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You have just hired new workers and you want them to become familiar with their new tasks quickly but safely. In today’s Advisor, we provide answers to several common questions about new employee orientation and training. Q: Is safety training or orientation needed for temporary workers? A: When an employer hires workers from a temp […]
Is it possible that your injury and illness records could be used against you as evidence of OSHA violations? The answer may surprise you. In a BLR webinar entitled "OSHA Recordkeeping: What’s Recordable and What’s Not," Adele L. Abrams, Esq., an attorney and nationally recognized expert on occupational safety and health, offered insight into the […]
OSHA doesn’t require you to record injuries that only require first aid. But it isn’t always easy to determine when an incident is recordable and when it isn’t. At most workplaces, injuries requiring only first aid are commonplace. But sometimes there’s a fine line between types of cases OSHA considers "other recordable" and those that […]
As we said in yesterday’s Advisor, many solvents evaporate quickly, which results in harmful solvent vapors in the air, creating not only fire risks but also health risks for employees. Inhalation is a common risk of working with solvents. Once inhaled, solvent vapors can quickly move into the bloodstream. Inhalation of solvent vapors will often […]
Here are ten problems inspectors commonly find at construction sites: Insufficient grading or lack of temporary or permanent cover. Construction site operators should phase their grading activities to minimize exposure of the site at any one time. Disturbed areas where there is no active work should have temporary cover, and areas that are at final […]
Determining Class Monthly Volume Because volumes of hazardous waste generated are computed monthly, it is possible, for example, to be a SQG one month and a “fully regulated generator” (LQG) the next. If the amount of waste generated in a given calendar month places the generator in a larger generator class, the generator must comply […]
