It is no secret that drug and alcohol abuse are among the biggest causes of workplace accidents. Drug testing in turn can be one of the best ways to combat this problem. In fact, among companies that initiated drug testing, …
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As I recently wrote, one of the best ways OSHA could help improve safety would be to update its own regulations, some of which are decades out of date. But there’s another serious problem: regulations that have never made it …
In 2013, you can be assured that the continuing effects of the two-year-old Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program on the trucking industry and commercial drivers will remain high on both the government and industry list of issues demanding attention. Data …
What’s the difference between a willful OSHA violation and a serious one? One answer: About $63,000 in penalties – the maximum for a violation classified as serious is $7,000, while the maximum for a willful violation is $70,000. With multiple …
In this article, Molly O’Brien of FDRsafety describes the changes that a new OSHA standard has brought to the regulation of cranes and derricks. Read the full article.
OSHA has drawn the ire of eight members of Congress who are objecting to what they say was “improper rulemaking” in requiring flame-resistant clothing to be worn in almost all servicing of oil and gas wells. The issue goes back …
I’m a long-time proud member of the Accredited Standards Committee that developed and recently updated ANSI Z10, the U.S. National Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. On the surface, that would likely make me a fan of I2P2, …
Just because you hire contract workers from a staffing company doesn’t mean that your obligation to assure that they are properly trained in safety is any less. That is an important point made by Dave Hoover in the current Forklift …
Sometimes in our focus on the complexities of rules and regulations, we forget the simple, common-sense questions where clear answers can make a real difference in safety. In this month’s OSHA Training Blog, Curtis Chambers addresses some of those issues …