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December

12/30/1991 - Review of product literature.
12/24/1991 - Enforcement of Bloodborne Pathogen Standard - [1910.1030]
12/24/1991 - Recording of hearing loss on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1910.95; 1904]
12/20/1991 - OSHA 200 Form Location - [1904.2]
12/19/1991 - Exits must not be locked or obstructed. - [1910.36(d)]
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 - Audiometric test results recording on the OSHA 200 log. - [1904]
12/16/1991 - OSHA 200 Log and hearing loss. - [1904]
12/16/1991 - OSHA 200 log and hearing loss. - [1904]
12/06/1991 - Modified approach to lifting several steal beams at one time. - [1926.550; 1926.251]
12/06/1991 - Questions relating to occupational hearing loss. - [1904]
12/06/1991 - Use of automatic equipment for the machining of connecting rods, crankshafts, cylinder heads and engine blocks. - [1910.147]
12/04/1991 - Hazwoper training requirements. - [1910.121]
12/03/1991 - Operating a crane in close proximity to overhead power lines. - [1910.137; 1926.550]
12/03/1991 - Techam LVL Scaffold Plank - [1926.451]
12/02/1991 - Requirements for clearances behind permanently installed vertical ladders in elevator pits. - [1910.27]

November

11/19/1991 - Fiberglass and the HCS Standard - [1910.1200; 1910.1200(d)]
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]
11/05/1991 - Load Chart Posting and Visibility Requirements for Mobile Cranes - [1910.180; 1926.550]

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
10/04/1991 - Compliance determinations for locking hooks. - [1926.550]
10/03/1991 - Width of Manhole Covers - [1910.24]
10/02/1991 - Costs of complying with 1910.120. - [1910.120]
10/01/1991 - Ladders used with scaffolds - [1926 Subpart X]
10/01/1991 - Regulations regarding the use of stilts.
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]

September

09/30/1991 - Failures with anti-two blocking devices - [1926.550(g)(3)(ii)(C)]
09/24/1991 - Informal Conference Guidance.
09/20/1991 - Request for variance from standard on Cranes and Derricks - [1926.550(a)(9); 1905.11]
09/18/1991 - Field Service Memo on Electrical Testing Equipment
09/17/1991 - Appropriate recordkeeping for CTD case resolution and symptom recurrence. - [1904]
09/17/1991 - Recording Cumulative Trauma Disorders on the OSHA 200 Log. - [1904]
09/11/1991 - Recording hearing loss on the OSHA 200 Log
09/10/1991 - Fall protection as it relates to electric power transmission line construction and maintenance. - [1926.951]
09/06/1991 - Requirement of Carcinogen warning label on textile glass filaments. - [1910.1200]
09/04/1991 - Article in Magazine Containing Incorrect Information About Lockout/Tagout Requirements. - [1910.147]
09/04/1991 - Standard Threshold Shift in hearing level - [1910.95]

August

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]
08/30/1991 - Recordkeeping requirements for injury cases which result in treatment with prescription medications. - [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
08/02/1991 - OSHA currently accepts U.S. Coast Guard devices approved as a Type I PFD, Type II PFD, Type III PFD or Type V PFD, or their equivalent. - [1926.106; 1915.158; 1917.95; 1918.105]

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]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/08/1991 - Enforcement of the Welding Fume PEL. - [1910.1000]
07/01/1991 - Pacific strike force 24 hour training requirement - [1910.120]

June

06/28/1991 - Regarding warning labels under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
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 - Guarding of protruding steel rods. - [1926.7; 1926.500]
06/18/1991 - Review Commission Decisions. - [1926.500(d)(1)]
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 - Responsibilities for hospitals to comply with HAZWOPER standard. - [1910.120]
06/07/1991 - Revision of STD 1-11.5 as a result of DOT changes.
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 - Favorable Review Commission Decision.
05/06/1991 - Favorable Supreme Court Decision.
05/06/1991 - Regarding labeling requirements of the OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
05/06/1991 - Thomas E. Baca replacing Millicent Woods on the FACOSH.

April

04/16/1991 - Self-centering controls will be required on overhead bridge and container handling gantry cranes only. - [1917.45]
04/08/1991 - Clarification of OSHA Instruction CPL 2.45B CH-1.
04/08/1991 - Questions and Answers on the New Penalty System.
04/08/1991 - Use of Blood Carboxyhemoglobin to Document Employee Exposure to Carbon Monoxide
04/04/1991 - Compliance with 1910.147 using the new Block-Out safety product line. - [1910.147]
04/04/1991 - Separate line for a full body harness - [1910.27]
04/03/1991 - Favorable Review Commission Decision. - [1915.73(d)]
04/01/1991 - Jurisdictional Issue - Southwest Transportation. - [1975.1]

March

03/21/1991 - Issuing OSHA Form 72's for Defective Gear Found Aboard Vessels - [1919.11; 1918.12]
03/20/1991 - Information on Robotics, Presence Sensing Devices, Ergonomics, and Hand Speed Criteria - [1910.217]
03/19/1991 - The point of operation and rotating part hazards related to vertical food mixers in bakeries and restaurants are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. - [1910.212(a)(1); 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)]
03/18/1991 - Favorable Review Commission Decision.
03/18/1991 - Favorable Review Commission Decision.
03/08/1991 - The obligations and responsibilities of machine manufacturers under the lockout/tagout standard. - [1910.147; 1910.147(c)(2)(iii)]

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 - Request for OSHA's approval of a specific Commercial Scuba Diver Training and Certification program denied - [1910]
02/01/1991 - Use of Self-luminous and electroluminescent exit signs. - [1910.37(q)(6); 1910.37(q)(7)]

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]
01/08/1991 - Point of operation guarding for the AMPOMATOR CLS II Wire Terminal Machine - [1910.212(a)]

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