02/23/2020
The source of infectious disease is people. Only a business with no employees can afford to fail to plan for the effect of illnesses on meeting production deadlines and quality products. (For more information on viral respiratory infections click on this
11/03/2019
In Part I we learned from an article by Lee Shelby called
10/23/2019
Recently, I was at a safety conference where the keynote speaker was Eric Giguere, who, even though he had never been trained in it before, volunteered to work with a crew installing sewer pipe. He recounted how his...
09/08/2019
Indications of effective Safety and Health Management:
08/13/2019
OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week!
Every year, the second week of August, OSHA encourages employers to recognize the success of workplace safety and health programs by participating in their Safe and Sound...
08/01/2019
The following tips are from 16 years in OSHA standard enforcement/consultation:
06/27/2019
There are many articles and blogs about employee engagement and getting through to the C-Suite (CEO, etc.) but this blog is about how to create a firmly engaged middle management. An effective Safety culture requires Supervisor engagement opportunities in all aspects of Safety in order to...
06/20/2019
OSHA is at the door, where did we put the sampling results from last year?
It is not unusual for an employer to be aware of the employee exposure sampling requirements of standards such as 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure, or 1910.1026 Hexavalent Chromium. However,...
06/12/2019
Do you have a Safety Silo?
When safety is seen as something separate from the company, as the job of the guys on the Safety Committee and/or the Safety Manager, then you have a Safety Silo. Here are some diagnostics:
06/12/2019
The OSHA electronic recordkeeping roller coaster continues! A couple of years ago, OSHA had indicated that they were going to require employers to submit electronic versions of their 300, 300A and 301 forms into their Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Last year, they reversed...
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