Next Week is Safe & Sound Week 2019, Are you Participating?

Join us for Safe + Sound Week, August 12-18, 2019 What Is Safe + Sound Week? A nationwide event to raise awareness and understanding of the value of safety and health programs that include management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards in workplaces. Why Participate? Safe workplaces are sound businesses. Successful safety and health programs[..]

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Back to School Driving Safety Tips

School days bring congestion:  School buses are picking up their charges, kids on bikes are hurrying to get to school before the bell rings,  parents trying to drop their kids off before work. Slow down and pay attention than when kids are present – especially before and after school. If You’re Dropping Off Schools often have very specific drop-off procedures[..]

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Meeting the Requirements for Emergency Equipment

  For companies maintaining or considering emergency shower and eyewash stations, there are two key standards to remember. The ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2014 American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment is an essential resource—visit ISEA’s www.safetyequipment.org website to order it. This important consensus standard outlines the minimum equipment performance[..]

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OSHA 2018 Top 10 Violations

The top 10 violations seen by OSHA in the fiscal year 2018: 1. Fall Protection—General Requirements: 1926.501, with 7,720 violations 2. Hazard Communication: 1910.1200, with 4,552 violations 3. Scaffolds—General Requirements: 1926.451, with 3,336 violations 4. Respiratory Protection: 1910.134, with 3,118 violations 5. Lockout/Tagout: 1910.147, with 2,944 violations 6. Ladders: 1926.1053,[..]

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7 tips for an effective workplace safety committee

1 – Put progression before perfection at the start. When creating a safety committee, begin the process with immediate and long-term goals, but be careful about aiming too high initially. What are you going to accomplish? Is there a measurement that you’re going to have?  What can you do to push safety forward just a little bit?  2 – Embrace variety. Workplaces consist[..]

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Shoveling Snow? This might shock you…

Snowmageddon, Snowpocalypse, SnOMG! There is no end to the terms for “really big snowstorm,” and those terms came in handy, particularly in America’s snowiest cities. Just check out these average annual snowfall totals, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:Mt. Washington, NH – 281.2 inches Houghton, MI – 207.7 inches Syracuse, NY – 123.8[..]

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Getting Workers to Use Their Protective Gear

Small changes in training can lead to big results.Buying safety equipment and getting workers to use it are two entirely different things. Anecdotally, almost every safety professional I’ve spoken to finds it much easier to go shopping for the latest hard hat and safety glasses than getting workers to comply with PPE requirements. The usual advice to improve compliance to provide new,[..]

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OSHA Raises Employer Penalties for 2019

OSHA Raises Employer Penalties for 2019The penalty increases apply to federal OSHA states.The penalties levied against employers for safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have gone up, effective Jan. 24. The increases only apply to citations issued after that date and for the remainder of 2019. The 2019 penalties are: ·        Other[..]

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Bucket Truck Inspection Checklists. What should you do…

It seems there is little known about what’s required when checking bucket trucks and so we thought we’d share the consensus of findings… The main OSHA Standard appears to be 1910.67 – Vehicle-Mounted Elevating & Rotating Work Platform states: 1910.67(c)(2)(i) Lift controls shall be tested each day prior to use to determine that such controls are in safe working[..]

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13-Year-Old Scientist’s Research Shows Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kids’ Ears

Hand dryers are ubiquitous in public restrooms, the noise they make may be harmful to children’s ears.According to research recently published in the Canadian journal Paediatrics & Child Health, And the study’s author can speak from personal experience.   “Sometimes after using hand dryers my ears would start ringing,” 13-year-old Nora Keegan from Calgary,[..]

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