When creating complete and comprehensive occupational safety and health policies and
procedures, it is important to include some kind of third party auditing schedule within them.
Third party audits help to ensure your policies and procedures remain effective and accurate as
your company grows and changes. It also helps to ensure that any changes to the industry […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
recently published updates to its Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare
and Social Service Workers. To help in protecting healthcare workers from workplace violence,
and as a follow up to this update, OSHA recently released a new webpage which will be a part of
the […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
cited United Hospital Supply Corp. for twenty one safety and health violations, including one
willful violation, ten repeat violations, nine serious violations, and one other than serious
violation. They come in response to an inspection of a worksite in Burlington, NJ in May of
2015. This […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration was
created in an effort to protect employees in the United States from workplace injuries or work
related illnesses. Unfortunately, even when all steps are properly followed, accidents can happen,
systems can malfunction, and unexpected issues can arise. In these situations, there are fallback
procedures to prevent […]
Some areas of occupational safety and health are easier to manage and maintain than others. And
while the ease or difficulty with which your company handles various areas of occupational
safety and health can vary greatly depending upon what industry you are in and the expertise of
your safety team members, some areas are difficult across the […]
Lockout tagout can be a very difficult area of occupational safety and health to manage and
maintain. Forgetting the difficulty which most companies have in establishing a competent and
fully inclusive plan for handling lockout tagout, the maintenance alone can be enough to drive a
safety team insane. There are a series of moving parts, a number […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
cited Ted Herbert, LLC for six safety and health violations, including one willful violation and
five serious violation. They come in response to an inspection of a worksite in Baton Rouge, LA
in May of 2015. This inspection was initiated in response to a workplace […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has
cited Lorz Construction for three willful safety and health violations. These violations come in
response to an inspection of a facility in Fargo, North Dakota in May of 2015. This inspection
was initiated in response to an injury at the worksite. An employee was working […]
When thinking about the most complicated areas of occupational safety and health, lockout
tagout will come to mind for most safety experts. This is because lockout tagout is governed by
OSHA Standard 1910.147, which is a convoluted mess of complicated regulations and
requirements. But beyond the difficulties of understanding what is required to establish
appropriate policies and procedures […]
The United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released the results of the
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses recently. These results show that in 2014, private
industry employers reported nearly 3 million mom-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2014.
The total recordable cases incidence rate fell 0.1 cases per 100 full-time workers, however the
rates […]