Articles Tagged with ''OSHA standards''

One area of compliance that OSHA inspectors zero in on is the written plan.

OSHA announced the long awaited final rule revising the standards for power generation, transmission and distribution on April 1, 2014

The voluntary consensus standard, ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2009, American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment is currently under revision and is expected to be published as a revised document in 2014.

In conducting OSHA training, I’ve found a common misconception about what a safety program policy is.

A hole-watch person attending a permit-required confined space is not only critical for the safety process of any entry, it is an OSHA requirement.

The world currently is in the midst of an oil and gas exploration and production (extraction) boom as demand for energy soars, especially in nations developing their industrial might such as China, Russia and Brazil.

Both machine safeguarding and lockout-tagout (LOTO) protect employees from becoming caught in or struck by machines.

Total penalty amount proposed by OSHA for violations of the lockout-tagout standard 1910.0147 (October 2012 through September 2013).