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OSHA announces new requirements for reporting deaths and severe injuries

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Department of Labor''s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a final rule 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. Regulations Codes and Standards' The rule goes into effect on Jan.

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Good News, Bad News: OSHA and the Global Harmonization System

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Our guest blogger is Joe Wolfsberger, a senior advisor at FDRsafety and an expert in occupational health/industrial hygiene. For companies with a global presence, the promise of universal regulations is seen as welcome relief from the multitude of regulations that they must deal with around the world. The good news.

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New OSHA regulations on reporting workplace deaths, hospitalizations take effect

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1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Training deadline approaching for Globally Harmonized System

FDR Safety

Our guest blogger today is Jim Carnahan, a member of the FDRsafety team specializing in advising clients on compliance with new OSHA regulations on Globally Harmonized Systems. Full compliance with the other elements is to begin in 2015. Conveys health, physical and environmental hazard information.

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#2 Hazard Communication: Understanding Top OSHA Violations of 2013

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Already the second most cited violation in 2013 with 6,156 instances, The General Industry Hazard Communication (1910.1200) standard, has only become more complicated with a December 1 st , 2013 deadline requiring employers to train employees on the new label elements and safety data sheet (SDS) format. Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

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2015 Healthcare Construction – Construction Contractor Compliance

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The terms Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) are getting focused attention from regulators, business owners, and property managers with new requirements. CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.

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What You Need To Teach Your Employees by December about GHS changes to Hazard Communication Standard

Safety Services Company

This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. For more information on a custom safety program for your company, please contact us by clicking here.