On Jan. 12, 2021, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (Board) voted 9-4 to approve a permanent safety and health standard (Permanent Standard) requiring employers to take steps to protect workers form Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
The first step in building a safer fleet is hiring the right drivers. But finding enough qualified drivers and complying with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations can be overwhelming.
OSHA historically has been overly ambitious when Democrats control the White House. It’s time to follow a new playbook as Biden takes over, according to many experts inside and outside OSHA.
As cases of COVID-19 have soared throughout the U.S., the mental and physical cost has been damaging for employees in high-hazard industries such as manufacturing, warehousing/logistics, food processing and healthcare.
In 2020, safety responsibilities ballooned to include precautions for a global pandemic — and this trend doesn’t show any signs of stopping. When responsibilities grow but your time and resources don’t, it can be hard to keep up with all the problems you need to solve.
Frontline workers are usually the first to discover oil leaks, drips and spills — whether it's discovered upon arrival, found during a routine inspection or is the result of an operational error.
As part of efforts to reduce the injury toll, ANSI/ISEA 138, the American national standard for performance and classification for impact resistant hand protection, was published in March 2019.
Workplace hazards today are broad and complex. Where specificity of law is absent or ambiguous, such as workplace safety for Covid-19, OSHA’s “General Duty” clause, section (5)(a)(1) of the OSH Act, becomes an enforcement incentive.
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