OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION - OSHA

The US's workplace safety regulator released guidance on how to ventilate offices to decrease the airborne spread of COVID-19

The US regulator for workplace safety just recommended offices open windows to decrease the spread of COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency that inspects workplace safety, released guidance on November 5 instructing offices to "consider steps to optimize building ventilation." OSHA said heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals can help offices ensure the building ventilates air efficiently. The new coronavirus continues to spread across the US, as the country recorded the highest single-day count of new daily COVID-19 cases with 103,000.

OSHA instructs workplaces to ensure all HVAC systems are functional and filters with a Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value rating of 13. OSHA also recommends offices introduce fresh air by increasing the HVAC's outdoor air intake or open windows where possible, and to keep exhaust fans running at maximum capacity in restrooms.

Scientists agree that COVID-19 primarily spreads when an infected person releases droplets in the air when talking, coughing, or sneezing. These droplets typically travel up to 6 feet, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said smaller COVID-19 particles can travel longer distances in enclosed spaces that had nadequate ventilation.

OSHA Guidance for COVID-19

OSH Code 2020

ISO Std 45001

ISO 45001: 2018

The OHSAS 18001 certification primarily focuses on the occupational risk of any organisation while the ISO 45001 focuses on both the risk and opportunities. By doing so, it not only eliminates the chance of future hazards and also finds opportunities to improve the overall safety standard.

What is OSHA

What is OSHA and Why OSHA Standard Need In Industry?

The OSHA Act covers most private-sector employers and their workers, in addition to some public sector employers and workers. Employers that invest in workplace safety and health can expect to reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. This will result in cost savings in a variety of areas, such as lowering workers’ compensation costs and medical expenses, avoiding catastrophic penalties, and reducing costs to train replacement employees and conduct accident investigations.

In addition, employers often find that changes made to improve workplace safety and health can result in significant improvements to their organization’s productivity and financial performance.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION?

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 created OSHA, which sets and enforces protective workplace safety and health standards. There are OSHA standards for construction, agriculture, maritime and general industry. Employers also must comply with the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act, which requires them to keep their workplaces free of serious recognized hazards.

To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other purposes.

WHAT’S OSHA PURPOSE?

WHO STARTED IT?

In 1970, the United States Congress and President Richard Nixon created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a national public health agency dedicated to the basic proposition that no worker should have to choose between their life and their job. The OSHA law makes it clear that the right to a safe workplace is a basic human right.

WHAT’S OSHA PURPOSE?

The purpose of OSHA is to develop specific work place standards and policies for industry to make sure that they establish partnerships toward improving work; safety, health, to assure safety and health of workers by studying and enforcing standards, providing training, outreach, and education.

OSHA helps too keep a workplace safe for someone to work there. So if a workplace is unsafe or you think it is you can contact OSHA and they will guide you. The purpose of OSHA is also to ensure and encourage employees to reduce the workplace hazards and too have knowing safety at hand. Also health programs to develop a reflex way of dealing with the occupational safety and health problems.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for administering and enforcing the federal OSH Act of 1970. OSHA regulations set out uniform national standards for workplace safety and health practices throughout the country. There are rules for hazard assessments, employee safety and health, hazard communication, recordkeeping, OSHA inspections, employee rights, penalties, and most frequent OSHA violations.

What is a standard/regulation?

OSHA standards are published in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and are divided into separate standards for General Industry, Construction, and Maritime.

What is the Federal Register?

The Federal Register is a legal journal published every business day by the National Archives and Records Administration on federal government news. It contains federal agency regulations, proposed rules, public notices, executive orders, proclamations, and other presidential documents

Workplace Safety Standards For safety of various industrial machineries and operations, hazardous chemicals, personal protective equipments, transportation, building construction etc.

General Safety Management IS 18001-2000

Safety Audit IS 14489-1998

Frequency Severity Rates IS 3786-1983

Plant Layout IS 8091-1976

Mech. guards on machine IS 9474-1980

Equipments Hand Operated tools IS 8235-1976 & SP 53- 1992

Machine tools IS 11016-1984

Abrasive grinding wheels IS1991:1987

Cranes IS 13367:1992

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