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September 25, 2013
While an IIPP document is nice, it is a summary of all the individual programs a company should have and as such is a bit repetitive to those individual guidelines/programs. So if a company has a sound EHS program chances are they have a comprehensive IIPP created. If a company does not have an IIPP chances are they are lacking many of the individual programs that make up a thorough IIPP.
OSHA is so far behind on updating many critial programs that focusing on an IIP is placing the cart before the horse. Work on updating/strengthing existing program before adding more. A few strong programs are better than many weak ones.
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September 30, 2013
California has had the IIPP requirement in place for 20 years and it helps focus the safety and health aspects. the problem is it became the most cited standard even over HazCom because most small companies don't have the resources to initiate nor complete an IIPP.How this gets done will be the biggest hurdle for OSHA. Federal is usually pretty good about designing usable tools that business/industry can use to accomplish the programs, I hope they work on those aspects first.
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October 22, 2013
I couldn't agree more with Paul Bloom. Safety professionals and stakeholders, in general, are burdened with more recordkeeping requirements than you can shake a stick at (safely, of course). There is no doubt that what is being released here is a paperwork exercise of reformatting what the majority of companies already have in place. It's frustrating and there will be a misleading slant of "failure to comply" added to the further doubt cast upon thousands of businesses that care deeply for employee health and safety.