Specialty Piling Systems, Inc.
For Pile Driving Cushions
Pile Cushions
Plywood cushions for all sizes and shapes of concrete piles
square, round, solid or hollow, and cylinder piles.
Hammer Cushions
For all hammers – Conbest© and Aluminum, Conbest II©,
Hamortex© and Azobé.
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Direct Phone: 985-643-0690
Info@SpecialtyPiling.com
Toll Free Fax & Phone: 1-888-231-6478
▼▼OSHA POSTPONES FILING DEADLINE
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
plans to postpone the filing deadline for its new electronic recordkeeping
rule, which had been set at July 1 for many employers.
The agency updated its website on May 17 to note that that it
would be proposing an extension of the deadline, days after media
reports noted that the website for submissions was still not live.
OSHA did not specify a potential new filing deadline.
About the rule
The regulation, officially titled the Final Rule to Improve Tracking
of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, was put into place in May
2016. It requires, among other provisions, that many employers
submit workplace injury reports to OSHA electronically. The rule
does not change the information that employers must keep, but
changes the way they are required to report it.
OSHA has said that information on workplace injuries that is
collected electronically will be made public, though no personally
identifiable information about workers will be disclosed. The rule
is the subject of a suit filed by a number of industry groups, which
claim it jeopardizes privacy, is unfair to businesses and creates burdensome
paperwork.
Other provisions of the rule took effect in December.
These include anti-retaliation measures, aimed at preventing
employers from instituting policies that might intimidate
workers into concealing workplace injuries. One controversial
provision bans the use of drug testing for employees after
a workplace accident unless drugs or alcohol are “likely to
have contributed to the incident.” Also included are provisions
that ban incentives for certain periods of time without
a workplace injury, which OSHA argues can lead to
underreporting injuries. t
Did You Know?
Wire rope inspection:
What is “peening”?
One often overlooked factor of wire rope inspection is
“peening,” where the wire rope strikes a solid object
repeatedly, and causes damage to the rope. A classic
example of this occurrence is when one is pile driving,
and the hammer line bounces against the boom or
sheaves when it goes slack momentarily. And since
we lift and lower the hammer almost constantly, the
action of the rope going over a sheave may also induce
peening. Remember, wire rope inspection is critical for
all of your equipment, including dedicated pile drivers,
not just cranes. t
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