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Avian Flu Compliance Compendium
 Only $9.95
OSHA, and MIOSHA in Michigan,
don't have an Avian Flu Law, and probably won't. Instead, OSHA
published "Avian Flu Guidelines" in 2004. They updated
them in 2007. OSHA guidelines are strange things! Businesses
don't have to comply with these guidelines since they are not
laws.
However, if you fail to follow
an OSHA guideline and one of your employees is exposed to a hazard
mentioned in a guideline, you can be fined by OSHA for violating
the "General Duty Clause" (GDC) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act for failing to "furnish to each of
his employees employment and a place of employment which are
free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to
cause death or serious physical harm...." Avian Flu is definitely
a "recognized hazard" - it's in the news every day.
A classic example of GDC
usage to fine employers is Tuberculosis. OSHA Has no TB law,
and they say they'll never have one. However over the years scores
of employers have been fined for violating OSHA's TB Guidelines,
which were first published in 1994, using the GDC.
OSHA's considers Avian Flu
(AF) to be both a bloodborne disease and an airborne disease.
The OSHA AF Guidelines require compliance with the Bloodborne
Pathogens Standard 29 CFR 1910.1030, the Respiratory Protection
Standard 29 CFR 1910.134, and the Personal Protective Equipment
Standard 29 CFR 1910.132. If you believe that any of your employees
could be exposed to AF as they perform their job duties, you
need to be in full compliance with these laws.
Remember, the AF Guidelines
are not a law. You don't have to do anything to prepare for AF.
However, if you don't prepare and one of your employees is exposed
to AF as they perform their job duties, you can be fined. You
can't wait until your first employee is exposed and then start
complying - you're supposed to be in full compliance with the
three Standards mentioned above before your first employee is
exposed.
The Avian Flu Compliance
Compendium contains over 500 pages of compliance information
for both OSHA and MIOSHA including:
• The OSHA and MIOSHA
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• The OSHA and MIOSHA Respiratory Protection Standard
• The OSHA and MIOSHA Personal Protective Equipment Standard
• The OSHA Avian Flu Guidelines
• Fill in the blank OSHA and MIOSHA Bloodborne Pathogens
sample compliance plans (Microsoft Word®
format)
• Fill in the blank OSHA and MIOSHA Respiratory Protection
sample compliance plans (Microsoft Word® format)
• Hazard Assessments forms required by the OSHA and MIOSHA
Personal Protective Equipment Standard
• And other compliance information
* The files on the CD-ROM disk are in Adobe Portable Document
Format® (pdf). These compliance files can be read, searched
for keywords or phrases, and printed using the Adobe Reader 6.0®
software for Windows® included on the disk. Apple® computer
users can download free software for the Mac® from www.adobe.com.
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