OSHA ISSUES FINAL RULE CLARIFYING INJURY AND ILLNESS RECORDS

TractoPart | Dec 20, 2016 | 0 comments

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday will issue a final rule that clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness. The final rule becomes effective Jan. 18, 2017. OSHA’s longstanding position has been that an employer’s duty to record an injury or illness

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ARTBA TAKES OSHA’S SILICA RULE TO COURT

TractoPart | Apr 5, 2016 | 0 comments

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) filed suit April 4 in the 5thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to thwart the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) final regulation for exposure to crystalline silica. “OSHA’s silica regulation is based on flawed science, flawed economic data, and flawed logic,” ARTBA President Pete Ruane said. “The

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OSHA HAZARD ALERT: SCISSOR LIFT SAFETY

TractoPart | Apr 1, 2016 | 0 comments

Prevent deaths and injuries – review OSHA’s Scissor Lift Safety Standards with your crews Over a one-year period, OSHA investigated ten preventable fatalities and more than 20 preventable injuries resulting from a variety of incidents involving scissor lifts. OSHA’s investigations found that most injuries and fatalities involving scissor lifts were the result of employers not

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OSHA: Atlanta construction company exposed workers to falls

TractoPart | Dec 1, 2015 | 0 comments

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) fined Atlanta-based JA Siding Construction Services LLC $65,120 for several alleged safety violations. The citations included failure to provide fall protection equipment to employees working on a scaffold 28 to 32 feet high and failure to ensure the scaffold was properly secured, OSHA said. The company also failed to

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