Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched an online form to provide workers a new way to file complaints online. Under the OSHA, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthy workplaces for their employees. This new form will help hold employers accountable by giving workers an additional way to speak […]
As you start the New Year, it’s important to make sure your organization is up to date on the latest safety regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Today we’ll take a look at the regulations for vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms, and the specific requirements for ladder trucks, extensible boom platforms, electrical […]
Every industry has safety and occupation standards set by local, state, and federal entities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is in place to set a uniform code for safety in work environments. Part of this code includes protecting workers from horrifying machinery related injuries—crushed hands, severed fingers, blindness, etc.—by implementing regulations for safeguarding […]
Is your company doing everything in its power to provide your staff with proper respiratory protection? The safety of your employees should always be your number one concern. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires companies to create a written respiratory protection program, complete with a list of required processes and procedures for required […]
Under the Fire Protection subpart of the Occupational Safety and Healthy Administration’s regulations (1910.158), there are specific requirements regarding workplace fire hose systems. The section applies to all small hose, Class II and Class III standpipe systems installed to meet the OSHA requirements. As an employer, it’s important to ensure that standpipes are located or […]
Throughout the United States, an estimated five million workers are required to wear respirators on the job. Respirators protect employees against insufficient oxygen environments, harmful dust, fog, smoke, mist, gases, and vapors—all of which are harmful hazards that can cause cancer, lung disease, or even death. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Respiratory Protection Standard […]
Many workplaces have spaces that are considered by the OSHA to be “confined” because their size and/or configurations deter the activities of employees who must enter into or work from them. Because employees who work in these confined spaces often face increased risk of exposure to serious injury hazards such as entrapment, engulfment and hazardous […]
Noise-induced hearing loss has become one of the most widespread occupational health hazards. Not until recently have employers began to pay attention to problems associated with prolonged or excessive noise exposure. One of the issues with noise exposure is that it’s often a gradual effect on the employee, and people don’t usually realize they are […]
Because the way in which materials are handled and stored in the workplace can be hazardous, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides regulations on the proper way to do so. From hoisting steel with a crane to driving a truck full of bricks to stacking barrels and lumber, the efficient handling of materials […]
The OSHA in compliance with the NFPA requires automatic sprinkler systems in almost all workplaces, because if inspected, maintained, and tested annually they are one of the most effective ways to protect buildings and their occupants from fires. Automatic sprinkler systems consist of a network of pipes and sprinkler heads, a control valve, and a […]
