by Bill Taylor, CSP | Feb 26, 2015 |
As most of you know, OSHA has implemented new requirements for reporting injuries and illnesses and also has revised the list of industries which are exempt from maintaining injury and illness records. How will this affect you? New Requirements-Reporting Let’s keep it...
by Barry Maxwell, MS | Feb 17, 2015 |
Every year OSHA publishes the Top 10 most cited violations. And every year those citations are almost identical. As usual, the 2014 list didn’t change much from 2013. In fact, the same 10 standards made up the top 10 in 2013, with the order being only slightly...
by Barbara Enochs, RN, MBA, COHN | Feb 10, 2015 |
According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a 2006 report indicates that 84 percent of private employers conduct pre-employment drug testing, 39 percent conduct random drug screening of employees, 73 percent conduct for-cause testing, and 58 percent...
by Lars Aamoth | Feb 5, 2015 |
The deadline date OSHA’s Request for information on the management of hazardous chemical exposures in the work place and strategies for updating Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) is April 8, 2015! On October 9, 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health...
