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Interpretation of the Process Safety Management standard. - [1910.119]
Bloodborne pathogens training requirements. - [1910.1030]
Outer Continental Shelf lands--OSHA and the U.S. Coast Guard. - [1910.119]
Most frequently asked questions concerning the bloodborne pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Definition of an "article" under the hazard communication standard. - [1910.1200(b)(6)(iv)]
Bloodborne pathogens standard and the construction industry. - [1910.1030]
Counting of soiled health care textiles by route sales representatives. - [1910.1030(d)(4)(iv)]
Preservation of Criminal Evidence and Acceptability of Dry Cleaning under 29 CFR 1910.1030. - [1910.1030]
Recapping of contaminated needles. - [1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(B)]
Registration of sterilants, tuberculocidal disinfectants, and anti-microbial products. - [1910.1030]
Support zone personnel at a CERCLA thermal destruction site. - [1910.120]
The hotel/motel industry and the bloodborne pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
Training for plant maintenance personnel and HAZWOPER. - [1910.120]
Solutions of hydrogen chloride in water do not apply to Process Safety Management Standard. - [1910.119]
Rigging equipment for material handling. - [1926.251]
When steam boilers fired by flammable liquids or natural gas are subject to the PSM standard. - [1910.119]
Transportation of hazardous waste. - [1910.120; 1910.120(q); 1910.1200; 1975.1]
Fiberglass tanks for above and below ground storage of flammable and combustible liquids. - [1910.106]
Whether an income replacement program that AAA Michigan offers its full-time employees who become disabled as a result of non-occupational illness or injuries is a payroll practice within the meaning of Department of Labor regulation section 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-1(b) and, therefore, would not constitute an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of Title I of ERISA.
Whether Sacred Heart Medical Center Inc. Retirement Plan constitutes a church plan within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA.
Steam boilers fired by flammable liquids or natural gas and the PSM standard. - [1910.119]
This letter provides guidance on holiday pay to an employee on FMLA leave.
Evaluation of a "generic" Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for copper/copper alloys. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Pension Plan for Employees of Mercy Hospital, Inc. constitutes a church plan within the meaning of section 3(33) of Title I of ERISA and, accordingly, whether the Plan is excluded from the requirements of Title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(2).
Clarification of training certification. - [1910.120]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
The hazardous waste operations and emergency response regulation. - [1910.38; 1910.120]
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Guidance on whether "patch test kits" are exempt from the labeling requirements of HCS. - [1910.1200]
Construction activities and operations and the bloodborne pathogens standard. - [1910.1030]
EPA CERCLA regulations and site monitoring requirements of 1910.120. - [1910.120]
Requirements of hazard communication standard for listing chemicals. - [1910.1200(e)(1)(i)]
Updated material safety data sheets. - [1910.1200]
Bloodborne pathogens standard relating to various types or classes of individuals. - [1910.1030]
OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. - [1910.1030]
PSM threshold quantity; EPA regulated and permitted RCRA Hazardous waste treatment. - [1910.119]
Two-hand control device used to operate a mechanical power press in continuous mode. - [1910.217]
Whether section 407(f)(1)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) applies to the proposed investment by the Johnston Industries, Inc. Salaried Employees' Pension Plan and the Johnston Industries Inc. Hourly Employees' Pension Plan in employer securities.
Alarm systems for employee evacuation and/or response. - [1910.38; 1910.165; 1910.120; 1910.1200]
Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens relating to nurse assistant students. - [1910.1030]
OSHA does not have jurisdiction over state employees or inmates. - [1975.5]
Furnishing compensatory time off to employees who meet all the requirements of the 541 exemption when they perform nonexempt firefighting duties would not affect the salary basis requirement. However, engagement in the performance of substantial amounts of nonexempt firefighting activities could affect the application of the administrative exemption.
Biohazard labeling. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogens impact on non-health care industries. - [1910.1030]
Powered platforms for building maintenance to "a permanently installed suspended scaffold." - [1910.66]
Breast milk does not constitute occupational exposure as defined by standard. - [1910.1030]
OSHA policy regarding violent employee behavior.
Plastic containers for Class IB flammable liquids. - [1910.106]
Applicability of Bloodborne Pathogens Standard to emergency responders, decontamination, housekeeping, and good samaritan acts. - [1910.1030]
Whether a state administrative action denying a certificate of compliance with state-mandated workers' compensation requirements with respect to an employer provided workers' compensation benefits offered through a plan that may be covered by ERISA would be preempted by ERISA for purposes of section 514(a).
Whether the provision of MNC Financial, Inc’s, a parent corporation to the Maryland National Bank (the Bank) annual audited and quarterly unaudited financial statements and the Bank's Call Report to the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 100 Washington, DC Area Health Benefit Plan would comply with the requirements of section III(H)(3) of PTE 81-8 (46 FR 7511, January 23, 1981) as amended (50 FR 14043, April 9, 1985).
If the car is a facility that is customarily furnished for an employee's benefit, then the reasonable cost of the car may be deducted from the wages of an employee.
Background of standards. - [1910.120; 1910.1030]
The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and how it applies in various industries. - [1910.1200]
Compliance policy on unguarded rotary knives used in poultry processing industries. - [1910.212]
Requirements for the bloodborne pathogens standard, 1910.1030. - [1910.1030]
Guidance on the outside storage and use of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK). - [1926.152]
Guidance regarding exclusion of Davis-Bacon Contract clauses from construction contracts affected by suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act
Whether, the Pellerino Consulting Services, Inc. provides consulting services to third party administrator firms, which in turn adjudicate claims and disburse benefits under employer sponsored welfare plans, may be considered paid “solely” from the general assets of the employer; within the meaning of the limited reporting exemption in 29 C.F.R. 2520.104-20(b)(2)(i) and the corresponding instructions to the Annual Return/Report Form 5500 Series.
Employee "Right to Know" chemical labeling. - [1910.1200]
Sharps container implicated in needle sticks. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogen standard as it pertains to the construction industry. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogens and laundering of contaminated articles. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogens standard's application to allergists. - [1910.1030]
Ground fault circuit interrupters on extension cords and portable tools. - [1926.404]
Labeling and RCRA requirements and the HCS standard. - [1910.1200]
Natural gas distribution and transmission facilities. - [1910.119]
Temporary labor camp standards. - [1910.142]
Natural gas facility process hazard analysis requirements. - [1910.119]
Storage of flammable liquid in original containers at a job worksite. - [1926.152]
Employees who work at hazardous waste sites who are not involved in cleanup. - [1910.120; 1910.120(a)(1)(iii); 1910.120(e)]
Male infertility and welding engineers. - [1910 Subpart H]
Requirements for MTD to identify registered professional engineers. - [1926 Subpart P]
Scaffold step unit towers when used for access to locations other than scaffold platforms. - [1926.1052(a)(1); 1926.451(e)(4)]
Standards applying to ground-supported tower type hoists. - [1926.552]
Training requirements for hospital personnel involved in an emergency response of a hazardous substance. - [1910.120]
Whether, under the arrangement proposed by the Marsh & McLennan, Inc., an insurance broker, the cash value element of a split-dollar life insurance policy would be considered a plan asset for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Applicability of bloodborne pathogens standard to first aid providers at electric cooperatives. - [1910.1030]
Certification of aerial lift operators. - [1926.453; 1926.21; 1926.32]
Applicability of bloodborne pathogens standard to first aid providers at drilling operations. - [1910.1030]
PSM Standard does not apply to 10,000 pounds of hydrocarbon fuel on site used solely as a fuel for a furnace. - [1910.119]
Servicing single piece and multi-piece wheels and logging business;logging employment regulated under agriculture standard. - [1910.177; 1928]
Use of personal protective equipment by electric utility linesmen. - [1910.268; 1910.132]
De minimis violation status is accorded to power lasers used in the construction industry. - [1926.54]
Various questions on Hazwoper. - [1910.120]
Whether purchases of securities issued by the parent company of Citizens First National Bank of New Jersey at the direction of fiduciaries of employee benefit plans for which the Bank serves as trustee would be a prohibited transaction under section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Whether a single-employer, self-funded accident and health benefit program administered by Advanced Administrative Companies is a multiple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) within the meaning of ERISA section 3(40) and whether such MEWA is an employee benefit plan under section 3(1) of ERISA thus preempting state regulations of the arrangement.
DOL announced that the President had suspended the applicatio of DBA in areas devasted by Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki (Florida, Hawaii & Louisiana)
Bloodborne pathogens standard's costs and necessity. - [1910.1030]
Metal ladder rungs are required to be skid-resistant. - [1926.1053(a)(6)(i)]
Training requirements of PSM. - [1910.119]
Bloodborne Pathogen standard's application to feminine hygiene products. - [1910.1030]
Substantial Variance proceedings under Section 4(c ) of the Service contract Act
Definition of an airborne radioactivity area. - [1910.1096]
Emergency drainage systems for flammable/combustible liquids in industrial plants. - [1910.106(e)(3)(iv); 1910.38; 1910.39]
Medical services and first aid. - [1910.151; 1910.151(a)]
Bloodborne pathogen standard as it applies to a nursing personnel service. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogen standard's applicability to the oil drilling industry. - [1910.1030]
The StopStix resheathing device is not acceptable to the bloodborne pathogen standard. - [1910.1030]
Bloodborne pathogen standard's applicability to employees of summer camps and conference/retreat centers. - [1910.1030]
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