Articles Tagged with ''OSHA standards''

Who knows what direction OSHA takes after the presidential elections?

ClickSafety, a leading provider of online safety training for the construction and general industries, has launched Spanish language versions of its Respirable Crystalline Silica Awareness in Construction and Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction for the Exposed Worker.

According to OSHA, 2.3 million workers are exposed to crystalline silica on the job in 676,000 construction, general industry, and maritime workplaces. To better protect these workers, OSHA has finalized two new crystalline silica standards: one for general industry and maritime (1910.1053), and one for construction (1926.1153), both effective June 23, 2016.

Workers in the solar energy industry are potentially exposed to a variety of serious hazards, such as arc flashes (which include arc flash burn and blast hazards), electric shock, falls, and thermal burn hazards that can cause injury and death.

This information comes from an OSHA Letter of Interpretation dated July 13, 2015: Question: Under 29 CFR 1910.269, can an employer use Table 410-1 of the 2012 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) to select protective clothing and equipment? 1 Response: Paragraph (1)(8)(ii) of 29 CFR 1910.269 provides that "[f]or each employee exposed to hazards from electric arcs, the employer . . . make a reasonable estimate of the incident heat energy to which the employee would be exposed."

As lobbyists and attorneys filed into room N3437 A-D in the Department of Labor building, a small group huddled near the front row of seats

Industrial hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling workplace conditions and illness.