What's
New: (updated January, 2004)
OSHA’s Ten Most Frequently Cited Standards in 2003
| Standing |
PSM
Element |
OSHA
Standard |
| 1 |
Operating Procedures | Hazard Communications 1910.1200 |
2 |
Mechanical Integrity | Control of Hazard. Energy LO/TO 1910.147 |
3 |
Process Hazard Analysis | Respiratory Protection 1910.134 |
4 |
Process Safety Information | Machine Gen. Requirements 1910.212 |
5 |
Training | Electrical Wiring Methods 1910.305 |
6 |
Employee Participation | Machine Power Transmission 1910.219 |
7 |
Management of Change | Electrical System Design 1910.303 |
8 |
Contractors | Powered Industrial Trucks 1910.178 |
9 |
Incident Investigation | Mech. Power Presses 1910.217 |
10 |
Emergency Plan. & Resp. | Occupational Noise Exposure 1910.95 |
OSHA’s
Standards Interpretations
The major (non-construction) standard interpretations
for 2003 were:
1. |
September
30, 2003 |
2. |
October
27, 2003 |
3. |
July
25, 2003 |
4. |
July
15, 2003 Motor-control-circuit switches and relays are prohibited from being used as energy isolating devices. |
5. |
July
7, 2003 Storage of class IA and IB flammable liquids in glass containers. |
6. |
July
2, 2003 Maximum intervals for providing fixed-ladder landing platforms used in General Industry. |
7. |
June
23, 2003 Recording criteria for cases involving workers from a temporary help service, employee leasing service or personnel supply service. |
8. |
June
5, 2003 Employer’s responsibility to protect employees from workplace hazards through appropriate hazard control methods. |
9. |
May
21, 2003 Fall protection requirements for an employee working from a ladder on a walking/working surface other than the ground. |
10. |
May
13, 2003 OSHA machine guarding standards and the ISO/IEC standard adopted under the GATT |
11. |
May
13, 2003 Acceptability of modifying a standard on/off switch to provide lockout capability to a machine. |
12. |
May
8, 2003 Baseline audiogram revision due to persistent STS or improved threshold, revision must be made for each ear separately. |
13. |
April
25, 2003 Storage of water-reactive materials with flammable or combustible liquids in the same room or area. |
14. |
March
31, 2003 Acceptable use of antiseptic-hand cleansers for bloodborne pathogen decontamination and as an appropriate hand washing practice. |
15. |
March
14, 2003 OSHA enforcement policy of the PSM standard distilleries and related facilities in SIC 2085. |
16. |
March
12, 2003 Enhanced Enforcement Policy for employers who are indifferent to their obligations under the OSHA act. |
17. |
March
7, 2003 Employee and employee representative access to MSDS. |
18. |
March
7, 2003 Beards may not interfere with face seal; alternative respirators for bearded employees. |
19. |
February
11, 2003 Clarification of PSM applicability to processes that are based partly or solely on quantities in connected atmospheric storage tanks. |
20. |
January
24, 2003 Use of occupational exposure levels for substances not covered by an OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). |
21. |
January
14, 2003 Requirements for developing sufficiently-detailed written procedures for all machinery/equipment lockout/tagout. |
| 1. | October
21, 2003 |
| 2. | November
16, 2003 Company agrees to pay $205,000 in penalties for failing to implement Confined Space Safety Procedures. |
| 3. | December
17, 2003 Motiva Enterprises agrees to pay $132,000 in penalties as a result of its Sulfuric Acid Farm Incident in 2002. |
| 4. | November,
2003 |
Internet
Safety Resources New in 2003
Here are a few new web sites with safety information
that could prove useful:
1. |
www.knovel.com Provides free access to CCPS books. |
2. |
www.aiche.org/ccps/safetybeacon.htm Monthly safety messages to manufacturing personnel. |
3. |
www.osha.gov/dep/evacmatrix/index.html Help employers plan for emergency evacuations from their workplaces |
4. |
www.crhf.org.uk/index.html UK Chemical Reaction Hazard Forum |
5. |
www.csb.gov
Check out the new "Incident News Reports". |
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