Comments on: Top 10 OSHA standards that drive safety managers crazy

By: vincent

vincent — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:43:34 +0000

I totally agree with Lee, working as Occupational Health & Safety, i do encounter this problem back in my workplace but do we have to be so strict at time but i do also believe at time we do have to flexible allow work to be carry out reasonable. prehap we strict at time , and lenient at time inorder for work to be able to carry out else we are totally wasting our value time & money!

By: lee c. from DE

lee c. from DE — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:38:27 +0000

subj- ‘osha standards that drive maintenance managers crazy’.

i find interpretations of the confined space entry regs to be the most unreasonable, onerous & frustrating for me as a mgr. of an operating/maintenance dept.
i’ve had safety professionals prevent my workers from reaching a gloved hand into a narrow ‘handhole’ [large enough for an arm only] in the ground, or on shut down equipt., to operate a valve or make an adjustment; saying it ‘breaks the plane of the opening’.
seems irrational -considering the actual, likely risk.
Likewise, accessing established crawl spaces or large valve pits that have been around for 50+ years with no history of hazardous atmospheres or above-ambient temps.
many safety professionals [in several fortune 500 companies i've worked for] advocate excessive, irrational, ‘over-the-top, over-testing of atmospheres and temps.; & set-up of extraction equipt.
i agree that atmos. [or other appropriate] testing is reasonable if hi temps., pressurized gases, or other clearly hazardous conditions are present; otherwise, more appropriate, reasonable measures should be the std.

By: sean

sean — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:40:23 +0000

Honestly I’ve found in two years time that the OSHA regs are generally easy to read although a bit vague. I am fortunate though in that I can consult the OSHA outreach(white hats) and they are of great help. I did have to make a call to our regional OSHA and then got advised to write Washington on a HazCom issue. But 4-6 months later I received a reply that was easy to understand and backed by interpretive regs. I can see why HazCom would be rated #3.

By: John Astad

John Astad — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:17:49 +0000

Top OSHA Citations in Mfg sector 2007-2008 http://tinyurl.com/nls9x5 via http://www.diigo.com/~comdust #mfg versus top 10 topics raised via e-mail questions handled by OSHA http://bit.ly/SCjMS

Good job Fred on the post!

By: Jason B

Jason B — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:31:55 +0000

I have a handbook that I received during my OSHA 10 hour class that I use to “decipher” OSHA regs. Most regs are generally easy to understand but it can get confusing with a bunch of interpretation letters clouding the reg. I have yet to contact OSHA directly but if they see a high frequency of clarifications requested that should be a green light that they need to be rewritten.

By: LEU

LEU — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:46:36 +0000

OSHA regs are just like the income tax regs – thousands of pages of gobbeldy-gook legalese that 98% of the people who WROTE the legislation can’t understand it. Plus, no matter how conscientious you are with safety, if something happens they can nail you on the ridiculous general duty clause.

Government has gotten too big to manage.

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