Cal/OSHA has gathered public advisory meetings to develop a proposed regulation for minimizing heat-related illness among workers in indoor places of employment.
At these advisory meetings, stakeholders and the public have an opportunity to provide input for this proposed standard.
Here are the latest revisions from the February 16, 2018 meeting.
Option B: Create Standalone Indoor Standard for Heat Illness Prevention
If you'd like to contribute, please submit your comments by Friday, March 1, 2018, to rs@dir.ca.gov
For Heat Illness Prevention Written Program Development, Risk Assessments, or Employee Training, give us a call 855.2.ehsInc (347462)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has adjusted their penalty amounts last month by 2% to reflect current inflation rates.
As of January 2, 2018, OSHA has set the following civil penalty amounts for these violations:
- Serious/Other-Than-Serious/Posting Requirements = $12,934 per violation
- Failure to Abate = $12,934 per day beyond the abatement date
- Willful or Repeated = $129,336 per violation.
As the title tells you, we will be at the 2018 Nexus Convention located in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino from January 29th - 31st.
Catch us at BOOTH 508. We'll have cool giveaways and prizes, plus the literature on the latest regulatory updates. We even have an exclusive Nexus show promo code for preferred rates!
See you then!
The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2016.
There were a total of 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2016, a 7-percent increase from the 4,836 fatal injuries reported in 2015. This is the third consecutive increase in annual workplace fatalities and the first tim emore than 5,000 fatalities have been recorded by the Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries (CFOI) since 2008, The fatal injury rate increased to 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers from 3.4 in 2015, the highest rate since 2010.
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Presenter Bio:
Paul A Zoubek, CSP, CESCP, SMS is president with
Zoubek Consulting, LLC in San Diego and is a nationally recognized
consultant in the area of electrical safety. He provides expert advice
in the areas of management and engineering control of electrical hazards
for companies nationwide. He advises companies in the areas of
engineering electrical hazard control, written electrical safety program
development, and training. He has presented numerous training courses
and written several articles on electrical safety/arc flash focusing on
NFPA 70E.
Webinar Description:
NFPA 70E (Electrical Safety in
the Workplace) continues to address the concept of risk assessment and
mitigation. The 2018 edition introduces human error in the likelihood
of an incident as part of the assessment. To address human error,
qualified persons must be familiar with human performance concepts as
they pertain to risk. In addition other factors that affect the
likelihood variable in risk assessment must be addressed. This
presentation will cover the overall risk assessment process as required
by NFPA 70E focusing on the likelihood variable as it pertains to the
most recent requirements.
Objectives:
- Define risk as it pertains to electrical safety.
- Identify causes of human error and its effects on job performance as a
component of risk assessment and the likelihood variable.
- Use human performance tools provided in NFPA 70E, Annex Q when completing job site reviews.
- Utilize additional resources for determining the likelihood that arc flash will occur.
