November 3, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Even without a combustible dust standard, OSHA can fine companies for failing to provide appropriate fire and explosion protection from combustible dust.
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Tags: combustible dust, fire and explosion, hearing conservation program, permissible exposure limits, respirators
August 18, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Yes, there are apps for workplace safety, including OSHA’s first one. But overall, there aren’t many that are free or inexpensive.
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Tags: apps, DOT placards, hearing test, OSHA Heat Safety Tool, smart phone
July 22, 2011 by Fred Hosier
When it comes to workers’ comp benefits, is employee hearing loss over a long period of time different from other injuries suffered in the workplace? The answer is key in a lawsuit by more than 40 workers.
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Tags: hearing loss, long-term exposure, Louisiana, refinery, Workers' comp
February 14, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a report on regulatory impediments to job creation. The report lists five OSHA proposals that business groups say would inhibit job growth.
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Tags: combustible dust, i2p2, musculoskeletal disorders, noise standard, on-site consultation
January 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
One day after President Obama signed an Executive Order requiring a government-wide review of federal regulations to uncover ones that hurt job creation, OSHA has pulled a revised interpretation of its noise standard.
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Tags: employee hearing, executive order, feasible engineering and administrative controls, noise standard, President Obama
December 21, 2010 by Fred Hosier
New research sheds light on how well we hear today compared to our counterparts 40 years ago. The findings may surprise you.
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Tags: Hearing, hearing conservation, Occupational Safety and Health Act, upper frequencies
December 7, 2010 by Fred Hosier
September 27, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A deaf man applied to a mining company for a job. It didn’t hire him, and the man filed a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Who won?
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Tags: ADA, EEOC, mine, near-miss, reasonable accommodation
June 21, 2010 by Fred Hosier
You’ve probably heard lots of “rules of thumb” about workplace safety. But are they really true? This article will look at three of them.
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Tags: indirect costs, noise, rules of thumb, truisms, unsafe human acts
May 10, 2010 by Fred Hosier
What types of workplace noise do you think of in connection with occupational hearing loss? Jack hammers, lawn tractors, manufacturing assembly lines? In this case, a worker claims hearing loss from being yelled at on the phone by angry customers.
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Tags: doctor's opinion, hearing loss, Workers' comp
April 2, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Lawyers believe a judge’s award of damages to five former refinery workers for hearing damage is the first of its kind in Louisiana.
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Tags: hearing loss, Murphy Oil, refinery workers
January 4, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Do some of your workers scoff at the idea that work-related noise can permanently damage their hearing? Here’s a first-person account of how that can happen from the drummer for heavy-metal band Metallica.
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Tags: hearing protection, Metallica, ringing in ears, tinnitus
November 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) is calling on OSHA to lower the permissible exposure limits for noise in workplaces.
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Tags: National Hearing Conservation Association, noise PEL, permissible exposure limit
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