The Top 3 OSHA Violations in Laboratories
Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Management
As an employer, you're bound by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to carry out its vision that "every employer and employee in the nation recognizes that safety and health add value to American businesses, workplaces and workers' lives." Of course, you share OSHA's concern for your employees' safety, but sorting through the applicable OSHA regulations can be a daunting task. So where do dental laboratories most often go wrong?
During OSHA's last fiscal year--October 2003 through September 2004--dental laboratories received 17 federal citations:
Eight of the citations were for Hazard Communication
Three for Respiratory Protection
Three for Personal Protective Equipment
One for Means of Ingress, meaning that all exits must be marked and unobstructed
One for Compressed Gases
One for Machines
There are also 26 states*...
