Additional Thoughts On Reevaluating OSHA
I recently reviewed a post by Heather MacDougall about where OSHA should go in the next fouryears. Before you read my comments, read Heather’s blog athttps://www.macdougallsolutions.com/post/it-s-time-to-reevaluate-osha State Safety Enforcement: Sending safety and health enforcement to the states is notthe answer. …
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent?: Questions about OSHA’s enforcement approach
In this article on the OH&S website, FDRsafety President Jim Stanley discusses how the concept of guilty until proven innocent has been distorted by OSHA. Read the full article.
OSHA New Enforcement Action For The Metals Industry
OSHA National Emphasis Program Amputations Prevention Effective 12/10/2019 OSHA Intent: The purpose is to target organizations with machinery or equipment that cause or are capable of causing amputations, and organizations where amputations have occurred. This National Emphasis Program – (NEP) …
Review Commission Machine Guarding Decision
The Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission issued an employer-friendly machine guarding decision that is important for employers. The unanimous decision in Aerospace Testing Alliance (Docket No. 16-1167, 2020) reversed the decision by an administrative law judge and vacated a …
OSH Review Commission’s Machine Guarding Decision
The OSH Review Commission issued an employer-friendly machine guarding case decision that is important for employers. The unanimous decision in Aerospace Testing Alliance (Docket No. 16-1167, 2020) reversed a Review Commission Judge and vacated a citation under 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) …
Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?
In recent months, we at FDRsafety have been surprised at the number of cases involving injuries resulting from falling objects. While accidents are an unfortunate reality in industry, some involved trained workers being in the line of fire. Examples include: …
Amputations in Manufacturing – A New OSHA National Emphasis Program
On December 10, 2019 OSHA published CPL 03-00-022, National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries. This Instruction supersedes OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-019, National Emphasis Program on Amputations that was published in August of 2015. This updated Instruction: • Revises …
Why Another Tool Is Needed to Reduce Safety Risks
Since 1992, US businesses, governmental agencies, and industry have substantially reduced the number of recordable injuries. As shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics data in Figure 1 and Table 1, most allof the major safety metrics below have demonstrated …
A proposed CSA rule you can’t afford to ignore
The USDOT finally has a proposed CSA rule on the table that would finalize its multi-year overhaul of the commercial truck and bus enforcement program and companies are urged to scrutinize the plan and ensure they understand how, in the future, their performance on the road will be measured.