OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Top 10 OSHA Violations for 2019Frequent concerns in a college, university or school include:
- Laboratory Safety Fact Sheets
- Chemotherapy Agent Safety - NIOSH recommendations on handling
- Chemical Fume Hoods - 29 CFR 1910.1450(e)(3)(iii), requires that fume hoods be maintained and function properly when used. For more details, refer to Chemical Fume Hoods Quick Fact Sheet.
- General Duty Clause
- Training
- Driving
- Fall Protection
- Fall Prevention
- Falling off Ladders Can Kill, Use Them Safely (English and Spanish)
- Podcasts from National Floor Safety Institute on Slips, trips and Falls
- Slip Safety Show" compares US and UK regulations and practices
- Hazard Communication - alignment with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), and information about Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Tire Charts for safely mounting and dismounting Truck and Bus Tires
- Heat Safety, Heat Safety App
- Fall Prevention
- Inflation-adjusted penalties/fines
- Injuries & Fatalities at work
- See most recent fatality data (2017 data, released in December 2018). Transportation incidents remain the most common cause of workplace fatalities (40%), followed by Falls, Slips & Trips, Violence, and Contact with Objects/Equipment. Unitentional overdoses and confined space fatalities rose in 2017.
- Recent Enforcement Actions of significance to colleges & universities:
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OSHA cites Connecticut diagnostic laboratory for inadequately protecting its employees against chemical hazards. (September 2016) OSHA administrator states, "A laboratory chemical hygiene plan is not a paper exercise. It's a continuous ongoing process that is key to preventing employees from being sickened by the hazardous chemicals with which they work."
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