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Injury & Illness Prevention Program Highlights OSHA’s 2013 Priorities

Safety Services Company

Injury & Illness Prevention Program Highlights OSHA’s 2013 Priorities. The implementation of a new standard requiring employers to adopt and Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) highlights OSHA’s 2013 regulatory agenda. Here is a brief look at the most pertinent agenda items.

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2013 Interpretations of OSHA Regulations

Safety Services Company

Even while creating new regulations and amending current ones to fit the workplace’s changing safety standards, OSHA is hard at work providing guidance material to help employers follow their rules, and answering questions and providing guidance on existing rules. December 27, 2013. September 3, 2013. June 4, 2013.

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OSHA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses

Construction Superintendent Magazine

. -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses to Oct. The proposal, published on Nov. frontpage'

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Migratory Bird Treaty Act Will Apply Only to Intentional Takes

Green Building Law Update

Conduct that results in the unintentional (incidental) injury or death of migratory birds is not prohibited under the act. In a 2013 blog post I wrote about Duke Energy’s guilty plea in the First Ever Criminal Prosecution for Deaths of Birds by Wind Turbine. The proposed rule and notice of intent are now available.

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Download Whitepaper of the Top 10 OSHA Violations of 2013

Safety Services Company

Top OSHA Violations 2013 Whitepaper. Are you confident that your business will survive an OSHA inspection without falling for the same violations that account for 45% more citations for the top 10 in 2013? Top 10 OSHA Violations for 2013 Reveal Increase in Citations. Fishers and related fishing workers 117.0. Roofers 40.5.

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OSHA announces stakeholder meetings to discuss prevention of backover injuries

Safety Services Company

OSHA announces stakeholder meetings to discuss prevention of backover injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health administration announced Monday that they have scheduled meetings to discuss backover injury prevention. 8-9, 2013, in Washington D.C., 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. The first will take place Jan.

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No timeline to start I2P2, Michaels says

FDR Safety

OSHA has implemented a number of programs over the last five years that have increased regulation and enforcement, but when it comes to the agency’s top priority, OSHA Administrator David Michaels is not providing a timeline. There are people who believe we regulate too much.”.

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