article thumbnail

Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

FDR Safety

OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. OSHA CITATIONS It is particularly problematic when OSHA cites an employer and expects the employer to install safeguards that are not feasible.

article thumbnail

Auto Draft

FDR Safety

OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. OSHA CITATIONS It is particularly problematic when OSHA cites an employer and expects the employer to install safeguards that are not feasible.

Drafting 156
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Employers may have more room to appeal willful violations

FDR Safety

And now a ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission could encourage more companies to appeal willful citations in hopes of having them reduced to serious. An administrative law judge for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission appeared to be following that same logic in a second case.

article thumbnail

OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

Here are points to remember when it comes to the walk around inspection: The law provides that a representative of the employer shall be given an opportunity to accompany the inspector. As we have discussed in previous updates, employers should designate a company representative far in advance of any OSHA inspection.

OSHA 156
article thumbnail

London City planners to fast-track office retrofits

Construction Enquirer

They will also relax restrictions on change-of-use proposals for historic city office buildings that cannot cost-effectively be upgraded to grade A The softening in planning policy comes after Corporation chiefs commissioned Arup and agent Knight Frank to assess future demand in the financial district post-pandemic.

Office 101
article thumbnail

Hapco Pole Products Investing $6M In Virginia

Business Facilities

Supporting existing businesses of all sizes and growing the manufacturing industry are both key components of our ongoing mission to diversify and build the new Virginia economy, and today’s announcement is another step forward.”. This is a great victory for Hapco, the Tobacco Commission, and all of Southwest Virginia.”.

article thumbnail

Architecture Employment on the Rise

PSMJ Resources

Finally, some good news for the hard-hit design profession: Firms are hiring again. To be fair, staff levels are not at their prerecession highs, as new employees are being added in dribs and drabs. Government commissions are another silver lining. economy — a trend is emerging that may have once seemed unthinkable.