Minnesota OSHA Compliance -- Safety Lines archive, the newsletter of Minnesota OSHA

January 2013, Number 78

• 2012 review:  inspections, outreach, training, response

• How to report a workplace accident

• Department of Labor and Industry sets five-year goals, strategies

• DLI Dashboard shows agency performance indicators

• Safety alerts:  swivel snaphook, harness, escape respirator, firefighter facepiece lens

• MNOSHA standards update:  AWAIR list revisions adopted

• Free Construction Seminars:  MNOSHA Compliance reviews standard, stakeholder discusses compliance practices

• Workplace cleaning chemicals, housekeeping spotlighted

• Consultation corner:

• Imminent danger seen, potential incident prevented

• Conference to address safe handling of patients

• Workplace violence prevention roundtable discussion

• Safety Grant Program awards more than $1 million

• MNSHARP Construction promotes safety excellence

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• New data being collected for occupational injuries and illnesses

• MNOSHA answers frequently asked questions

• State's mandatory workplace posters simplified, translated, easier to print

• SOII sauce:  2011 incidence rates, plus case and demographic characteristics available

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP Construction worksites

April 2013, Number 79

• Workplace inspections:  Minnesota OSHA emphasis program

• Save the date:  2013 Workers' Compensation Summit

• What to do before MNOSHA arrives at the door

• Career opportunities with Minnesota OSHA

• MNOSHA identifies standards cited most often in 2012

• Safety product alert:  improperly installed rivets on FallTech hooks

• Case file review/settlement process studied, streamlined

• How to report a workplace accident

• 'Inhale ... exhale ...' Proper respirator use, fit, care

• Annual Safety and Health Conference includes second Minnesota Safe Patient Handling and Movement Program

• Safety alert:  Two incidents involving Grove 90-ton mobile cranes

• Consultation corner:

• Fall-protection methods for residential construction
• Tree felling and chain-saw safety on the job or at home
• Logging claim characteristics brochure update
• Working with airborne contaminants, noise, heat
• MNSTAR Program update



• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Federal OSHA warns employers of little-known engine hazards

• SOII sauce:  Worker age and cases with one or more days away from work

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP Construction worksite

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January 2012, Number 74

• Minnesota OSHA's year in review

• Workplace Safety Consultation

• Compliance

• Minnesota OSHA meets with construction industry representatives to strengthen, grow partnership programs

• New WSC online survey gathers employers' feedback

• Decoding encrypted email from the department

• Logging claim characteristics brochure now available

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• Commercial motor-vehicle drivers:  Hand-held mobile telephone restrictions effective Jan. 3

• Temporary help firms:  Who's the boss?

• OSHA releases new online construction safety videos

• Safety and health excellence:  Water Heater Innovations, Inc. -- Employee involvement, company action lead safety effort

• Next construction seminar, Jan. 17:  New crane standard

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Handling patients safely:  Jan. 1 deadline arrives

• How to report an accident

• SOII sauce:  2010 cases and demographic characteristics now available

• New case data being collected for injuries, illnesses survey

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP Construction worksite

• More resources from DLI:  newsletters, email lists

• Don't miss MNOSHA's newest 'best of the worst' photos

April 2012, Number 75

• Window-washing standard reflects improvements in worker safety

• Free seminar, May 15:  Sparkling clear answers about new window-washing standard

• Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety Consultation:  A resource for small employers

• Annual publication showcases state-plan state programs

• Safety and health excellence:  Lovegreen, Inc. -- Being proactive supports safety culture, continual improvement

• Hair-straightening process still snarled with potential health hazards

• Minnesota Safety Report:  Research highlights

• Conference offers workplace safety solutions:  Daylong safe patient handling program offered with MNOSHA consultation

• Minnesota OSHA strengthens ties to construction industry

• SOII sauce:  A quick lesson about injury rates in education

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• MNOSHA identifies standards cited most often in 2011

• More resources from DLI:  newsletters, email lists

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• How to report an accident

July 2012, Number 76

• Heat stress:  take easy precautions, look for symptoms

• New system standardizes chemical classification, labeling information

• MNOSHA standards update

• Window-washing regulations:  Clear answers to frequently asked questions

• Follow-up inspections show need for continued oversight

• How to report an accident

• Concrete and masonry personnel:  It's not just dust, it's silica

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Roslyn Robertson named Workplace Safety Consultation director

• Safe-patient-handling update from Workplace Safety Consultation

• SOII sauce:  Passenger airlines carry heavy injury baggage

• Next season of free Construction Seminars to offer MNOSHA review of standard, plus compliance practices shown by construction stakeholder

• Information, restrictions for working teens

• New federal OSHA respiratory protection training resources

• Federal OSHA kicks off fall-protection program

• Burski wins Arthur E. McCauley, Jr. Award

October 2012, Number 76

• Construction safety and health partnerships revised, renewed

• MNOSHA safety hazard alert:  grain bins

• MNOSHA standards update:  Hazard Communications adopted, revision of standards referenced in Acetylene

• An emerging workplace threat:  MRSA

• How to report an accident

• 'UnderConstruction Program' offers career counseling, safety training to young workers

• 2011 workplace fatality statistics released; injury, illness rates coming soon

• A WSC roundtable discussion:  Workplace violence prevention in health care settings

• Free Construction Seminars:  MNOSHA reviews standard, stakeholder discusses compliance practices

• MNOSHA answers frequently asked questions

• New system helps health care providers benchmark injury rates, patterns

• Minnesota OSHA participates in annual safety day event in Duluth

• About MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

January 2011, Number 70

• 2010:  Minnesota OSHA's year in review

• Ken Peterson to lead DLI

• MNOSHA program funding, services provided

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• Now submit progress reports electronically

• Free construction seminars:  a great way to stay up to date with Minnesota OSHA

• Patient handling requirements update

• SOII sauce:  'Got a license for that thing?'

• Recordkeeping 201:  Recording cases and reporting claims -- A tale of two systems

• 2009 injury and illness survey statistics now available

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Updated brochure available:  Work comp claim characteristics

April 2011, Number 71

• LogSafe:  Tips for safe brush and tree clean-up work

• DLI assists with flood response

• SOII sauce:  Marble floors are slippery and hard -- injuries, illnesses in the Financial Activities industry

• Kris Eiden named deputy commissioner; Gary Hall returns as assistant commissioner

• 'What is MNOSHA looking for?':  window washing

• 2010 most frequently cited standards

• History 101:  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1970 to 2010

• Don't miss MNOSHA's 'best of the worst' photos

• Free construction seminar May 17:  a great way to stay up to date with Minnesota OSHA

• Safety while moving patients:  model program available for clinics

• Minnesota businesses improve, one safety grant at a time

• Companies recognized for superior safety standards, practices

• Annual OSHA state-plan update released, available online

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Safety Council conference offers workplace safety solutions

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

July 2011, Number 72

• New residential fall-protection program

• New Web tool helps employers with injury, illness recordkeeping

• Excavation fatality underscores trenching dangers

• New effort to keep workers safe from heat stress

• SOII sauce:  The changing nature of assault injuries

• LogSafe program, coordinator credited for assisting Mn/DOT award recipient

• Minnesota Safety Report:  research highlights

• Personal protective equipment:  Online tools can make learning about a serious subject fun

• Role in Minnesota Safety and Health Conference deemed a success

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Don't miss MNOSHA's newest 'best of the worst' photos

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Updated fatality, serious-injury investigation information online

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksite

October 2011, Number 73

• Grain entrapment:  A perennial threat

• When MNOSHA is denied entry

• MNOSHA standards update:  Shipyard employment; new improvement project phase

• Grants for fall-protection guidelines available; contractors can apply for up to $10,000 to help with new safety rules

• Safety grants at-a-glance:  Jan. 1, 2010 through Aug. 19, 2011

• Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety Consultation:  Changes to exemption terms; increase to construction partnering

• Letter to beverage distributors warns of industry-specific injuries

• Valentine to manage MNOSHA programs, DLI information services

• Handling patients safely:  Success of first facilitated discussion with hospitals leads to a second

• Safe patient handling myths, facts in dental practices

• CDC offers STOP STICKS campaign

• State's fatal work-injuries increase in 2010

• SOII sauce:  Ready for a lift this morning?

• Children may not operate, assist with power-driven hoists/lifts

• Federal government warns of defective safety equipment

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksite

• CDC pounces on injury statistics with WISQUARS database system

• Don't miss MNOSHA's newest 'best of the worst' photos

• MNOSHA consultants keep safety on track at Union Depot

• Save the dates:  Free construction seminars, discussion

January 2010, Number 66

• 2009:  The year in review

• MNOSHA reminder:  complete and post annual summary of injuries, illnesses

• MNOSHA reorganizes staff to meet goals, expectations

• Changes to Minnesota OSHA payment system

• In memoriam:  Darrell E. Anderson, P.E., CIH, CSP, Minnesota

• New year, new equipment

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• Workplace inspections:  Minnesota OSHA emphasis programs

• MNOSHA investigators are well-trained, capable professionals

• Minnesota OSHA safety hazard alert:  Window washing operations

• Positive direction:  Survey shows Minnesota workplace injuries continue to decrease

• Updates on the Web:  Weekly OSHA case summaries, annual state-plan report available

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Partnerships with Minnesota OSHA Compliance

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites, MNSHARP Construction worksites

• Next Construction Breakfast, Jan. 19 -- Panel discussion:  construction safety training

• Don't miss MNOSHA's 'best of the worst' photos, 2007 and 2008

April 2010, Number 67

• Plan, train, inspect before digging:  MNOSHA entrenched in effort to stop excavation accidents

• Minnesota OSHA standards update

• Deadline approaches for clinics and outpatient facilities

• MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation Director Collins retires

• Fact sheets, work comp brochure updated and online

• Part two:  MNOSHA investigators are well-trained, capable professionals

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Recordkeeping 201, part eight:  'And a one, and a two' -- Counting employees and hours

• Working together:  Construction partnerships build strong safety, health community

• In the field:  MNSTAR worksite finds success through teamwork

• MNOSHA Web resources

• Software tools help employers show need for safety and benefits and costs of health and safety programs

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksite

• 76th annual safety, health conference focused on staying connected

• Last chance for the season:  Construction Breakfast, May 18; Fall protection:  what's new, best practices, rescue plans

• Don't miss MNOSHA's 'best of the worst' photos, 2007 and 2008

July 2010, Number 68

• Penalty, standards updates

• National emphasis program focuses on recordkeeping

• Pick your poison:  a workplace fatality story

• Minnesota safety report:  Research highlights

• SOII sauce:  Median days away from work, 2008; private industry

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Extra caution:  Practice safety in road construction work zones

• Road construction safe-driving tips

• Nursing home ergonomics services evaluation now available

• Safe patient handling:  model program available

• Preparing for fall harvest:  grain bin safety

• Former OSHA Management Team member Paul Siciliano dies

• Conference round-up:  Staying connected with worksite safety

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• New day dawns for MNOSHA Construction Breakfast program, changes in store for 2010-2011 season

October 2010, Number 69

• Imminent danger = a very serious matter

• Check for MNOSHA inspector's credentials

• MNOSHA standards update:  AWAIR, federal adoptions

• Electrical tester recall:  Fluke's 1AC-I VoltAlert may fail

• Safety Grant Program:  improving your odds; new online grant application

• New team put in place to guide popular, expanding programs

• Recordkeeping 201, part nine:  Matching workplaces and workers to OSHA logs

• 2009 injury and illness survey estimates available this fall

• High-visibility clothing:  The fashion to be 'seen' in

• SOII sauce:  Interesting findings from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

• Teen claims characteristics information sheet updated

• Ripped from the headlines:  Minnesota OSHA investigators focus on ...

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Free construction seminars:  a great way to stay up to date with Minnesota OSHA

January 2009, Number 62

• 2008:  Minnesota OSHA's year in review

• Attention to safety and health spans length of I-35W project

• Minnesota workplace injuries and illnesses statistics reach new all-time low

• Elevating awareness:  asbestos in elevator doors

• Recordkeeping 201, part five:  Needlestick and sharps injuries, contact with bodily fluids

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• MNOSHA grant-programs award match for safety projects

• Career opportunities

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Cutting safety down to size

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

• Lessons learned from MNOSHA fatality investigations

• 2009 Construction Breakfast seminars are satisfying learning experiences

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksites

April 2009, Number 63

• Minnesota Workplace Safety Report:  Most-recent data shows Minnesota's workplaces safer

• Compliance corner:  Safe Patient Handling Act effective July 1

• DLI launches new Web site May 1, with new address

• Annual conference offers workplace safety solutions

• New Minnesota OSHA Compliance Director Jim Krueger

• Fact sheets, work comp brochure updated and online

• Recordkeeping 201, part six:  Whare are 'other recordable cases'?

• Safety in full swing at new baseball stadium

• Preventing combustible-dust explosion

• Minnesota Associated Builders and Contractors expects growth in MNOSHA construction partnership

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• MNOSHA advisory group meets May 1

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksites

July 2009, Number 64

• Hydration, acclimatization help workers beat the heat

• Warm weather tips

• Longtime OSHA inspector recognized

• Safe Patient Act amended; deadline clarified

• Recap:  Minnesota Safety and Health Conference a success

• Get fall protection -- it's catchy

• Consultation helps good safety history continue during renovation

• OSHA Consultation provides hands-on safety and health lessons

• MNSTAR worksite

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Hexavalent chromium compliance deadline

• Construction Breakfast dates announced

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

• Redesigned DLI Web site, new address

October 2009, Number 65

• Online resources help businesses prepare for flu pandemic

• 'Oh the weather outside is frightful ...'; Monitor carbon monoxide overexposure indoors

• Scaffolding training builds up inspectors' knowledge

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksite

• Don't miss MNOSHA's 'best of the worst' photos, 2007 and 2008

• Next Construction Breakfast, Nov. 17:  MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation 101

• Safety gets priority seating at Target Field:  Monthly OSHA visits a hit, help workers get home safely

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Fact sheet:  Contents of a first-aid kit

• Recordkeeping 201, part seven:  A close look at first aid

• MNOSHA career opportunities

January 2008, Number 58

• 2007:  Minnesota OSHA's year in review

• MNOSHA's new 'best of the worst' photos

• I-35W bridge rebuild partnership

• Injury and illness survey team now collecting data for 2007

• Teen worker safety training help for teachers

• Nominations for DLI safety award recipient due March 30

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Council 2008

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP Construction worksite

• Career opportunities

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Recordkeeping 201, part three:  Job transfer and restricted work

• MNOSHA employees welcomed back after Iraq deployment

April 2008, Number 59

• I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge rebuild: Solid safety, health partnership spans the divide

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Annual surveys:  one down, one to go; new respondents' page

• Patient-handling grants give financial lift to 67 health care facilities statewide

• MNOSHA Construction Breakfast March 18; last breakfast of the season, May 20

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Partnerships in action:  Minnesota OSHA and AGC of Minnesota; CHASE Minnesota participants honored

• Minnesota safety report:  research highlights

• Career opportunities

• Important safety recall:  Louisville Ladder; Michigan Ladder

July 2008, Number 60

• Safety and health take the field at new Twins stadium

• MNOSHA invests in safety, health at new TCF Bank Stadium

• I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge rebuild

• Annual safety, health conference:  MNOSHA awards Arthur E. McCauley, Jr. Award to Dan Penny, receives award for I-35W bridge site safety collaboration

• About Arthur E. McCauley, Jr.

• Hydration, acclimatization help workers beat the heat

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksites

• Compliance corner:  Safe Patient Handling Act effective July 1

• Recordkeeping 201, part four:  New or deja vu? When to record injury recurrences and episodic illnesses

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksite

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• New WSC Alliance focuses on combustible dust hazards

• 'Stop the presses!' Workplace Safety Consultation teams with printing industry

• Workers' compensation reform:  Roll up our sleeves and get the job done

• Career opportunities

October 2008, Number 61

• Prepare now for familiar hazard: winter driving

• MNOSHA standards update

• Saving lives without breaking the bank

• Minnesota OSHA answers frequently asked questions

• Injury and illness survey gearing up for new year

• Minnesota's newest MNSHARP worksites

• I-35W safety and health audits continue under the bridge

• Training seminars:  Preventing combustible-dust explosion

• Minnesota OSHA safety hazard alert:  Mobile shelving systems

• Minnesota's newest MNSTAR worksite

• Career opportunities