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MNOSHA To Put Compliance and Standard Guidelines On Its Website
OSHA standards, as written, don’t include a lot of explanation or interpretation. Federal OSHA writes interpretations, compliance directives, and interpretative guidelines to provide direction to compliance staff and employers. Minnesota OSHA does the same. Federal OSHA publishes that information on … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, compliance directives, MNOSHA, OSHA, OSHA interpretations, Standards
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GHS Arrives
As of June 1, 2015, material safety data sheets will be no more! But they aren’t quite disappearing entirely. They’re undergoing a name change and a major revamping. They’ll be called Safety Data Sheets instead. Chemical labels will change, too. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Uncategorized
Tagged GHS, Globally Harmonized System, labeling, labels, Minnesota OSHA, MN OSHA, MNOSHA, MSDS, MSDS chemicals, Right to Know, safety data sheets, SDS, training
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GHS clears OMB review
That’s a mouthful of letters. OSHA’s proposed major change to the Hazard Communication Standard, incorporating the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), cleared a significant hurdle, review by the Office of Management and Budget, on February … Continue reading
Posted in About, Environmental issues, News
Tagged CHESS, GHS, hazard communication, labels, MSDS, OSHA, Right to Know
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Silica in the news
National Public Radio broadcast a story on crystalline silica this morning, and we can take a wee bit of credit for it. Crystalline silica is dangerous stuff – exposure to the very fine particles can severely scar the lungs. It’s … Continue reading
What a Minnesota State Government Shutdown Might Mean to Safety and Environmental Concerns
Last week Governor Dayton submitted a recommendation of essential services to continue in the event of a government shutdown. Our understanding is that this is a recommendation only, and that an appointed judge or Special Master would make the final … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, grants, Inspections, Minnesota Government Shutdown, MNOSHA, MPCA, OSHA Fines, OSHA inspections, Permit
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Safety Updates: Free Training, Firefighters’ Particulate Exposure, and coming changes to MSDS’s
Janet Keyes, CIH, recently attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHCe) in Denver. We have been featuring some of the highlights from that conference. (see blogs on NIOSH and OSHA, control banding and skin exposures). This will be … Continue reading
Posted in News, Personal Protective Equipment, Uncategorized
Tagged Cardiovascular disease, CHESS, Firefighters, Firefighting, free training, GHS, global harmonization, industrial hygiene, MSDS, OSHA, Particulates, safety, training
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OSHA and NIOSH: Recent discussion at Industrial Hygiene Conference
Janet Keyes, CIH, recently attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHCe) in Denver. We will be featuring some of the highlights from that conference. Dr. David Michaels, head of OSHA, and Dr. John Howard, head of NIOSH, presented … Continue reading
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Tagged AWAIR, CHESS, control banding, I2P2, industrial hygiene, NIOSH, OSHA, OSHA recordkeeping, safety
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Control Banding: A Method to Control Risks
Janet Keyes, CIH, recently attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHCe) in Denver. Over the next couple weeks we will be featuring some of the highlights from that conference. Control banding is developing as a way to control … Continue reading
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Tagged chemical exposure, control banding, industrial hygiene, industrial hygienist, monitoring, NIOSH, safety
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Confined Space Hazard Alert
Jabin Lakes, a Middletown, Ohio Public Works employee, was killed on May 7 from lack of oxygen when he opened a manhole cover, in preparation for sending a camera into the sanitary sewer line in front of Air Products and … Continue reading
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Tagged CHESS, Confined space, fatality, hazard, manhole, manhole covers, OSHA, public works, safety, sewers, workplace fatality
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