OSHA News Releases:
- Connecticut contractor’s failure to address hazards turns deadly when trench collapse buried worker at Vernon job site
- US Department of Labor revises OSHA’s Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program
- Facing manslaughter charges in worker’s 2021 trench collapse death, Colorado contractor who willfully ignored federal law surrenders to police
- Contratista que ignoró ley federal de seguridad se entrega a la policía al enfrentar cargos de homicidio involuntario por muerte de trabajador en 2021
- Penalties mount: Fined more than $15M since 2017, familiar Dollar General safety failures in 3 inspections in Florida, Alabama, add $387K more
- Department of Labor announces enforcement guidance changes to save lives, target employers who put profit over safety
- US Department of Labor, Drywall and Acoustical Tile Contractors Association renew alliance to promote workplace safety
- Department of Labor cites US Postal Service with 16 violations for endangering workers at 3 Tennessee facilities, proposes $350K in penalties
- Deadly mix: Federal workplace safety investigations find severe injuries, fatality caused by steam explosions at 2 Ohio companies
- In federal court, Alabama plastics manufacturer pleads guilty to willful safety regulation violation found in 2017 OSHA investigation into worker’s death
- Investigation into 41-year-old driver’s death finds two delivery services companies failed to protect workers transporting dry ice in Alabama
- US Department of Labor resumes regular enforcement activities in 18 Florida counties affected by Hurricane Ian
- Safety shelved: Federal safety inspectors again find Dollar General workers exposed to fire, other hazards – this time in West Lafayette, Ohio
- US Department of Labor finds lumber company failed to secure, service forklift that fatally struck 18-year-old worker at Arkansas yard
- US Department of Labor seeks nominations for membership to National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA Directives:
- Revised Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program
- Field Operation Manual, Chapter 17, Preemption by Other Agencies - UPDATED
- Regional Policy for Heat Illnesses
- Local Emphasis Program for Food Manufacturing Industry
- AS TEST
- Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP)
- Section 11(c), AHERA, and ISCA Request for Review (RFR)
- Regional Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Vehicles
- Cancellation of OSHA Instruction ADM 03-00-005 (ADM 7.3B), OSHA Forms Management Program
- Cancellation of OSHA Instruction IRT 03-01-002, IT Power Management
- Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Warehousing Operations
- Processing Significant and Novel Enforcement Cases
- OSHA Safety and Health Management System, Chapter 8, Personal Protective Equipment - UPDATED
- Whistleblower Investigations Manual
- OSHA Technical Manual (OTM) – Notice: Section III, Chapter 5, Noise – UPDATED
Interpretations:
- Exit Signs
- Cathodic Protection and the Utilization of Metallic Bonding to Control Hazardous Energy
- COVID-19 Focused Inspection Initiative in Healthcare
- Approved Lifting Devices and Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers
- Determining if injuries or illnesses are work-related when involved in a motor vehicle accident
- Respiratory protection against COVID-19 for employees with religiously mandated facial hair
- Application of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed noise reduction rating (subject fit) (NRR (SF))
- Safety of Compressed Gas Cylinders on Portable Carts
- Permit Required Confined Space Isolation
- Use of generic safety data sheets and consumer products
- Coverage of lithium-ion batteries under the Hazard Communication standard
- Classifying cloth-like wipes saturated with a hazardous solution under OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard
- HCS listing of occupational exposure limits (OELs) in section 8 on a safety data sheet (SDS), and applicability of different exposures to pharmaceutical drugs
- OSHA PSM and Explosives Standards as They Relate to the DOT Classification "Not in the Explosive Class"
- Fixed Ladders on Grain Storage and Handling Equipment
OSHA Federal Registers
- Standard for Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards
- Susan Harwood Training Grant Program; Revision of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
- National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Notice of Membership Appointments
- Eurofins Electrical and Electronic Testing NA, Inc. a/k/a MET Laboratories, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
- TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
- Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2023
- National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Request for Nominations
- The Benzene Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Occupational Exposure to Noise Standard (29 CFR 1910.95) Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition
- Lead in General Industry Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH); Charter Renewal
- Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health