The COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to think differently about the way they work regarding health and safety throughout the last year. Now, as regulations are lifting state by state to “get back to normal,” employers need to evaluate how to keep their employees safe while on the job. In honor of National Safety Month,… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released two additional bulletins in conjunction with their ongoing Temporary Worker Initiative (TWI). The TWI was started in April of 2013 and focuses on both temporary staffing agencies and those employers that utilize a temporary employees (host… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) made significant changes to employers’ requirements for reporting injuries to the agency. On September 11, 2014, OSHA announced there would be added circumstances under which employers must contact OSHA and report certain occupational incidents. Prior to the update,… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has extended the open comment period for the proposed changes to the current Recordkeeping Standard, 29 CFR 1904.… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released two online resources to help workers understand and identify hazardous chemicals in the workplace. While OSHA has identified many dangerous chemicals that are present in workplaces, it concedes that their “…exposure standards are out-of-date and inadequately… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) It has been approximately one year since the… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) Each year towards the end of April, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) holds a remembrance ceremony for Workers Memorial Day.… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) With the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) coming into focus as provisions of the act start to become law, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an interim final rule in the Federal Register that governs whistleblower complaints filed under Section 1558 of the Affordable… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, CSP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) OSHA has released it annual list of the top 10 workplace violations for fiscal year 2012 (October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012). Annually the list contains mostly the same standards, only switching positions, and this year is no exception. As the political landscape remains… Read More »
From Cliff Gerbick, ASP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a FactSheet to help employers understand the recently released final rule for the safe operation of Cranes and Derricks. The new standard was released in 2010 and it updated a severely outdated standard that had not… Read More »