Items Tagged with 'standards'

OSHA released an update to their 1910.28 Walking Working Surfaces Standard in 2018

The new national voluntary consensus standard for safety training focuses on construction and demolition sites.

Safety expert Heather Chapman discusses potential changes to OSHA under the Trump administration.

Safety managers on docks have specific priorities compared to other working environments. Loading and unloading require heavy machinery and technical prowess. 

Until now, however, there was no industry standard for these products in the United States.

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The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) recently updated the requirements of the 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. The latest changes bring several important updates from the previous version.

One standard guides the development of effective safety training while the other helps control hazardous energy that can seriously harm workers.

The revision to the standard adds specific language requiring that employers provide PPE that properly fits construction industry workers. 

The revised standard is helping to elevate World Standards Week, an event held Nov. 12-14 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to promote best practices in workplace safety.