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Making sense of NFPA 70E

A proactive approach to maintaining your electrical assets

January 1, 2020

January of 2018 saw the most recent update to 70E- the workplace electrical safety standard developed by NFPA. While the standard itself is not a law, it was developed at the request of OSHA, which uses much of its language when assessing organizations for compliance. Many organizations also follow 70E to comply with specific OSHA regulations.

Preventing workplace violence & harassment

A new U.N.-related treaty broadly redefines the “world of work”

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

August 1, 2019

Delegates at the International Labour Conference (ILC) overwhelmingly adopted (439 for, 7 against) on June 21, 2019, the Violence and Harassment Convention and Recommendation. The new convention views occupational safety and health (OSH) as a subset of overall work well-being.

A Confined Space blog post

The Gang That Couldn’t (de)Regulate Straight

February 2, 2018

President Trump frequently boasts about “eliminating more regulations in our first year than any administration in history.” This is supposedly a good thing for the American people, even thought most regulations are actually “protections,” protecting workers and consumers from health and safety hazards, exploitation, bad food — and being ripped off by their employers.

Federal OSH law doesn’t trump state worker’s comp law

Wisc. worker's injury due to OSHA standard violation

August 22, 2013

A Wisconsin company that protested paying extra worker’s compensation under the state’s safe place statute failed to convince an appeals court that federal law preempts law requiring employers to pay penalties when workplace safety violations cause injuries.