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Pallet C e nt ral • S e ptem be r- O ctobe r 2 0 24 35 Process Management So ware For The Pallet And Timber Industries CALL & SCHEDULE A DEMO TODAY ThePalMateGroup.com | 877.267.8384 Reduce Redundant Entries Produc on Management Inventory Summaries Barcoding Systems Sales Reports And More! GET ACCESS TO REAL-TIME INFORMATION! in 2020 –2022, which derailed much of OSHA's other regulatory activity). Here are the key items impacting the NWPCA community on the latest OSHA agenda (items not relevant were omitted): • Mechanical Power Presses. OSHA is analyzing comments from a Request for Information in 2021. • Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Ser v ices. Watch for the potential that the scope of this rule could be expanded. Proposed rule due 12/24. • Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal. OSHA is reviewing comments from 2022 ANPR M. Comments under review. • Tree Care: OSHA is promulgating a specific standard covering the tree care/landscaping industry (modeled on ANSI Z133.1 consensus standard). A final rule is due in 12/24. • Powered Industrial Tr uck Design. Final rule due 8/24. is would update the currently adopted ANSI standard from 1969 and replace it by incorporating more current (2019/2020/2021) versions (totaling 200 pages). NWPCA did submit comments on the proposal, raising concerns about the scope of the rule. • LOTO: Changes to allow more computerized/electronic LOTO. NPR M due 12/24. • Welding in Conf ined Spaces for Constr uction. A proposed rule is due 2/25. • Heat Illness. e proposed rule was released as a draft on 7/2/24. A 120- day comment period will be provided, as well as a public hearing, but the time period has not yet started as the proposed rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register (as of 8/8/24). e final federal OSHA rule will cover both indoor and outdoor worksites, with initial triggers for employer action occurring at 80 degrees (heat index), and more stringent requirements for water/ breaks/rest mandated at 90 degrees (heat index). It covers all work sectors regulated by federal OSHA. Multiple states already have heat standards through state plan OSHA programs (California, Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota) and Maryland is in the final stages of promulgating its own unique standard.

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