OSHA Management Guidelines

Published in the FR 54 (16), 3904-3916, January 26, 1989, these voluntary guidelines apply to all places of employment covered by OSHA. The guidelines identify four general elements critical to the development of a successful safety and health management system  

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List the four general elements of the OSHA Management Guidelines. 

A question often asked when dealing with hazardous materials is whether a eertain site is eompliant with the Proeess Safety Management Guidelines as well as HAZWOPER guidelines. In order to answer this question, we have modified a Department of Labor doeument and ineluded it below. Should the reader desire more information on this subjeet, refer to the OSHA web page for the following publieation U.S. Department of Labor Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration 1994. 

OSHA, Process Safety Management. Guidelines for Compliance. OSHA 3133, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. 1992. 

More than one third of occupational related injuries or illnesses reported by employees to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are estimated to be caused by musculoskeletal disorders. In 2003 federal regulations based on occupational management guidelines that are 15 years old are still not finalized as a result of OSHA continuing to work with Congress and small business advocacy groups to complete a rule that is deemed fair to both employees and employers. 

OTHER SOURCES OF OSHA ASSISTANCE SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES... 

Ergonomic Program Management Guidelines for Meatpacking Plants, OSHA 3123. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Labor, 1990. 

In January 1989 [OSHA] pubhshed voluntary. Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines, which are recommended to aU employers as a foundation for their safety and health programs and as a framework for their ergonomics programs. 

Members of the ZIO committee have said that the draft document to be submitted for public comment in the normal course of standard development will be representative of what has been learned about good safety management, and will be somewhat beyond the safety management guidelines issued in previous years that were then considered acceptable. An example of such previous issuances are the Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1989. 

Objectives for the Guidelines state that they should contribute to safety at a national level (legislation) and at an organizational level. The latter is to be addressed here. With what would one compare the ILO/OSH Guidelines The previously mentioned Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines issued by OSHA will serve that purpose. 

Requirements in the ILO/OSH Guidelines are more precise and extensive than those in OSHA s Guidelines. For example, the ILO/OSH Guidelines contain the following verbiage with respect to management responsibility. 

OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines... 

OSHA s Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Federal Register, 54, January 26, 1989. Washington, E)C Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

ADDENDUM EXCERPTS FROM OSHA S SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ISSUED AT 54 FR 3904, JANUARY 26,1989... 

Today, Canadian process safety management guidelines are based on those promulgated by the US. Center for Chemical Process Safety and are contained in the document. Process Safety Management (Center for Chemical Process Safety 1992). The dozen elements of process safety management are identified in Table 21-2 and very closely track with those of the OSHA requirement, but there are differences. 

Implement and maintain a safety and health management system that, at a minimum, addresses OSHA s 1989 Safety and Health Program Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred Management Guidelines. 

Safety and Health Program Management Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Fact Sheet Scaffolding (OSHA 3150— 2002). 

Process Safety Management Guidelines for Compliance, OSHA Pub 3133. 

OSHA 3133, Process Safety Management Guidelines for Compliance. www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3133.html... 

Process Safety Management Guideline for Comphance, 1910.119. OSHA Bulletin 3133. http //www.osha.gov/Pubhcations/osha3133.html. 

For the sake of simplicity, we will utilize the elements as outlined in OSHA s Safety Program Management Guidelines and performance evaluation procedure draft. Refer to Table 17-2. 

Observation statement Our organization conforms to OSHA regulations, human resource management guidelines from our trade association, and ISO 9000 quality standards. ... 

Agency for Toxic Substances Disease. Medical Management guidelines for formaldehyde,http //www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mmg/mmg.asp id= 216 tid=39, (accessed Dec 2015) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Formaldehyde, Occupational Health Standards, 1910.1048 App C, https //www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show document p table=standards p id=10078, (accessed Oct 2014). 

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