Compliance Updates
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...