Apparently, many of you received the attached letter from OSHA via email (with return receipt) or the US Postal Service.  It may not have been addressed to the safety management team though.  The letter is the OSHA attempt to notify you that the National Enforcement Program for Respirable Crystalline Silica will be enforceable starting MayRead more about Important: OSHA National Emphasis Program – Respirable Crystalline Silica[…]

Frank Furman Insurance distributed the attached yesterday.  I thought it was a pretty good summary and guide to the confusing OSHA electronic reporting requirements.  I hope it helps to all that still struggle with this. March 2, 2020 is the deadline for electronically reporting OSHA Form 300A data for Calendar year 2019 Only a smallRead more about OSHA Reporting Deadline March 2, 2020 (Next Monday!)[…]

Today, OSHA released a revised National Emphasis Program regarding Respirable Crystalline Silica, which appears to be enforceable in 90 days.  This does not mean a company has 90 days to comply with the standard.  The standard has been enforceable since September 23, 2017 and general industry since June 23, 2018. You may remember a DecemberRead more about New – OSHA National Emphasis Program[…]

Like others, when I first heard of the Coronavirus, I thought it was something that would spoil my beer of choice in the refrigerator.  However, I soon learned that the coronavirus is a respiratory illness reportedly linked to a large seafood and animal market in Wuhan, China.  Symptoms include common cold-like signs such as fever,Read more about The Coronavirus, The Workplace, and OSHA[…]

This photo shows why oolite and coquina are not solid rock.  OSHA defines oolite and coquina as Class C soil in a letter of interpretation.  Many General Contractors have argued time and again that this is solid rock and therefore the trench does not need protection.  Our facts state otherwise and the contractor eventually relents. Read more about Unstable Rock[…]

There was an OSHA Letter of Interpretation on September 6, 2019 that is starting to get more attention.  In that letter OSHA comments on music headphones used by construction workers while on a jobsite.  In it, OSHA states: “The use of headphones on a construction site may be permissible at managerial discretion, unless such useRead more about OSHA – Use of Music Headphones on Construction Sites[…]