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Case Study: Is the Pit a Permit Required
Confined Space? |
 In
response to a formal complaint, OSHA conducted an inspection of a
manufacturer of tabletops, flooring, and sheeting. As a result of
that inspection, OSHA issued the company a three-item citation.
Item 1 asserts that the company violated 1910.146(c)(2) by failing
to post danger signs near the entrance of a pit beneath a movable
platform in the collation department. The Secretary contends that
the pit was a permit-required confined space.
Item 2 asserts that the company violated 1910.146(c)(4) by failing
to develop a written entry program for the pit.
Item 3 asserts that the company violated 1910.146(g)(2)(i) by
failing to provide confined space training for entrants into the
pit. The company denied that the pit is a permit-required confined
space and that the cited standards apply.
To read the background, the actual OSHRC DOCKET NO. 00-2212, and the
decision on whether the pit was considered to be a permit required
confined space,
click here.
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First Aid: A New Year’s
Resolution? |
 With
so much attention being paid these days to planning for response to
crisis, employers should be mindful that first aid is always a
critically important piece of an overall safety and health program.
At 29 CFR 1910.151, OSHA’s medical services and first-aid rule
consists of three brief paragraphs that require employers to be
prepared, and prepare their employees, for treating on-site
emergencies.
The standard is short, but the implications are significant. It
reads like this:
(a) The
employer shall ensure the ready availability of medical personnel
for advice and consultation on matters of plant health.
(b) In the
absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to
the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured
employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to
render first aid. First-aid supplies approved by the consulting
physician shall be readily available.
(c) Where
the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious
corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or
flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work
area for immediate emergency use.
Whether your
facility is an industrial plant or a service business, employees can
encounter a wide variety of injuries including electrical shock,
bleeding, broken bones, heart attacks, and eye injuries, among many
others.
To read the full article and the steps to take in the event of any
injury or serious illness, click here
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©Copyright 2001
Business & Legal Reports Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Federal Register Update |
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The following FREE Federal Register tools are available in
Seton's Compliance Resource Center to help you stay on top of
Federal agency regulations; proposed rules and notices that may
affect your industry:
To access these helpful regulatory tools, go to:
www.setonresourcecenter.com
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Fatal Facts! Scaffold Too Close To Power Line |
 Seven
employees of a masonry company were erecting a brick wall from a
tubular, welded-frame scaffold approximately 24 feet high. The
scaffold had been constructed only 21 horizontal inches across from
a 7,620-volt power line. A laborer carried a piece of wire
reinforcement (10 feet long by 8 inches wide) along the top section
of the scaffold and contacted the power line with it. The laborer,
who was wearing leather gloves, received an electric shock and
dropped the wire reinforcement, which fell across the power line and
simultaneously contacted the metal rail of the scaffold, energizing
the entire scaffold. A 20-year-old bricklayer standing on the work
platform in contact with the main scaffold was electrocuted.
Don't let accidents like this happen at your company. Use of proper
signs will ensure that your employees are following safe practices
with the erection, dismantling and use of scaffolds.
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Synopsis – New Subpart R Steel Erection 1926.750 - 761
(Effective Date: 1/18/02) |
OSHA's new rule
on steel erection, developed in concert with industry and union
groups, is expected to prevent 30 fatalities and 1,142 injuries
annually, and save employers nearly $40 million a year. The standard
enhances protections provided to iron workers by addressing the
hazards that have been identified as the major causes of injuries
and fatalities in the steel erection industry. These are hazards
associated with working under loads; hoisting, landing and placing
decking; column stability; double connections; landing and placing
steel joists; and falls to lower levels.
1926.750 Scope
- Intended
to protect employees from the hazards associated with steel
erection -- any employees involved in the construction, alteration
and/or repair of single and multi-story buildings, bridges and
other structures where steel erection occurs
- Does not
cover electrical transmission towers, communication and broadcast
towers or tanks.
To read the
full synopsis of the steel erection rule,
click here.
©Copyright 2001 Kaar Construction Management
Services, LLC. All rights reserved.
For more information, visit
http://opsafesite.com/steel/
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