New OSHA eTool for Power Worker Safety
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says about 80 workers die from electrical shock annually while working on electrical equipment or associated utility operations. To help foreclose such fatalities, OSHA has published the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard eTool. Late deaths have illustrated the risks of working with electric power, according to federal [...]
Next HazCom Standard Hearing
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plan to bring out a fresh standard or revisal an previous one commonly generates acrimony or lawsuits, but the proposed changes to the Hazard Communication Standard could be an exception. OSHA declared last December that it would accommodate informal public hearings on the plan in Washington, D.C., Los [...]
2010 OSHA’s Regulatory Priorities
The 2010 hazardous chemicals and substances play top roles in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) list of regulatory priorities indicates upcoming OSHA actions, primarily rule making. Crystalline silica, the inhalation of substance dust can cause silicosis, lung disease, and lung cancer. Research estimated that there are about 7,000 new cases of chronic silicosis every [...]
