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Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

FDR Safety

This blog is targeting small employers, especially those involved with sheet metal fabrication. Over the past few years, FDRsafety has been asked to represent a disproportionate number of small metal fabricating plants. That’s a pretty high bar to reach in metal fabrication. The post Are You Ready For An OSHA Audit?

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

Examples include: A skilled worker setting up a frame for welding and fabrication and a 400 lb. Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. any one employer could have in their facility. The 7500 lb.

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Lack of machine guarding doesn’t always mean a hazard exists

FDR Safety

FDRsafety is continuing to see OSHA cite employers for alleged violations of machine guarding in situations where employees would have to intentionally reach into a hazard zone to be injured. If you still have questions, or OSHA is suggesting something in conflict with the above, contact us. Enforcement OSHA'

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

Examples include: A skilled worker setting up a frame for welding and fabrication and a 400 lb. Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. any one employer could have in their facility. The 7500 lb.

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Is 100% Cotton Fire Resistant? (Explained)

Work Gearz

The comfort it provides and the very feeling the material provides makes it one of the most sought after fabrics out there. Are 100% cotton garments OSHA approved? . The OSHA requirement was that the attire of the workers do not harm them during the course of a fire.

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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. plus or minus 3 in.) June 4, 2013.

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Can Construction Workers Wear Tank Tops?

Work Gearz

Does OSHA approve of tank tops at construction sites? . Even though OSHA does not directly ban tank tops at construction sites, they do ask the businesses to ensure that workers wear clothes that prevent workplace hazards under the PPE standard, 1910.132. What should construction workers wear and, Why? Check on Amazon.