Ref:Frequently Cited OSHA Standards NAICS Code 441DISCLAIMER:The contents of this newsletter are for informational purposes only and are not to be considered legal advice. Employers must consult their lawyer for legal matters and EPA/OSHA consultants for matters related to Environmental, Health & Safe...
We agree that there are both health and legal hazards in removing asbestos-containing materials, even cementious ones. In our experience there are often local regulations or ordinances that describe the level of site and dust control required when demolishing cement-asbestos materials (roof shingles ...
Sampling is more than just slapping a pump on an employee to see if their exposures exceed legal limits. The expectations of sampling strategy and Read More » Reproductive Hazards How many people do you know that waited to have kids until after they got more financially secure? So, they...
Protective Equipment Employees using grinders must wear goggles or face shields to protect themselves from flying particles, according to OSHA regulations. Workers grinding materials that create dust must wear some form of respiratory protection if dust amounts exceed OSHA limits. Respiratory protection ca...
The surface finishing industry is planning to challenge the recent amendment to the standard which limits workplace exposure to hexavalent chromium. The material is widely used in metal plating, aerospace production, and stainless steel processing. The policy Group, the government relations arm for the...
The new standard for general industry and maritime imposes stricter permissible exposure limits (PELs) by establishing “a new 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 µg/m3, an action level (AL) of 25 µg/m3, and associated ancillary requirements.” ...
Since 2017, no other state attorney general’s office has taken more legal actions against federal agencies regarding issues related to the environment than the Office of the New York Attorney General. New York has taken more than 130 legal actions against the Trump Administration in the areas of...
Continue Learning: Stay current on legal requirements and monitor legislative changes. For example, submission requirements for the OSHA 300 Log Form and 301 Log Form were expanded in 2024opens in a new tab for highly hazardous industries. Take...
We are making an effort to review these interpretations and help the reader determine if they still have any validity, but this is just our opinion only and should not be relied upon as legal advice. You can browse these by sequentially by title or perform a full-text search of all the ...
Seyfarth Synopsis: Michigan OSHA (MIOSHA) enacted COVID-19 emergency rules on October 14, 2020, less than two weeks after the Michigan Supreme Court’s October 2 ruling invalidated many of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 executive orders. At the direction of Governor Whitmer, MIOSHA ...