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Tag Archives: employee safety
OSHA’s Latest Regulatory Agenda Suggests Few New Regulations In 2013
OSHA tardily published its Fall Regulatory Agenda on December 21. The Administration did not even publish the Spring Agenda, and commentators for management and labor have described the dates as bearing little relationship with temporal reality as we know it. … Continue reading
Posted in combustible dust, construction, food processing, government inspections, manufacturing, OSHA, plastics, retail
Tagged 2013, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, I2P2, I2P2 still at pre rule stage, osha and safety incentives, osha combustible dust requirements, osha fall 2012 regulatory agenda, OSHA Inspections, osha making regulations by directive, safety programs
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The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence
The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence Date: November 1, 2012 By Betsy Weintraub (Former Prosecutor) As the holidays are approaching, you notice that Susan, one of your longtime employees with a near perfect attendance record, has missed several … Continue reading
Employers Still Misunderstand or Underestimate Their Combustible Dust Risks
Those of you who know me well are aware that I have worked with hundreds of plants in their combustible dust compliance efforts and have been involved with a number of explosion/deflagration fatalities, including the catastrophic explosion at the Imperial … Continue reading