OSHA compliance Articles
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Noise Survey for OSHA Compliance
OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could damage their hearing. To satisfy OSHA’s requirement for Noise Surveys (29CFR1910.94 for General Industry, 29CFR1926.52 for Construction) involves attaching a noise dosimeter to a worker for a work shift when there is a possibility that person and persons performing similar tasks may be exposed to ...
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Ensure OSHA compliance through a rewards program
For some companies, having an OSHA fine levied against them for failure to follow federally mandated safety protocols can be a death sentence. At the same time, trying to implement safety protocols without compromising productivity sometimes becomes a situation fraught with diminishing returns. In situations like that, the temptation to the look the other way on minor infractions can be too ...
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I Need A Noise Dosimetry Survey for OSHA Compliance
OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could damage their hearing. This is more than just using a sound level meter to take some noise readings. A noise dosimeter is actually worn by the worker for a shift. This enables a true evaluation of a worker’s noise exposure as he/she moves about the workplace. The noise dosimeter is worn for a full ...
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New OSHA program in 2010 targets hexavalent chromium (Hex Chrome)
OSHA has launched a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) in 2010, designed to target workplaces with exposures to hexavalent chromium and certain other metals such as antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead and iron oxide. Targeted industries include electroplating, aircraft manufacturing, welding, shipbuilding, iron and steel mills, ferrous foundries, chrome color manufacturing and other pigment ...
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Brentwood`s Facility in Hope, Arkansas, Achieves Voluntary Protection Program Star Status
Brentwood’s Hope, AR, facility has been approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for participation in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). This is a high-level safety recognition for facilities that have gone above and beyond OSHA compliance. Across the country, there are roughly 2,200 VPP-approved sites (and only 41 in Arkansas), putting Brentwood into an ...
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Noise Testing to Prevent Hearing Loss and Achieve OSHA Compliance
It has been clearly established that exposure to noise in the workplace over an extended period of time can lead to hearing loss. Noise exposure above 90 dB at a job can definitely lead to hearing loss. In fact, exposure at or above 85 dB is likely to lead to permanent hearing loss in some individuals. OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could ...
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Occupational (Workplace) Safety and Health Services Services 2018/2019
Safety and Health Services is our specialty with a focus on the workplace since our founding in 1978. We can perform audits, safety inspections, industrial hygiene surveys, OSHA compliance, noise surveys, indoor air quality, ventilation, review accident and illness records to minimize workplace illnesses and injuries ensure OSHA compliance and act as expert witness in litigation situations. Our ...
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Investing in Workplace Safety - Before It`s Too Late
Whether we’re talking about safety violations in retail store like Dollar Tree or an unsafe lab environment at an educational institution like UCLA, health and safety violations in the workplace can have disastrous results for any organization. Steep fines, legal fees, and damage to your company’s good reputation are the “best” possible outcomes. These pale in comparison ...
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Dust collection system captures fugitive dust, ensures OSHA compliance case study
West Coast Cosmetics, Chatsworth, Calif., a contract filler and private label house, manufactures and packages custom cosmetic products such as eye shadow, blush, mascara, lipstick, foundation, and others. In spring 2003, OSHA inspected the company’s plant and told the company it needed to install a dust collection system to remove fugitive dust from the plant’s compounding and ...
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Does It Diminish the EH&S Role in JCAHO`S Environment of Care Standards
EH&S employees are constantly being tugged in multiple directions. Inspections, training, fire drills, disaster drills, workplace complaints, meetings, emails, phone calls, new MSDS's, hazardous waste shipments and the accompanied documentation to maintain compliance with OSHA, EPA, fire regulations, and JCAHO accreditation ...
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Urban legends—Compliance pitfalls
Maintaining update knowledge of OSHA requirements and keeping company safety policies current is a daunting task. There are many sources to turn to in order to obtain information about OSHA standards. There is the OSHA web site, seminars, consultants, professional organizations, colleagues, and countless other sources. As if the regulatory jungle isn’t difficult enough to navigate, the accuracy ...
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Inspections of temporary worker agencies double in response to OSHA memorandum
Since inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were told April 29 to pay more attention to issues involving temporary workers, the number of inspections of temporary staffing agencies has doubled compared with last year, OSHA inspection data show. In the April 29 memorandum, OSHA compliance officers were instructed to record when and where they find workers from ...
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Could Your Construction Company Be Held Responsible for OSHA Citations and Fines Even Though the Violator Does Not Work For You?
The Answer is Yes! OSHA established a specific guideline back in 1999 on whether an Owner, Contractor, Manager, General Contractor, or Subcontractor could be given a citation even though the offender is not their employee. They have supported their guidelines since then with little change. The general wording is: if an employer meets the criteria of CREATING, CONTROLLING, EXPOSING OR CORRECTING ...
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The Construction Supervisor`s OSHA Compliance Manual for Wisconsin-Based Businesses
The construction industry is fraught with hazards, making the role of a construction supervisor critical in ensuring the safety and health of employees. In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces regulations to protect workers from occupational injuries and illnesses. This manual serves as a comprehensive guide for Wisconsin-based construction ...
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Air Sampling/Testing of Workers Exposed to Chemicals
As of 2018 and hopefully into 2019, industrial work in the United States certainly seems to be expanding. The concern is: Is the effort to control the air that a worker breathes, keeping pace with the industrial expansion? Experience says that it likely will lag behind putting workers—often new hires at risk for work related illnesses. In short, the potential for worker exposure to ...
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When OSHA Comes Knocking - Part 3 of Our Guide for New Plant Safety Managers
You, the new plant safety manager, just left your first one-on-one plant manager meeting (as we talked about in our second blog in this series) and you are on cloud nine! You have just received the commitment you requested from the plant manager and you are so relieved that the meeting was successful. Then your supervisor comes into your office, sits down in front of your desk, and begins a ...
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OSHA Targets Primary Metal Industries
Back in May 2011, OSHA began implementing a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to reduce or eliminate harmful worker exposure to both chemical and physical (heat and noise) health hazards encountered in the Primary Metal Industries (SIC Major Group 33). The emphasis on worker safety and health continues as these industries expand or start a new. Thus 2019 continues as a year where worker health and ...
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Most Frequent OSHA Citations for 2017
Fall Protection – Construction – 29CFR1926.501. Section 501 is just the basic fall protection requirement. The duty is to have fall protection at a construction site where there is an edge that is 6 feet above another surface. Roofing and roof construction seem to be the biggest problems. More fall protection provisions and more citations can be found in Sections 502 and 503. ...
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I need someone to do air sampling: Who do I call?
Indoor Air Quality As of this year, 2018, business actions in the United States certainly seem to be expanding. The concern is: Is the effort to control the air that someone breathes, keeping pace with the industrial expansion? Experience says that it likely will lag behind putting the public and workers at risk for work-related illnesses. In short, the potential for worker exposure to ...
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Hearing Loss for Workers is Preventable
Hearing Loss In The Workplace In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The usual sound measurements method is to use a noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also does not address non-OSHA noise issues such as community noise, ...
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