As a safety
consultant and OSHA Outreach trainer, I hear a
lot of discussion about certain safety measures that some people mistakenly
believe must be followed “because Federal OSHA standards require it”. While
their intentions are good, many times they would be embarrassed if someone
challenged them to put their money where their mouth is and find the particular
standard to which they referred, because the standard they are referring to
does not exist. So I decided this month I would draw on my past experiences and
share some of these phantom regulations I run across often by presenting my
list of Five OSHA Standards That Really Don’t Exist.
Seat Belts on Forklifts: How many times have you heard someone state
that forklift operators must wear their seat belt (a.k.a. an operator restraint
system) because “it’s required in the OSHA standards”? While forklift . . .
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