The term HAZWOPER is short for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. This specialized response activity is regulated through the OSHA construction standard 29 CFR 1926.65 and is identical to the 29 CFR 1910.120 General Industry regulation. In the heart of the HAZWOPER standard is the protection of workers having to handle and clean up
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The water and wastewater treatment field is not well known in the community. Few people think about what happens in order to get water to flow through their pipes or what happens once they flush the toilet. There’s a network of underground piping delivering water to and from houses, businesses, and other community locations. In
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to have emergency response to hazardous substances being released, trenching and excavation rescues, and confined space entry rescues. Responses to such events must be done by highly skilled and trained personnel. If the employer cannot provide the proper training, equipment, and personnel to accomplish the cleanup
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The General Industry 29 CFR 1910 Subparts D and I where changed significantly in 2017 to reflect the Construction standard 29 CFR 1926 Subparts M and L. This post is a continuation of Part 1, 7 Keys to Understanding the Fall Protection Regulation changes. The General Requirements in 1910.22 Ladders 1910.23 Scaffolding 1910.27(a) Duty to
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The revision of the Walking-Working Surfaces rule for General Industry (GI) had been a long time coming for OSHA. There have been fall protection rules with vague or missing wording in the 29 CFR 1910 Subpart D standard ever since it was adopted in 1971. In 1984, an OSHA standard directive number STD 01-01-013 outlined
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