An important part of any emergency training for employees is knowing what actions or inaction to take as a result of a hazardous material release. Unless your company is working under the 1910.120 HAZWOPER regulations and has a trained and proficient HAZMAT response team, employees are only permitted to act on incidental releases.
Your company has just experienced an incident resulting in an unintentional injury to a worker. Now what? Reacting quickly to the incident with a prescribed procedure and actions can demonstrate your company’s commitment to safety and ensure the proper information is collected to fulfill an incident investigation’s ultimate purpose – to prevent future incidents.
The long-awaited final rule calling for the adoption of electronic logging devices(ELDs) by commercial motor carriers became a reality December 16, 2015. The objective of the rule, according to FMCSA, is to strengthen commercial truck and bus drivers’ compliance with hours-of-service (HOS) regulations that combat fatigue. The rule will take full effect on December 18, 2017, two years after the date of the final rule being issued. ELDs automatically record driving time and monitor engine hours, vehicle movement, miles driven, and location information.
OSHA requires each employer to post and keep posted a notice informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act. Such notice shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.