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Oil & Gas Industry Safety, Vol. 3

March 1, 2016

Welcome to ISHN’s third volume of feature articles and sponsored content pertaining to oil and gas industry safety. Safety and health professionals benefit and improve their safety programs by absorbing the best practices used in the oil and gas business.

Respiratory standard prevents serious illnesses

But inspectors assessed penalties totaling $2,731,806 in 2015

Maureen Paraventi

March 1, 2016

When engineering control measures aren’t possible or sufficient to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants such as dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors, OSHA requires – through its 1910.134 standard1 – that workers be provided with respiratory protection.

Electrical safety training: 5 steps

Lecture for one-third; facilitate activities for two-thirds

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

March 1, 2016

The jobs in Table S-4 (OSHA 1910.332) face a higher than normal risk of electrical accident if exposed to circuits that operate at 50 volts or more to ground.

Scope of the standard - what is a construction confined space?

Mark H. Stromme

March 1, 2016

OSHA’s confined spaces in construction standard protects employees engaged in construction activities at a worksite with one or more confined spaces.

ASSE comments on OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines

February 24, 2016

Letter from ASSE President Michael Belcher, CSP to Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary Occupational Safety and Health Administration: The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) congratulates the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for revising and updating its Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. ASSE is disappointed that this Administration did not complete rulemaking to consider requiring every employer to adopt a safety and health management program.

OSHA regulations vary for eyewash flushing & shower drenching

Wesley J. Maertz

February 2, 2016

The question often comes up as to where OSHA calls out eyewash requirements.

Toolbox talk: temporary lighting

December 1, 2015

Protect the lamps against breakage/contact. This OSHA requirement creates the need for the “bird cages.” Avoid using higher wattage bulbs to prevent melting of plastic cages.

“I’m not paying $57,000 (in fines) when my net profit is $50,000.”

November 6, 2015

OSHA has cited and proposed fines of more than $87,000 against a Massachusetts-based granite countertop manufacturer after it failed to correct recurring safety hazards.

3 ways to use mobile construction apps for OSHA compliance

Michael Benedict

November 6, 2015

Businesses of all sizes have always found the process of OSHA inspections and compliance daunting, and 2015 is no exception. The agency bolstered its injury and death notification requirements and increased the list of employer types now required to maintain injury and illness records – all while introducing a number of ever-shifting regulations and compliance standards.

OSHA: chemical exposure standards “Dangerously out of date”

November 5, 2015

Chemical exposure standards set by OSHAare “dangerously out of date and do not protect workers,” according to OSHA’s assistant secretary of labor, Dr. David Michaels.