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Remember: this venture is in its earliest stages. The website and its information is expected to grow and change a great deal as it develops. Let me know if you have any ideas!

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There are an enormous number of topics to be covered in Occupational Safety & Health. This Library is in desperate need of all those who can contribute! And, just like Wikipedia, it's meant to be a living document. Information changes and new things come along all the time. For this Knowledge Library to be effective, the knowledge needs to be accurate, kept up-to-date, and be easy to use. Your contribution to the site is invaluable.

Are you researching a topic that you're unfamiliar with while you prepare for an inspection or to issue a citation? Create a wiki page to collect your notes and thoughts. This can be tremendously helpful for you and for others.

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Recent News Failed to load RSS feed from https://oshky.wordpress.com/feed/atom/: There was a problem during the HTTP request: 410 Gone July 31 Safety CSHO Roseanna Hurst's last day. Happy Re-Retirement!!! July 24 Director Foster's last day in the office. He's taking the rest of his two weeks off with leave. July 21 Jacque sent out the latest edition of the OSHA Express Newsletter. July 17 Director Foster announced that he is leaving us to pursue a position better for him and his family. Two new IH's have joined KYOSH Compliance: Zachary Hoover and Todd Traylor. July 7 OSHA Express - BUILD 166 Released June 26, 2017 Through Kentucky's legislative process, the new silica standard has now also been postponed until the federal standard goes into effect. That is currently scheduled to go into effect in September. June 15, 2017 OTI class pre-registration for Fed FY2018. Contact your training guru for details. May 18, 2017 OTI course cancellations Inspection Techniques and Legal Aspects Course 1410 – June 13-23, 2017 Advanced Legal Aspects Course 1412 – June 13-16, 2017 Ergonomic Course 2250 – June 20-23, 2017 Cranes in General Industry Course 2080 – June 27-29, 2017 PSM Hazard Analysis Course 3400 – July 11-21, 2017 Oil and Gas Course 3000 – August 8-11, 2017 May 17, 2017 Vacancy Posted (Click on "Search openings" here.) OSH Compliance Officer I Posting Date Range: 5/18 - 5/27 New Intranet web site: http://lab127web2/intra. This is only accessible from the work network. KYOSH will be enforcing the new silica standards (OSHA Publication 3681) starting on June 23rd despite an internal OSHA policy memo extending the federal deadline until September. Kentucky statute does not allow the suspension, delay, or modification of regulations through policy or other administrative action once it has been adopted. April 27, 2017 Adopted and Declined CPLs for KYOSH as of 2/3/17: CPL_Log_-_02_03_17.pdf March 30, 2017 Data points being monitored by Director: # of fatalities, imminent dangers, other than serious violations, serious violations, FTA, Willful, REC (Related to complaint/referral etc) Average lapse times Average citations per case