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The closest thing yet to an all-encompassing OSHA encyclopedia completely revised and updated! The Pennsylvania Chamber's 2007/2008 OSHA HANDBOOK presents a step-by-step compliance process for the standards most cited by OSHA under General Industry. This comprehensive working resource, compiled by leading experts in the field including actual OSHA inspectors, is specifically designed to help reduce the potential of higher fines and penalties when inspected by OSHA. New chapters to the revised edition include complete safety and health management system including the 4-Point Workplace Program guidelines and Action Plan Worksheets provided by OSHA, charts on inspection priorities, inspection detail definitions, violation definitions and accident information definitions, newest list of General Industry standards under "How to Tell Which Standards Apply to You," Forklift Safety Test Yourself Quiz, New chapter on Overview of Fall Protection Standards for Construction and General Industry. Greatly revised from the last edition are the 25 Most Cited OSHA Standards, information on the overlap of OSHA Record Keeping and PA's Workers Comp System, charts on the Emergency Response Plans under HAZWOPER compliance, Bloodborne Pathogens compliance including expanded information on Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C vaccines, employee exposure procedures and training, Process Safety Management compliance now includes all of the lists of regulated chemicals, and voluntary and required training section has doubled to 100 pages, from identifying training needs, to conducting the training to evaluation.