Dr. David Michaels, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 3 to lead OSHA, has an ambitious agenda for the agency. Michaels, an epidemiologist and university professor associated with a public health group funded by plaintiffs’ attorneys, will have as …
An important indicator of how OSHA intends to continue extending its reach was unveiled in the form of its Fall Regulatory Agenda, which details where the agency intends to go with rulemaking over the next 12 months. An issue that …
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If there were any doubt that OSHA meant business when it said it was stepping up enforcement of recordkeeping rules, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis dispelled it with her reaction to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO …
The November newsletter from FDRsafety contains important information for employers who use contractors on their worksite. OSHA enforcement is increasing enforcement against companies for exposure of contractor employees to unsafe conditions. A court ruling earlier this year affirmed OSHA’s ability …
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Fred Rine, founder and CEO of FDRSafety, explains in an article in OH&S magazine how to put together an excellent safety program for trucking fleets and the element that is often overlooked – motivating drivers to be safe. Read the full article.
OSHA has released its preliminary list of the top 10 safety violations it has assessed in 2009 and at the head of the list are scaffolding problems (9,093 violations so far), fall protection (8,771 violations) and hazard communications (6,378 violations). …
OSHA is getting ready to abandon its proposal to use Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) as its standard for exposure limits to chemicals. OSHA recently decided to maintain its mandatory permissible exposure limits (PELs), rather than switch to the TLVs, designed …
OSHA has announced the list of industries that will be targeted under its one-year program that will intensively ramp up recordkeeping enforcement. The program concentrates on industries with traditionally high accident rates. Within those industries, companies that have reported low …