Remodeling: The Obama administration is on track to put four new OSHA rules into effect in early 2016, as well as to change how its inspectors prioritize the types of violations they investigate. These will have varying effects on the remodeling industry.
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Good to see that OSHA is pushing these new rules and regulations to be done by the end of this year. I am surprised to see that OSHA is updating to ANSI standards so late after ANSI had upgraded their regulations. I feel like companies like that should work together on standards, and even if it may take longer in the general scheme of things, at least all the safety regulations would be on the same page and companies and workers would have one solidified guide to follow. I also had no idea how much of an issue silica dust was in the workplace, but after reading this article I’m kind of interested in how the history of workplace safety has revolved around silica dust because the examples given by the article seem very commonplace to me like drywall and concrete roofing tiles. Overall, it’s nice to see updates being taken into account for the technology now available to the industries affected by OSHA.
Hearing about the latest OSHA regulations is always interesting. It’s something that a lot of people don’t think about too much, but really affects our lives in the theatre. I’m glad something is being done about Silica exposure, as it seems to be a very dangerous threat. Mostly, I’ll gladly agree to any policy OSHA pushes through, since safety isn’t something that should go unregulated. But the online reporting policy seems a bit tricky, and the complaints about it are fair. I think OSHA could probably amend their process so that these injury reports are kept confidential, or perhaps that they only be considered a small factor in the overall sentiment of the statements released about a company. This would solve a lot of the concerns companies have about reporting their injuries and lessen the amount of un-reported incidents. I think it’s very important to have clear data about workplace injuries, so I’m glad OSHA is working on that. These kinds of regulations are always handy to keep up with, since we never know what we are going to be doing/working with in this industry, and we really want to keep people safe.
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