Tag: OSHA
Crystalline Silica-OSHA Rulemaking a Slow Process
Although OSHA has considered updating the crystalline silica exposure standard a top priority for over ten years, the process is beginning to wear thin on Congressional Committee representatives with jurisdiction over worker safety and health. The agency continues to state that silica remains a serious threat to more than two million U.S. workers, including a […]
OSHA Combustible Dust Standard Update
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That appears to be the approach of Congress after failing in 2011 to have the “Worker Protection against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2011″ make it to a vote by both houses. The “Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013” […]
Revised HAZ COM Standard Will Impact Every Regulated Workplace
For 5 years OSHA has been developing a revised Hazard Communication Standard in an effort to harmonize it with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). GHS was developed to eliminate the costs and confusion caused by different international standards. Final Action is due in February and will impact every regulated […]