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Top OSHA Violations
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In this column, ISHN will report in each issue on one of the 12 most frequently cited OSHA standards.

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portable ladder safety

Promote ladder safety in March

March 11, 2021

 NIOSH, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Center for Construction Research and Training are promoting a national campaign to prevent workplace falls. March 2021 marks the Fifth Annual National Ladder Safety Month. 


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gas monitor testing instruments

You need to know your gas monitor testing instruments are reliable

Bump test basics
Rick Pedley
March 2, 2020

Modern day portable gas detectors are quite reliable and accurate. For enhanced worker safety and to be fully compliant there is a little known concept called bump testing. Bump tests are crucial when it comes to protecting your workers from hazardous gases and other air-borne toxins.


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The problem with the OSHA rate

The problem with the OSHA rate

Too often it is the only measure of safety performance
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Dave Johnson
February 4, 2020

I have found that the companies that do not really ‘get’ safety and health measure their entire program on the OSHA rate (recordable injuries and illnesses). That is all they care about,” says a former OSHA official.


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How many workers hide pain?

How many workers hide pain?

“Don’t be a pain”
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Dave Johnson
January 1, 2020
Locker room talk. A fellow was saying he was in bed for ten days after having his big toe operated on. “Ten days for your big toe?” “Yeah, the doc said my joint was shot and if I didn’t have a pin put in, I couldn’t walk and would be in a wheelchair the rest of my life. Man, I’d wake up in the middle of the night and my toe was killing me.”
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Machine safeguarding misconceptions

Machine safeguarding misconceptions

How to keep workers out of harm’s way
Markiewicz
Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM
January 1, 2020

This article highlights six key misconceptions about machine safeguarding. ANSI / ISO 12100:2012 Safety of machinery – General principles for design – Risk assessment and risk reduction is the primary reference.


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Engineering controls reduce respiratory hazards

Engineering controls reduce respiratory hazards

Clearing the air
Doan Pendleton
January 1, 2020

Although we talk about a company’s bottom line as the reason to implement engineering controls to reduce or eliminate respiratory hazards in the workplace, that doesn’t mean most organizations put profit above worker safety.


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Fall protection- General Requirements (1926.501)
2020 Top Standards: OSHA most frequently violated standards

Fall protection- General Requirements (1926.501)

January 1, 2020

OSHA’s fall protection standard was the No. 1 most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2019. Falls are among the most common causes of serious work related injuries and deaths. Employers must set up the work place to prevent employees from falling off of overhead platforms, elevated work stations or into holes in the floor and walls.


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Hazard Communication (1910.1200)
2020 Top Standards: OSHA most frequently violated standards

Hazard Communication (1910.1200)

January 1, 2020

OSHA’s hazard communication standard was the second most-frequently cited agency standard in FY 2019. The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is now aligned with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).


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Scaffolding (1926.451)
2020 Top Standards: OSHA most frequently violated standards

Scaffolding (1926.451)

January 1, 2020

Scaffolding was the third most-frequently cited agency standard in FY 2019.


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The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) 1910.147
2020 Top Standards: OSHA most frequently violated standards

The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) 1910.147

January 1, 2020

Lockout/Tagout was the fourth most-frequently cited agency standard in FY 2019. The standard outlines measures for controlling hazardous energies — electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, and other energy sources. 


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