Standard Interpretations (Archived)

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Previous Years > 1991

December

[12/30/1991] Review of product literature.
[12/24/1991] Recording of hearing loss on the OSHA 200 Log.[1910.95; 1904]
[12/24/1991] Enforcement of Bloodborne Pathogen Standard[1910.1030]
[12/20/1991] OSHA 200 Form Location[1904.2]
[12/19/1991] OSHA 200 Log for work relationship and illness.[1904]
[12/17/1991] Baseline to use when measuring occupational related hearing loss for OSHA recordkeeping purposes.[1904]
[12/16/1991] OSHA 200 Log and hearing loss.[1904]
[12/16/1991] OSHA 200 log and hearing loss.[1904]
[12/16/1991] Audiometric test results recording on the OSHA 200 log.[1904]
[12/06/1991] Use of automatic equipment for the machining of connecting rods, crankshafts, cylinder heads and engine blocks.[1910.147]
[12/06/1991] Questions relating to occupational hearing loss.[1904]
[12/06/1991] Modified approach to lifting several steal beams at one time.[1926.550; 1926.251]
[12/04/1991] Hazwoper training requirements.[1910.121]

November

[11/15/1991] Work-related hearing loss.[1904]
[11/14/1991] Level of work-related hearing loss that must be recorded on the OSHA 200 log.[1910.95; 1904]

October

[10/21/1991] Continued enforcement of Lockout/Tagout Standard[1910.147]
[10/16/1991] 8 hour refresher training requirements.[1910.120]
[10/15/1991] Changes to handling disputed debt collection cases
[10/02/1991] Costs of complying with 1910.120.[1910.120]
[10/01/1991] Requirements relating to the operation of a two-spindle reaming/drilling/threading machine in a set-up mode.[1910.145; 1910.147; 1910.212; 1910.303]
[10/01/1991] Regulations regarding the use of stilts.
[10/01/1991] Ladders used with scaffolds[1926 Subpart X]

September

[09/24/1991] Informal Conference Guidance.
[09/18/1991] Field Service Memo on Electrical Testing Equipment
[09/17/1991] Recording Cumulative Trauma Disorders on the OSHA 200 Log.[1904]
[09/17/1991] Appropriate recordkeeping for CTD case resolution and symptom recurrence.[1904]
[09/11/1991] Recording hearing loss on the OSHA 200 Log
[09/04/1991] Standard Threshold Shift in hearing level[1910.95]
[09/04/1991] Article in Magazine Containing Incorrect Information About Lockout/Tagout Requirements.[1910.147]

August

[08/30/1991] Recordkeeping requirements for injury cases which result in treatment with prescription medications.[1904]
[08/30/1991] Lockout/Tagout for circuit breaker blocking and locking devices.[1910.147]
[08/30/1991] Recording audiogram test results on OSHA 200 Log.[1904]
[08/27/1991] OSHA 200 Log recording CTDs.[1904]
[08/27/1991] Recording on Hearing Loss on the OSHA Form 200[1910.95]
[08/27/1991] Spray booth compliance with OSHA standards is determined at the work place.[1910.107]
[08/19/1991] Equivalent training for Hazwoper.[1910.120]
[08/14/1991] Section 17 Designation OSH Act

July

[07/31/1991] Confirmation on lockout/tagout, specifically with the standard covering periodic inspections.[1910.147]
[07/29/1991] Lockout/Tagout with regards to the cleanup and sanitizing of machinery and equipment in the meatpacking industry.[1910.147]
[07/24/1991] Signaling and Barricades to Highway Construction Projects.[1926.201; 1926.202]
[07/22/1991] Employee injury caused by John Deere bulldozers.
[07/10/1991] Wire rope perimeter guarding for open-sided floors.[1926.500(d)(1); 1926.500(f)(1)]
[07/08/1991] Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL.[1910.1000]
[07/01/1991] Pacific strike force 24 hour training requirement[1910.120]

June

[06/27/1991] ILO Questionnaire concerning health and medical services
[06/27/1991] Regulations requiring bus maintenance facilities to use safety stands when maintenance personnel are working under buses which have been raised by in-ground or portable vehicle hoists.[1910.147]
[06/18/1991] Review Commission Decisions.[1926.500(d)(1)]
[06/18/1991] Guarding of protruding steel rods.[1926.7; 1926.500]
[06/12/1991] Approval of extension cords by a NRTL.[1910.303(a); 1926.403(a)]
[06/10/1991] Requirements for recapping of Needles.
[06/07/1991] Revision of STD 1-11.5 as a result of DOT changes.
[06/07/1991] Responsibilities for hospitals to comply with HAZWOPER standard.[1910.120]
[06/04/1991] Recording Of Hearing Loss and Cumulative Trauma Disorders[1910.95]

May

[05/23/1991] Development of increasing safety use of cranes
[05/22/1991] Emergency response by fire company and utility workers, and required training.[1910.120]
[05/20/1991] Whether or not OSHA Standard 1910.147, lockout/tagout would apply to motor vehicles.[1910.147]
[05/16/1991] Use of link chains as lanyards and contractor's responsibility to supply safety nets for worker protection[1926.104]
[05/08/1991] Program directive on de minimis violations.
[05/06/1991] Favorable Decision in National Engineering & Contracting Co. and Meroe Contracting and Supply v. OSHA.
[05/06/1991] Thomas E. Baca replacing Millicent Woods on the FACOSH.
[05/06/1991] Favorable Supreme Court Decision.
[05/06/1991] Favorable Review Commission Decision.

April

[04/16/1991] Self-centering controls will be required on overhead bridge and container handling gantry cranes only.[1917.45]
[04/08/1991] Use of Blood Carboxyhemoglobin to Document Employee Exposure to Carbon Monoxide
[04/08/1991] Questions and Answers on the New Penalty System.
[04/08/1991] Clarification of OSHA Instruction CPL 2.45B CH-1.
[04/04/1991] Compliance with 1910.147 using the new Block-Out safety product line.[1910.147]
[04/01/1991] Jurisdictional Issue - Southwest Transportation.[1975.1]

March

February

[02/28/1991] Protection from hazards of bloodborne pathogens in dentistry
[02/06/1991] Recording of occupational hearing loss on OSHA Form 200[1904.2]
[02/04/1991] Warning garments for flagmen at construction sites[1926.201(a); 1926.650(f)]
[02/01/1991] Use of Self-luminous and electroluminescent exit signs.[1910.37(q)(6); 1910.37(q)(7)]
[02/01/1991] Request for OSHA's approval of a specific Commercial Scuba Diver Training and Certification program denied[1910]

January

[01/30/1991] Written hazard communication program required in any area where a possible hazard exists[1910.120]
[01/29/1991] Control of Hazardous Energy Sources (Group Lockout/Tagout).[1910.147(f)(3); 1910.333(b)(2)]
[01/23/1991] Hazards created by unguarded vertical food mixers.[1910.212]
[01/22/1991] Cost of HIB and HIV vaccine for nursing home employees to be borne by the employer
[01/16/1991] Barge loading equipment.[1918; 1918.13]


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