OSHA may be known as the safety watchdog, but the agency also gives credit where credit is due. Whether a company complies or violates, OSHA does its job by making sure that safety is upheld in any industry as well as in every way possible. A Wal-Mart employee’s death in Long Island last year led [...]

Summer is just around the corner and, along with it, the health effects and illnesses the hot season brings. Heat illness is no joke, and OSHA will be on every company and workplace to see that appropriate measures are taken to ensure that employers and workers are protected from it on the job. To illustrate [...]

Five days ago, in a non-contested decision in San Diego, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted two new regulations on communicable disease – the General Industry Safety Orders §§ 5199 and 5199.1 or the aerosol transmissible and zoonotic disease standards. These are the first-ever standards in the country that protect workers in the health care industry [...]

A chemical leak has just occurred last week in a cold storage warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky leaving two workers dead and leading authorities to monitor the incident.  Prior to this, the warehouse had an ammonia leak in 2007 where three workers were injured. The leak that happened last Wednesday in Louisville’s American Cold Storage that [...]

We recently have been going through some restructuring and refocusing, and as part of it, we want to know if you have any needs, questions, suggestions, ideas, or complaints! Our goal is to provide you guys with safety information to help you supplement your existing program and keep you updated on the current regulations to [...]

The accumulation of combustible dust has been a known workplace hazard in industries, but little has been done by the authorities to address the issue. Combustible dusts in the workplace come from the materials used in the production or manufacturing processes. These dusts come in the form of fine particles and metals, wood, grains, foams, [...]

Initial investigations on the recent collapse of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility in the city of Irving, Texas exposed some issues on legality related to planning, building and maintaining the facility.  Reports revealed the lack of the building’s blueprints and other specifications as well as the lack of an engineer’s seal on the planning documents.  [...]

On Saturday, tragedy struck as 12 people were injured after the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility collapsed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administratioon (OSHA) is currently conducting an investigation on the cause of the accident. “We’re trying to determine if there were any violations, or determine the cause,” said Elizabeth Todd, spokeswoman for Region 6 of [...]

OSHA has announced recently that it will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Combustible Dust Hazards. The convention includes stakeholder meetings to assess possible regulatory methods and request data, as well as comments on issues related to combustible dust. These issues include the following: Hazard recognition Hazard assessment Hazard communication Defining combustible dust [...]