It’s never easy dealing with someone who is not on the same page with you. I’ve been around a long time and have had experiences similar to yours. Some have had good endings, some not as good. But in every one of those situations I believe progress was made. First, establish your own priorities. Then be consistent and persistent in pursuing them. By establishing priorities, I mean you have to identify what is essential for the prevention of injury. There is a lot to a safety program that you can

Still recordable.--well established in preamble to the regulations and interpretive letters.

Not sure how clear my understanding is but I have a few of the pieces. It depends on the type bottle and the solution you use in the bottle. Many bottles that come sealed are throw-aways. Once the seal is broken they are to be discarded and replaced. They are not refillable. These are also to be replaced at the expiration date. For refillable bottles, it depends on what you use. You can use straight tap water if you refill them weekly. If you use tap water and a preservative, you will need to follow

All valid information for making a termination decision, but irrelevant to the recordability decision. I hate these type too, but try to chalk them up in the lessons learned category. We recently beefed up our substance abuse program to try to prevent similar incidents.

It is not quiet a automatic as anything beyond first aid . There are other factors to consider whether it is work related. If it is due to a non-work related illness that manifests at work, it is not work related. However, OSHA has been pretty consistent in considering substance abuse in the work place something that the employer is supposed to control. This is from OSHA's recordkeeping manual: Question 7-9 If an employee who sustains a work-related injury requiring days away from work is terminated

Review your MSDS 's for chemicals, permissible exposure levels, volatility, and etc. Then review your applications for potential exposures. If you do not have any experience with this, it can seem a little daunting. An Industrial Hygienist can help with the process. Often chemicals that may have very low toxicity will produce objectionable odors at levels well below their permissible exposure levels. That is when you need to get your employees involved in the evaluation process so that they can trust

I don't think you will find anything in the OSHA standard that requires them. There may be an industry standard that requires them. However, I'm not sure that is the point. They are a good common sense preventive measure if there is a risk for forklift/rack contact. That depends on the space, type of forklift, visibility, driver skill...

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There is no such general blanket requirement that I know of. The requirements depend on the type of facility. Industrial incidental use requirements are in 1910.106(e). That is where you will find the following: (e)(2)(ii)(b) The quantity of liquid that may be located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building shall not exceed: (e)(2)(ii)(b)(1) 25 gallons of Class IA liquids in containers (e)(2)(ii)(b)(2) 120 gallons of Class IB, IC, II,