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Notice contains instructions and forms necessary for the preparation and submittal of the FY 2019 applications for Consultation cooperative agreements.

Memorandum to RA describing procedures and limitations on use of drones during inspections

Drones

Additional guidance for workers at marine terminals, including the use of safety zones, designated traffic lanes, and PPE

Beryllium

Temporary enforcement policy on prohibited transaction rules applicable to ERISA section 3(21) investment advice fiduciaries.

Individuals working for railroad carriers and their contractors and subcontractors are protected from retaliation for reporting potential safety or security violations to their employers or to the government.

OSHA Outreach Training Program: List of Outreach Trainers (2018, May).

This document provides an overview of health privacy and OSHA whistleblower complaints in Spanish.

Memorandum to Regional Administrators – Process Safety Management Retail Exemption Enforcement Policy - [1910.119]

Voluntary use respirators - [1910.134; 1910.134(c)(2); 1910.134(c)(4); 1910.134(f); 1910.134(e)]

To provide guidance for the funding and management of the FY 2018 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

Filtering facepiece respirators and medical evaluations - [1910.134(b); 1910.134(c)(2); 1910.134 App D]

Guidance on the fiduciary standards regarding proxy voting, shareholder engagement activities, and economically targeted investments.

Regarding guardrail systems and fall protection requirements to scaffold systems, including form scaffolds.

Regarding guardrail systems and fall protection requirements to scaffold systems, including form scaffolds. - [1926.451(g)(4)(i)]

Explains when travel time is compensable in different scenaros under 785

Lump-sum payments and "earnings" under the garnishment provisions of the CCPA.

Overview of OLMS election investigations.

To streamline our in-facility pulmonary rehabilitation procedures

Hazardous Waste

Truck drivers and other individuals working for commercial motor carriers are protected from retaliation for reporting or engaging in activities related to certain commercial motor vehicle safety, health or security conditions.

Provides information on protection from retaliation for raising workplace health and safety concerns and reporting work-related injuries and illnesses.

Safe Practices Once Tractor Trailer Drivers Arrive at a Destination ◦English (PDF). OSHA Publication 3944, (2018, April).

Safe Practices Once Tractor Trailer Drivers Arrive at a Destination ◦Spanish (PDF). OSHA Publication 3963, (2018, November).

Individuals working for NRC  contractors, subcontractors, and licensees and DOE contractors and subcontractors are protected from retaliation for reporting potential violations of the ERA or the AEA to their employers or to the government.

Whistleblower Protection for Public Transportation Agency Workers Fact Sheet

Whistleblower Protection: Health Privacy and OSHA Whistleblower Complaints Fact Sheet

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the provisions of more than 20 federal laws protecting employees from retaliation for engaging in protected activity.

Labeling and waste disposal requirements for glovebags in OSHA’s asbestos standard for construction - [1926.1101; 1926.1101(b); 1926.1101(k)(8)(i); 1926.1101(l)(2)]

Paint operations on aircraft and ground support equipment as related to the Chromium (VI) Standard’s exception for aircraft painting - [1910.1026(f)(1)(ii)]

Bulletin discussing avoidance of underground electical, gas, and other utility lines, and protecting workers from associated safety and health hazards.

Provides a general overview of the shipbreaking operation and associated hazards

Bulletin discussing hearing loss associated with ototoxic chemical exposures in the workplace.

Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Radiation (See Non-Ionizing Radiation)

The fact sheet provides tips for plan fiduciaries to prudently select and monitor plan service providers.

A fact sheet providing questions consumers can ask prospective investment advisers to help consumers understand the adviser’s responsibilities and compensation.

The FAQs provide guidance to plan administrators and accountants on complying with the requirements of the Form 5500 for reporting delinquent participant contributions.

Medical surveillance requirements in OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica standard for construction - [1926.1153; 1926.1153(e)(1); 1926.1153(e)(2); 1926.1153(h)(1)(i); 1926.1153(h)(2); 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(A); 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(F)]

Electrical Hazards: Working Safely Around Downed Electrical Wires (PDF). OSHA Publication FS 3941, (revised 2018, February).

Electrical Hazards: Working Safely with Electricity (PDF). OSHA Publication FS 3942, (revised 2018, February).

Safety and Health Programs: That Was No Accident! Using Your OSHA 300 Log to Improve Safety and Health (PDF) (2018, February).

Silica: OSHA's Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for General Industry and Maritime (PDF). OSHA Publication 3682, (2018, February).

Tree Care: Solutions for Tree Care Hazards (PDF). OSHA Publication 3940, (2018, February).

Walk-Arounds for Safety Officers (PDF) (2018, February).

Investigation of the September 27, 2017, Gin Pole Collapse at an Antenna Tower in Miami Gardens, Florida

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair

This memorandum clarifies the procedures that whistleblower investigators must follow after receiving notification that a complainant intends to exercise their right to "kick-out" their complaint to Federal District Court, as afforded under several whistleblower statutes enforced by OSHA.

Translation of document addressing the standards associated with radiant energy and the protection of workers

Binner, Tom & Kriz, Dawn

Recording Injuries and Illnesses of Temporary Workers versus HIPAA Requirements - [1904.31]

This memorandum clarifies the procedures for accepting and recording whistleblower complaints initially filed with an agency other than OSHA, including the date to be entered into the Information Management Information System (IMIS).

Fact Sheet addressing an incident that occurred aboard a spud barge.

Document dealing with the safety of workers aboard deck barges (e.g., slips, trips, and falls, etc.)

Determining Whether Interns at For-Profit Employers Are Employees Under the FLSA and clarifies the factors that the WHD will consider when determining whether interns or students are, in fact, employees under the FLSA.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement did not have the right formula for the overtime rate for fire fighters but it did for alarm operators

Project manager meets all tests for administrative exemption under 13(a)(1)

The bonus must be included in regular rate for overtime/not excluded under 7(e)

Various positions that are exempt under 13(a)(1) as administrative

Certain positions are exempt under executive or administrative based on their duties /13(a)(1) exemption

Explains what deductions can be made under 13(a)(1) and maintain salary basis

Out of town coordinators are exempt as administrative employees under 13(a)(1)

EMTS of a for profit contractor cannot volunteer for the same job with a volunteer fire fighting company if there is joint employment

Project manager is an exempt administrative employee under 13(a)(1)

Ambulance personnel incall time is not compensable under 785

Sales and service tecnicians for residential homes meet the retail requirement and their pay counts as commission payments

Project superintendent meet the tests for 13(a)(1) administrative exemption

Coaches in this case are exempt as teachers under 13(a)(1)

Deductions from the salary of a registered nurse may be taken for one or more full days based on hours worked

Client service managers meet all tests for 13(a)(1) administrative exemption

How a non-discretionary bonus may be included in overtime paid without additional overtime due

Examines the application of the 13(a)(1) professional exemptions to helicopter pilots and determines that they are not exempt after examining their qualification for each of the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions.

Guidance regarding WHD's non-enforcement policy with respect to service advisors. WHD will not assert that service advisors who are employed by a nonmanufacturing establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling automobiles, trucks, or farm implements to ultimate purchasers do not meet the overtime pay exemption under Section 13(b)(10)(A).

Occupational Health Professionals

Guidance document describing worker fatalities assoicated with agricultural confined space entry operations, and safe methods for such work.

Fire Safety

Silica: Handheld Power Saws Used to Cut Fiber-Cement Board (PDF). OSHA Publication FS-3927, (2018, January).

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

This is a part of a series of fact sheets regarding Table 1 tasks within the new silica rule.

Blankenheim, Eric

Clarification on the use of a cold compression device is considered medical treatment. - [1904; 1904.7(b)(5)]

Voluntary use of surgical masks - [1910.134]