OSHA Compliance Manual [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, J. J.

Contributor:

J. J. Keller & Associates, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--Law and legislation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Industrial safety--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Industrial safety.

Local Subjects:

Industrial safety--Law and legislation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Industrial safety--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1116 p.)

Place of Publication:

Neenah : J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. J. Keller's OSHA Compliance Manual offers plain-English explanations of workplace safety regulations and answers to OSHA compliance questions. Provides an introduction to OSHA and covers the agency's recordkeeping and training requirements. Includes helpful extras like samples forms, written plans, and compliance checklists. Covers key workplace safety topics such as ... lockout/tagout, emergency response, labels, signs, and markings, inspections, material handling and storage, air contaminants, personal protective equipment (PPE), confined spaces.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Introduction; Credits; Table of contents; OSHA; WHAT IS OSHA?; Introduction; Who is not covered by the OSH Act?; OSHA regulations; The General Duty Clause; How OSHA develops standards; Variances from rules; OSHA Consultation Services; Getting started with Consultation Services; Role of Consultation personnel; Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP); Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP); Top-notch safety and health programs; Whistleblower protections; INSPECTIONS; Introduction; Inspection priorities; The inspection process

Violations, citations, and penaltiesIf you receive a citation; OSHA's Top 25 violations; Top 25 General Industry violations; Q&As - OSHA Inspections; RECORDKEEPING; INJURY AND ILLNESS RECORDKEEPING; Introduction; Determine if the rule applies to your company; Decide which employees to record; Employee training and involvement; New recordkeeping forms; Retaining recordkeeping forms; Definitions; Determine if the injury or illness is work-related; Recording injuries/illnesses related to travel and telecommuting; Determine if it is a new or continuing case; Recording privacy cases

General recording criteriaRecording specific types of cases; Requesting a variance; Recordkeeping requirements in state-plan states; Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents; Citations and penalties; OSHA's annual injury and illness survey; Bureau of Labor Statistics request for data; Recordkeeping calculations; Incident rate calculator; Frequently asked questions (FAQs); Highlights from OSHA's Letters of Interpretation; Recordkeeping forms; MEDICAL AND EXPOSURE RECORDS; Introduction; Access; Exposure records; Medical records; Trade secrets; Provide employee information

Records transferRecords retention; SAMPLE AUTHORIZATION LETTER; RECORDKEEPING AT-A-GLANCE; Recordkeeping requirements at-a-glance; Inspections, citations, and proposed penalties (1903.2); Citations (1903.16); Abatement verification procedures (1903.19); Injury and illness recordkeeping (1904)*; Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents (1904.39); Annual OSHA injury and illness survey of 10 or more employers (1904.41); Emergency action plans (1910.38); Fire prevention plans (1910.39); Powered platforms (1910.66); Occupational noise exposure (1910.95)*; Hydrogen (1910.103)

Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals (1910.119)Hazardous waste operations and emergency response (1910.120); Personal protective equipment (1910.132); Respiratory protection (1910.134); Permit-required confined spaces (1910.146)*; Lockout/tagout (1910.147); Fire brigades (1910.156); Portable fire extinguishers (1910.157)*; Automatic sprinkler systems (1910.159)*; Fixed extinguishing systems (1910.160)*; Powered industrial trucks - Operator training (1910.178(l)); Overhead and gantry cranes (1910.179); Crawler locomotive and truck cranes (1910.180); Derricks (1910.181)

Slings (1910.184)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

1-60287-574-X

OCLC:

903858667