OSHA has just announced a compliance Directive on “Inspection Procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard,” CPL 02-02-079 (July 9, 2015). This new Directive outlines revisions to the HCS, ...

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On July 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued OSHA Directive Number CPL 02-02-079. The Directive is intended to establish "policies and ...

OSHA has issued a new compliance directive for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The directive, OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-074, Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) ...

Throughout the safety and health industry, one of the biggest fears is an OSHA inspection. This doesn’t have to be the case. OSHA inspections, just like any other regulatory inspection, are very ...

OSHA has issued an agency-wide instruction establishing enforcement policies and providing instructions for its inspectors to minimize “high” to “very high” occupational exposure risk to the H1N1 ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced updated inspection procedures to better protect workers against exposures to tuberculosis in healthcare settings. Almost 1.5 ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform inspection procedures to identify and minimize or eliminate high- to very high-risk ...

In 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to operate much as it did in 2018 and under the prior administration. Inspection data shows that the agency is operating ...

If an OSHA inspector, known as a compliance safety and health officer (CSHO), arrives at your door, presents his or her credentials, and asks for you to consent to an inspection of your workplace, ...