ABSTRACT

Safety and health professionals sometimes nd themselves in compliance predicaments where there is no guidance within the Occupational Safety and Health standards or the situation may be in violation of a specic standard; however, compliance cannot be achieved under the circumstances. The safety and health professional has identied the situation as a potential risk and the situation possesses a high probability of being cited under a specic standard or under the general duty clause.* All potentially applicable standards have been analyzed, but there is just not a good t. What is the safety and health professional supposed to do?