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Hazard Communication

An area of concern to many employers is the future of the Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) program and the new Globally Harmonize System (GHS).  Check out the seven (7) information sheets developed by the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC).

 
  
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OSHA & PAAOHN Alliance Renewal

OSHA and PAAOHN renewed their alliance on May 22, 2009. Plans for the upcoming year include continued emphasis on programs that include OSHA Updates.

Daurice Holly, PAAOHN President renewed this alliance on behalf of PAAOHN, this alliance is effective for a two year period, May 2009- May 2011.
Alliance Background
Date Signed
June 7, 2007
Date Renewed
May 22, 2009
  
PAAOHN Forms Alliance with OSHA

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and Pennsylvania Association of Occupational Health Nurses Form Statewide Alliance

  Standing on the right: Juanita Kantner, PAAOHN Director
Sitting on the left: Kim Olszewski, PAAOHN Past President

PHILADELPHIA -- A new alliance between the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Pennsylvania Association of Occupational Health Nurses aims to provide safety and health training for Pennsylvania occupational health professionals. The training will focus on OSHA standards, emergency preparedness, musculoskeletal disorders and workplace violence.

On June 7, 2007 PAAOHN successfully formed an alliance with OSHA.  Kim Olszewski, PAAOHN Chapter Past President led the chapter's effort to make this happen.  Juanita Kantner, PAAOHN Director, is the chapter's lead for spearheading the implementation efforts across the state.

 

 
  
OSHA's Bulletin Board

February 1, 2012 · Volume 11, Issue 3

QuickTakes QuickTakes

A twice monthly e-news product with information about workplace safety and health.

In This Issue

    • New RAND study on the effectiveness of California's Injury and Illness Prevention Program rule
    • OSHA reminds employers to post injury/illness summaries beginning Feb. 1
    • New OSHA training videos in English and Spanish help educate workers on respirator use
    • California Attorney General announces settlement requiring honest advertising over Brazilian Blowout products
    • OSHA orders AirTran Airways to reinstate pilot and pay more than $1 million in back wages and damages
    • DOL files complaint to require DeMoulas Super Markets to address hazards at Market Basket stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
    • Owner of N.H. gunpowder plant faces criminal charges after 2010 explosion that killed two workers
    • Cal/OSHA Issues $256,445 in citations to warehouse operators
      OSHA cites Jennie-O Turkey Store for 11 safety violations after amputation of worker's arm at Barron, Wis., Processing facility
      OSHA cites Illinois-based Growmark with 5 safety violations for failing to protect grain bin workers at Ixonia, Wis., facility
      Administrative law judge orders Newport, Del.-based Daisy Construction to pay $59,000 for willful trenching violations
    • OSHA schedules meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
    • OSHA and the American Pipeline Contractors Association renew Alliance to protect the safety and health of workers in the pipeline industry
    • New OSHA worker educational publication on protection from noise in construction
    • OSHA educational fact sheets provide information on preventing falls in residential construction
    • OSHA publishes new fact sheet on filing whistleblower complaints under Sarbanes Oxley Act
    • Job openings
 

 
  
OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor

OSHA Launches Interactive Website to Help Employers Better Comply with Its Recordkeeping Rule  New

On June 28, 2011 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled a new interactive web tool to help users determine whether injuries and illnesses are work-related and recordable under the OSHA Recordkeeping rules.

The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor is an interactive tool that simulates an employer’s interaction with a Recordkeeping rules expert. The Advisor relies on the users' responses to questions and automatically adapts to the situation presented. Responses put into the program are strictly confidential and the system does not record or store any of the information. The Advisor helps employers determine:

  • Whether an injury or illness (or related event) is work-related
  • Whether an event or exposure at home or on travel is work-related
  • Whether an exception applies to the injury or illness
  • Whether a work-related injury or illness needs to be recorded
  • Which provisions of the regulations apply when recording a work-related injury or illness

The OSHA Recordkeeping Advisor is one of a series of elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors developed to help employers and workers understand federal employment laws. A full list of Advisors can be found at the elaws website.
  
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