Outside OSHA‘s Umbrella

摘要

Full compliance with all Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations still doesn't completely remove all risk of workplace incidents， says Nathan Vander Griend， president and CEO of ERI Solutions Inc.About 60 percent of incidents in the ethanol industry are the result of violations of OSHA‘s regulations.That means the remaining 40 percent occur even under compliance， Vander Griend says.Still， those can be eliminated by following suggested， nonmandatory organizational standards and safety strategies cited under OSHA‘s general duty clause， he says.The clause simply specifies that employers must provide a workplace free of recognized hazards that could cause injury or death."There‘s been no government requirement for ethanol producers to scrutinize those areas to the same degree，"he says."That‘s led to people being less educated on the hazards of those systems and， in turn， led to a lot of incidents， some of significant size， for this industry."