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OSHA, Heartland Workers Center Establish Alliance

The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has

formed an alliance with the Heartland Workers Center. This alliance has been formed in an

effort to educate immigrant workers about safety and health at the workplace. Additionally, the

alliance is designed to promote better understanding of the rights of workers, specifically about

the OSHA complain […]

OSHA Proposes $497,000 in Fines for Behr Iron & Steel

The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has

proposed $497,000 in fines for Behr Iron & Steel, Inc. These fines come as a result of seven

willful and one serious safety violations following an inspection of their South Beloit, Illinois

facility. This inspection was in response to a fatal accident in March.

“A wife […]

New Practices for Temporary Workers Announced by OSHA, NIOSH

The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, in a joint partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health, released revised Recommended Practices for both host employers and

staffing agencies in relation to safety procedures. These new practices are designed to

ensure continued safety for temporary employees, and would have the staffing agency

and […]

OSHA Proposes $90,300 in fines for Film Pak Extrusion, LLC

The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

has cited Film Pak Extrusion, LLC for 13 workplace violations related to unsafe work

conditions. These violations consist of one willful and 12 serious workplace violations,

which resulted from a February inspection at the company’s Paterson manufacturing

facility. The citations carry $90,300 in proposed penalties.

The largest citation […]

Lockout Tagout Procedure Audits

Third party safety audits, both internal and external, are important to ensure any safety

program is both compliant and being followed by the staff and management. Routine

third party audits ensure new employees are properly trained, all policies and procedures

are compliant as per any OSHA or other regulatory agency’s changes, and are a

requirement of OSHA for […]

Maintaining Hazardous Energy Lockout Tagout Procedures

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has a zero-tolerance policy around most safety processes. But that policy is most easily seen in reference to lockout tagout procedures. Governed by OSHA Standard 1910.147, lockout tagout procedures are highly scrutinized and deficiencies carry hefty penalties. The primary difficulty with this is that Standard 1910.147 can be […]

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Software to Maintain Lockout Tagout Procedures

In the world of occupational safety and health, there is, perhaps, no more difficult procedures to create than lockout tagout procedures. Every facility requires unique procedures, the procedures are based upon the extremely complicated OSHA standard, Standard 1910.147 “The Control of Hazardous Energy,” and monitoring and maintaining these procedures can be an arduous task.

For […]

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Software for Lockout Tagout Procedures

Lockout tagout procedures can be extremely difficult to establish and maintain. To create

them, you need to have a deep understanding of “The Control of Hazardous Energy”

Standard 1910.147, explicit placards and signage, and a qualified team to both monitor

the procedures and train new employees about them. OSHA takes lockout tagout very

seriously, and it is one […]

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Hazardous Energy Lockout Tagout Procedures

For most small business owners, the thought of an OSHA audit makes them cringe. But for those in an industry that requires lockout tagout procedures, it can create a true sense of panic. That is because lockout tagout is heavily regulated by OSHA, fined extremely aggressively, and one of the most commonly cited issues. […]

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Maintaining Lockout Tagout Procedures Through a Move

Lockout tagout procedures are tough for most corporate safety teams to monitor and maintain. They are very complicated, very fickle, and prone to needing updating, especially from seemingly unrelated changes to personnel or the facility. But good lockout tagout procedures that are well monitored and maintained are invaluable. Unfortunately, if the company should ever […]

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