OSHA’s New Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements
Beginning in January 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will require certain establishments to comply with additional data reporting requirements. This data will need to be submitted electronically. What are the new requirements?...
New York’s New Retail Worker Safety Act
On September 5, 2024, New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act was signed into law. This act requires both the New York Department of Labor and certain employers to implement programs and policies aimed at preventing and responding to workplace violence. The act goes into...
What You Should Know About Proper Waste Management
If you operate a business, you are most likely producing waste. Waste can range from general trash and recycling to hazardous, non-hazardous, or biohazardous waste. For example, a medical facility may produce biohazardous waste, while industrial and commercial...
Preventing and Extinguishing Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Lithium-ion batteries are used to power different products including e-bikes, cars, trucks, and e-scooters. Although the batteries are beneficial and have a high energy density, these products can catch fire during use, storage, or charging. The fires occur when the...
OSHA Proposes Rule on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention
On August 30, 2024, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings in the Federal Register. This is not a new process. In fact, on October 27, 2021, OSHA published an Advance Notice of...
Your Guide to EHS in Manufacturing
Why is a strong safety program important for your organization? To address the problem of workplace accidents and fatalities, the federal government created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1971. OSHA defines safety requirements clearly and...
OSHA’s Top 10 Violations–2023
The safety and health of employees is a critical issue confronting managers in industries such as manufacturing and construction. But no matter what stage your organization may be at in its safety journey, you must have the most current information available to make...
Ergonomics and Workplace Safety
Ergonomics is an applied science that encompasses the design and arrangement of the products, tools, or methods people use in their environment that fit job requirements and personal capabilities while allowing for efficiency and safety. Ergonomics safety principles...
Reducing PFAS in the Metal-Finishing Industry
What Are PFAS? Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of manufactured chemicals invented in the 1930s. One of the first known examples was the invention of non-stick cookware by DuPont in 1946 which features a chemical coating with the brand...
OSHA’s Updated HCS (HAZCOM) Standard: What Do You Need to Know?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the United States Department of Labor first published the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS or HAZCOM Standard) [29 CFR 1910.1200] in 1983, which required those who produce or import chemicals to assess the...