Meetings recordkeeping

Conversely, used oil that meets all specification levels, which is known as on-specification used oil, is not subject to any restrictions when burned for energy recovery. In fact, on-specification used oil is comparable to product fuel in terms of regulation. Once the specification determination is made, and certain recordkeeping requirements are complied with, the on-specification used oil is no longer subject to used oil management standards. 

Worker safety studies are not likely to normally include a control substance (i.e., a material used in the study to serve as basis of comparison with the test substance). However, if a control substance is included as a treatment group, then it must (1) be fully characterized as to its identity, purity (or strength), and stability (and solubility, if appropriate) (2) be appropriately tested in mixtures with any carrier used and (3) meet all the other GLP recordkeeping, labeling, and storage requirements, as specified for the test substance. There is some regulatory relief here, however, in that water, by definition, is excluded from being considered a control substance, and vehicles (those substances added to enhance solubilization or dispersion of the test substance) are addressed separately in the FIFRA GLP Standards. 

Establishing a Recordkeeping System Any documentation system may meet the requirements of produce. .. quickly and present in an organized fashion. ... 

Report results, problems, and plans to supervisor Write weekly, monthly, semiannual, or yearly reports Share work experiences, procedures, and chemicals with coworkers Present own research at regularly scheduled group meetings Describe own experiments for patent applications or manuscripts of scientific articles Publish in chemical journals Recordkeeping... 

If a storage facihty does not meet the preceding requirements, storage for reuse is fimited to five years. Marking requirements and recordkeeping apply to such PCB Articles stored for reuse. 

For carriers that use an electronic mobile communication/ tracking system that does not meet the standards, there is one word of warning. The records from these non-qualified systems must still be retained for six months and can (and will) be requested and used as supporting documents during an investigation or audit. The fact that the system does not qualify only means that the carrier cannot use it to ease the supporting documents recordkeeping requirements. 

Like your recordkeeping system for vehicle accidents, you ll need to keep two sets of records for injuries and illnesses one set of records to meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and one set that is for your eyes only and goes above and beyond the OSHA requirements. 

Recordkeeping The signal person must have documentation from a third party qualified evaluator or the employer s qualified evaluator provides documentation that the individual meets the qualification requirements. 

Recordkeeping maintaining safety and health information to meet government requirements, as well as provide data for problem solving and decision making. 

For recordkeeping purposes, an injury or illness is an abnormal condition or disorder. Injuries include cases such as, but not limited to, a cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as, but not limited to, a skin disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. Injuries and illnesses are recordable only if they are new, work-related cases that meet one or more of the Part 1904 recording criteria. The distinction between injury and illness is no longer a factor for determining which cases are recordable. 

Varions types of reports are necessary to meet OSHA recordkeeping requirements, insnrance carriers, and other government regnlatory agencies. Additionally, some clients may reqnire additional site recordkeeping reqnirements. 

Recordkeeping, (i) An accurate record of the medical surveillance required by paragraph (f) of this section shall be retained. This record shall be retained for the period specified and meet the criteria of 29 CFR 1926.33. 

Under the recordkeeping requirements established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and adopted by virtually all of the state plans, the work-related injury or illness is required to be recorded on the OSHA provided forms. However, safety and health professionals should be aware that the criteria through which a work-related injury or illness becomes recordable is substantially narrower than that of a workers compensation claim. A work-related workers compensation claim in which monies are spent by the employer may not meet the criteria to become an OSHA recordable case. Thus, given the different criteria between workers compensation and OSHA, the same injury or illness could potentially be a difference, depending on which system is being evaluated. 

If a chemical did not meet the safety standard, then the use of the chemical could be restricted via labeling and warning requirements, recordkeeping requirements, data development obligations. 

This applies to any employer who is required to maintain a log of occupational injuries and illnesses under OSHA s injury and illness recordkeeping standard, part 1904. However, employers may use the OSHA 300 Log and 301 incident report to meet the sharps injury log requirements. To use the recordkeeping forms, the type and brand of the device has to be entered on either the 300 or 301 form, and the records must be maintained in a way that segregates sharps injixries from other types of work injuries. However, if you prefer to maintain a separate sharps injury log, there is a sample form on page 77 of this chapter. 

After reviewing your variance petition and any comments from your employees and the public, OSHA will decide whether or not your proposed recordkeeping procedures will meet the purposes of the OSH Act, will not otherwise interfere with the Act, and will provide the same information as the Part 1904regulations. If your procedvu es meet these criteria, the Agency may grant the variance subject to such conditions as he or she finds appropriate. 

A. The recordkeeping rule contains no general exception, for purposes of determining work-relationship, for cases involving acts of violence in the work environment. However, some cases involving violent acts might be included within one of the exceptions listed in 1904.5(b)(2). For example, if an employee arrives at work early to use a company conference room for a civic club meeting and is injured by some violent act, the case would not be work-related under the exception in 1904.5(b)(2)(v). 

If a standard threshold shift (STS), defined as an average of 10 dBA or more at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz, occurs in either ear, the employer must follow certain procedru-es outlined in the standard, including notifying the affected employee in writing. Hearing loss cases that meet specific criteria must be recorded on the OSHA 300 log according to the recordkeeping requirements of 1904.10. 

A. OSHA explains that in order to correctly apply the work-related exception 1904. 5(b)(2)(v), the case must meet both of the following conditions. The case must involve first, personal tasks at the establishment and second, must have occurred outside of the employee s assigned working hours. The nature of the activity in which the employee is engaged in at the time of the event or exposure, the degree of employer control over the employee s activity, the preventability of the incident, or the concept of fault do not affect the determination of work-relationship. For purposes of OSHA recordkeeping, the case did not meet the entire criteria under 1904.5(b)(2)(v). 

This case should not be considered as a case involving restricted work activity. 1904. 7(b)(4)(i)(A) states that restricted work occrus when an employer keeps the employee from performing one or more of the routine functions of his or her job. For recordkeeping purposes, an employee s routine functions are those work activities the employee regularly performs at least once per week. In the above scenario, the employee is restricted from activities he or she may have performed only once or twice a month and therefore does not meet the definition of routine job functions. 

Note The Safety Performance History background investigation ( 391.23 and 391.53) effective for drivers hired after October 29,2004, is not a required part of the DQ file, but rather a part of the Driver Investigation History (DIH) file. The DIH file must be kept in a secured location with access limited to those directly involved in the hiring process. If you combine the DQ and DIH files, the entire file must meet the more stringent of the two recordkeeping. 

If the driver s state of licensing did not meet the federal deadline and the driver s medical status does not appear on the driving record, employers would continue to use a copy of the medical examiner s certificate in the DQ file as proof of qualification. This alternative recordkeeping may only be used until the information appears on the MVR, but no later than January 30, 2015. 

Driver qualificatio procedures—This section of the written policy should include the company s hiring standard that meets all federal and state driver qualification requirements. In addition, the actual driver qualification procedures and the company s recordkeeping and retention procedures should be included here. 

The rules for auditors have been simplified. Starting July 1, 2013, IRP auditors moved towards a principal-based audit rather than a rule-based audit. Currently, auditors use a checklist to ensure IRP registrants have the required recordkeeping items. In the future, auditors will have some leeway and instead will determine if the registrant s records presented meet the purpose of the IRP. Auditors will now be looking at the big picture of the registrant s records instead of being limited by a checklist of items. 

An exposure incident is evaluated to determine if the case meets OSHA s recordkeeping requirements in Part 1904. This determination and the recording activities are done by ... 

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