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Category Archives: OSHA
Ruminations On Making the Legal System Work Better
If it paid, I’d spend most of my time writing, blogging and tweeting, but those satisfying outlets do not pay the bills. Yep. I’m a senior partner with management responsibilities in 30-something offices, but I must still manage my always … Continue reading
OSHA Citations, Lost Production and Getting Lean
In our competitive environment, every manufacturer struggles to do more with less and to find capital for “non-production” areas, such as maintenance, safety, training, housekeeping and HR. If done in a shortsighted fashion, the employer learns through painful experience the … Continue reading
My Essential OSHA “Enforcement” Posts This Year.
These are the links I sent to F & P attorneys after recently conducting an in-house session on our workplace safety practice. The focus of the links was not on building a safety culture, which is my favorite topic, or … Continue reading
Can the Choice of An Industrial Vacuum Cleaner Be Deadly?
One of my focus areas is combustible dust in the workplace. As I have written before, an extraordinary range of common products can cause an explosion and deflagration (pressure wave) under the right circumstances. One occasion is when a well-meaning … Continue reading
Will OSHA’s Proposal To Publicize More Employer Injury Data Improve Safety?
OSHA has announced a proposed rule which will require establishments with 20 or more employees, in certain industries with high injury and illness rates, to electronically submit their summary of work related injuries and illnesses to OSHA every year. The … Continue reading
Smooth Restart For OSHA So Far.
Whatever you may think of this Administration, one has to admire how well OSHA returned to full operations after the government shut down, and the behind the scenes work that made the return seem so seamless. As I wrote earlier and … Continue reading
I’m Not an Engineer! What Do I Care About Management of Change?!
Although OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard may be the most challenging of OSHA’s regulations, the PSM standard, along with NFPA consensus standards about combustible dust have raised the topic of the importance of management of change (MOC) outside of … Continue reading
Confusion About OSHA During the Shutdown
Under OSHA’s Contingency Plan, all but approximately 10% of its employees are furloughed. If one calls an Area Office, you’ll encounter an Area Director and perhaps an Assistant Area Director, who will respond to workplace fatalities or complaints of situations … Continue reading
Feds Let Hawaii OSH Resume Regulating Manufacturing
(from Honolulu Civil Beat) Hawaii is starting to get its act together when it comes to workplace safety and the feds are taking notice. The Obama administration is letting the state reassume responsibility for regulating manufacturing industries, according to an … Continue reading
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