Compliance Updates
OSHA Recordkeeping Update
The world of record keepers is abuzz with the latest news from OSHA. The Department of Labor is billing the proposed record keeping amendment as one that will better protect personally identifiable information. Employers with 250 or more employees will no...
Tech Bulletin: Final EPA Compliance Deadline for Refrigerant Rule Revision Nearing
When the EPA’s final rule on refrigerant management went into effect in 2016, the final phase for roll out and enforcement deadline of 2019 seemed so far away. January 1, 2019 is now just around the corner. It’s not too early to start planning for these...
7 Things to Know for the Transition to Electronic Manifests for Hazardous Waste
Goodbye paper and hello to the digital world! On June 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new electronic manifest system for tracking hazardous waste called e-Manifest. The new process has been under development for several...
OSHA Will Enforce Beryllium Standard Starting in May
WASHINGTON, DC – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced March 2, 2018, that it will start enforcement of the final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium in general, construction, and shipyard industries on May 11, 2018. This timeframe...
Tech Bulletin: Universal Wastes – Ohio Rule Change
Tech Bulletin: Universal Wastes - Ohio Rule Change The Ohio EPA has a gift for you this holiday season. Yes, you read that right. Their new rule adopted December 8, 2017, and effective December 21, 2017, adds three waste types to the universal waste list. Unlike many...
OSHA Extends Recordkeeping Deadline
Recordkeeping Deadline - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Extends Compliance Date for Electronically Submitting Injury, Illness Reports to December 15, 2017 Recordkeeping Deadline - To allow affected employers additional time to become familiar with a new electronic...
OSHA Recordkeeping Updates and Electronic Submissions
The OSHA Recordkeeping online electronic submission application will be accessible on August 1st and employers required to report must do so by Dec. 1st.
Safex Develops Successful Webinar Series for OMA
The Ohio Manufacturers' Association (OMA) wanted to develop a training program for its member companies enrolled in OBWC’s Group Retrospective program to help them reduce their claims and workers’ compensation premiums. OMA partnered with Safex and developed a...
US Department of Labor Delays Crystalline Silica Standard
OSHA to delay enforcing crystalline silica standard in the construction industry United States Department of Labor sent this bulletin at 04/06/2017 04:05 PM EDT OSHA to delay enforcing crystalline silica standard in the construction industry United States Department...
Electronic Recordkeeping Rule in Congress’ Crosshairs
A U.S. House of Representatives measure would nullify OSHA’s new electronic recordkeeping rule
OSHA Recordkeeping – Summary Form 300A Posting
OSHA reminds employers of their obligation to post a copy of OSHA’s Form 300A, which summarizes job-related injuries and illnesses logged during 2016.
Government Issues a Regulations Memorandum
A memorandum issued on Jan. 20 by the White House Office of the Press Secretary prohibits executive departments and federal agencies from sending regulations to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) until a department or agency head appointed or designated by...
OSHA Releases New Silica Rule
OSHA predicts that the rule will save more than 600 lives and prevent more than 900 new cases of silicosis each year, once its effects are fully realized. About 2.3 million men and women are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in their workplaces, including 2...
OSHA Issues Confined Space Rule for Construction
On May 1, OSHA issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces. The rule will provide construction workers with protections similar to those manufacturing and general industry workers have had for more than two decades, with...
OSHA Proposes Revision to Eye and Face Protection Standards
OSHA's proposed rule would update personal protective equipment requirements to incorporate the latest ANSI eye and face protection standards. In addition, OSHA has proposed to change language in the construction eye and face protection standard to make it consistent...
OSHA Announces New Requirements for Reporting Severe Injuries
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a final rule on Thursday requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The...
OSHA issues Directive for complying with Crane and Derricks Standard in Construction, Subpart CC
OSHA recently issued guidance for compliance with its Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard, CPL 02-01-057. The new directive provides OSHA compliance personnel with direction on performing inspections where power-operated equipment, covered by Subpart CC –...
OSHA Updates HazCom Standard with the Global Harmonized System (GHS)
In 1992 the lack of a global hazard communication consensus was identified, and the United Nations began developing a system. Eleven years later in 2003, the U.N. finally published what is known as the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of...