An administrative law judge (ALJ) with the OSHA Review Commission affirmed all citations given to Jersey City Medical Center in 2016. In 2016, OSHA investigated and subsequently issued one willful…
Ohio investigators found safety concerns within a week of a worker's fatal injury. Last week, a worker in a bucket truck at the Hawaiian Terrace apartment complex in Mount Airy suffered an…
OSHA's latest Top Ten list differs from the previous year in that one often-recurring problem area didn’t make it to the Top Ten: Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305). However, Lockout/Tagout…
An OSHA Letter of Interpretation explains the term “continuous industrial process.” We often get questions in the e-Hazard office about allowances to perform "hot work", aka "energized electrical work." I've…
Sorry, you can't. There is no such thing as arc flash certification. We sometimes get questions from electrical contractors who have been told that their company must be arc-flash certified.I…
Two different brands of safety switches, Eaton and Square D, have been recalled. Eaton Heavy Duty 30A and 60A Safety Switches. The safety switch can potentially supply power when the…