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10 Things to Know About the GHG Reporting Program—Part 2

10 Things to Know About the GHG Reporting Program—Part 2 6) Facility owners and operators, not the EPA, are responsible for determining the facility’s “Designated Representative.” According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when facilities covered by the GHG Reporting rule have more than one person sharing responsibility for reporting, “the greenhouse gas reporting rule […]

Chart Your GHS Compliance During the Transition Period

In today’s Advisor we refresh your memory of the GHS compliance timetable and highlight necessary revisions of your hazard communication plan. Let’s start with the compliance calendar: May 25, 2012 to November 30, 2013 All employers that use, handle, store chemicals Train employees how to read and interpret chemical labels and (material) safety data sheets […]

Close Calls Call for Quick Action

All too often workplace close calls, or “near misses,” are ignored or downplayed, usually because workers fear getting into trouble. Here are some tips for turning near misses into opportunities for instructive and preventive action. On a summer morning in 2006, in Brooklyn, N.Y., OSHA compliance officer Bob Stewart requested that six construction employees be […]

OSHA’s Serious Event Online Form Up and Running

OSHA’s Serious Event Reporting Online Form has recently gone live. The Agency’s new recordkeeping rule that went into effect in January 2015 requires employers to report to OSHA any work-related fatality within 8 hours and any inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours.

Revision of O&G Waste Prevention Rule Completed by BLM

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed its effort to bring a 2016 Obama-era rule governing emissions from oil and natural gas (O&G) operations on federal and Indian lands in line with the current administration’s policy of promoting the development of these resources without regulatory “burdens that unnecessarily encumber energy […]

California Issues Emergency Silica Standard

On December 14, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) approved an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for respirable crystalline silica to protect workers from silicosis, the state Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced. The ETS goes into effect on December 29. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) proposed the ETS […]

Find Out What It Takes to Make It to the Top

In today’s Advisor you’ll meet two winners of the Pennsylvania 2012 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence.  Among the seven winners of the 2012 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence are Dutchland, Inc. and Vanalt Electrical Construction, Inc. The winners were chosen from among 70 competitors, so they truly represent workplace safety at its best. Both companies […]