In a letter to employers dated March 7, 2018, Robert Bonack, Area Director for the Appleton, WI OSHA office, announced plans to increase enforcement of rules pertaining to noise and hearing conservation. According to the ... [Continue Reading]
New OSHA rule requires some employers to develop written safety rules for employees who access roofs
OSHA has released extensive revisions to Subpart D of their general industry standards, which are requirements which apply in nearly all workplaces, other than construction settings. In other words, this rule applies to ... [Continue Reading]
Court rejects final challenges to OSHA silica rule
On December 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia announced that they had rejected all remaining challenges to OSHA's controversial Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) regulation for general industry and ... [Continue Reading]
Safety assessments and inspections for SERI R2 certifications
I recently worked on an interesting inspection. A business manager called and asked about conducting a wall-to-wall OSHA compliance assessment for their administrative, warehouse, and production spaces. That's a pretty ... [Continue Reading]
Silica competent person training
Here's a quiz... OSHA's new respirable crystalline silica regulation requires that job sites be inspected "frequently and regularly" by a "competent person". How many hours of training must this person have, in order to be ... [Continue Reading]
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