In the wake of the Ebola outbreak, OSHA has stated it has jurisdiction over hospitals that fail to meet safety standards for infection control.
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OSHA’s new recordkeeping rules on fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses are fairly clear, but they leave unresolved the confusion that many employers feel about the overall recordkeeping process.
OSHA has tightened the rules on reporting in-patient hospitalizations resulting from work-related injuries.
The goal of this blog post is to whet the appetite of those who may not be sufficiently familiar with ANSI B11, the series of U.S. national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines.
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For the last few years, OSHA has been seeking to expand its powers as the enforcer of safety regulations. Now it appears interested in becoming a human resources enforcer as well.
FDRsafety is continuing to see OSHA cite employers for alleged violations of machine guarding in situations where employees would have to intentionally reach into a hazard zone to be injured. Not all these citations are valid, especially in light of a 1997 case decided by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
A long overdue reform will now allow drivers and motor carriers to be able to “set the record straight” as it relates to their traffic offenses.
An article on an Australian safety website described the tragic death of a worker whose coat was caught in a lathe and asked the question that is the title of this article: Can metal lathes be made safe? The answers raise some basic issues about retrofitting machines for safeguarding.