OSHA Enforcement Data Search During a recent OSHA 510 Construction Standards course, a question was raised about how to search OSHA’s database for citations. OSHA’s establishment search page or OSHA enforcement database allows you to search by company name, inspection number, or NAICS/SIC codes for OSHA violations that resulted from OSHA enforcement inspections. OSHA’s database ... Read more »
Tune up your Heat Illness Prevention Program
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
April 5, 2013 Update: Cal/OSHA launches its 2013 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign in Fresno during a press conference. The summer of 2012 was the warmest on record in the State of California. As a result, Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Special Emphasis Program (SEP), designed to ensure that all workers in California are protected in outdoor ... Read more »
OSHA Updates its Outreach Training Program Requirements
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
OSHA has recently revised its Outreach Training Program Requirements that govern the Construction, General Industry, Maritime, Cal/OSHA, and Disaster Site worker 10-hour and 30-hour training programs. Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainers are required to follow the most current version of the Outreach Training Program Requirements when conducting Outreach Training Program classes. Under the revised requirements, trainers ... Read more »
Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting Highlights – February 2013
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee held its first of three meetings for 2013 on February 7, 2013 in Oakland. The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee is a group of occupational safety and health leaders representing various industry groups, labor, management groups, and professional members that meet three times a year to provide input to Cal/OSHA’s management. The Advisory ... Read more »
How to Become a Certified OSHA Trainer
February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
One of the most common questions we receive at the OSHA Training Center is “How do I become certified by OSHA?” or “How do I become a certified OSHA trainer?” While you can’t actually become a “Certified” OSHA trainer as OSHA doesn’t certify trainers or training programs, OSHA does offer outreach training program courses, which allows qualified ... Read more »