals at work — 10 times the number that die from safety incidents such as falls, fires and explosions. So why isn’t OSHA doing more to...
View ArticleOSHA releases revised PEL tables with new, voluntary limits
The reality on OSHA’s permissible exposure limits (PELs) for hazardous chemicals: Most are out of date by almost half a century. And changing them won’t be easy. So, the agency has released new...
View ArticleMore to OSHA’s new voluntary PELs than meets the eye?
Warnings are starting to pop up on the Internet that OSHA’s new voluntary hazardous chemical exposure limits may cause more trouble for employers than you might otherwise expect. Stating that the...
View ArticleWhat’s new/changing with OSHA regs in 2015?
With two years to go in the current administration, OSHA plans to create some new regulations and update some old ones. Federal agencies just released their Fall 2014 regulatory agendas. OSHA plans to...
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