FDR Safety

APRIL 15, 2020

Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. In the OSHA cases, the Agency might suggest that gravity is a hazardous energy to be controlled. For more advice on safety, please call us at (615) 628-8746.

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FDR Safety

JULY 25, 2018

In too many situations, an employee was injured and OSHA stepped in with significant fines for violations of 29 CFR 1910.147. I’m proud of our record in helping clients litigate citations/violations and/or fulfill obligations under informal or formal OSHA settlement agreements. 2 at OSHA, former VP of Safety and Health at AK Steel.

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. However, if you recently experienced OSHA’s increased focus in this area, you may wish you had read this sooner. Enforcement OSHA' We are not.

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FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

FDRsafety supports and promotes employers developing strong safety policies, training their employees and enforcing those policies. Enforcing machine lockout when lockout is not feasible. If something goes wrong and a worker is injured, OSHA or a plaintiff may use the company’s strict language against them. Let’s explore #5.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 15, 2020

Where do gravity related accidents fall in the eyes of OSHA? In some cases OSHA is involved and in others, there is a civil suit alleging tort liability. In the OSHA cases, the Agency might suggest that gravity is a hazardous energy to be controlled. For more advice on safety, please call us at (615) 628-8746.

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 29, 2018

There is good safety signage, bad safety signage and those that don’t tell you anything. An example of a “bad safety signage” is shown to the right. The FDR TaBRA process includes determination of feasible risk reduction for the specific machine and task. Below is my idea of a good safety sign.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 6, 2016

OSHA continues to cite employers aggressively, and at the same time is suggesting and frequently mandating certain types of abatement. If OSHA’s suggestions are reasonable and feasible, obviously that’s the right way to go. Does the suggested or mandated OSHA abatement reduce risk of injury to your employees?

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FDR Safety

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We continue to encounter many mistaken beliefs about OSHA’s regulation CFR,1910.147 , The Control of Hazardous Energy. In this blog, we address the “myths” of Lockout/Tagout using verbatim quotes from OSHA’s Preamble to the regulation ( OSHA text in bold italics ). Myth: Lockout must be done, even if it is not feasible.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. Risk assessment is one of the most powerful safety tools we have. Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. Are you ready to unlock the “best kept secret” in safety?

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FDR Safety

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Safety professionals concerned with safety, efficiency and compliance should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” in the forefront of their thinking. I have had numerous clients in the past couple of years confronted with OSHA citations and unworkable suggestions by the agency. ANSI B11.0

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FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

FDRsafety continues to encounter situations where worker training is incomplete or lacking, especially in safety. I recently attended the 2 nd Annual Process Safety Summit in Washington DC on Oct 15-16, 2019. I do not like standard safety signs and warnings because they typically mean little to the worker.

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BD+C

JUNE 29, 2016

Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun evaluating the potential for a new process noise in construction standard. OSHA is planning to issue a request for information in November to gauge the effectiveness and feasibility of adopting more noise-hazard requirements.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

General Duty citations from OSHA may not hold up. General Duty citations from OSHA may not hold up. If there is an OSHA citation most likely to be overturned on appeal to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission it would be one issued under the General Duty clause. Need safety professionals?

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Safety Services Company

JUNE 21, 2018

OSHA Fall Protection. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, this week we’re going to cover the ins and outs of OSHA fall protection. According to OSHA, falls accounted for 38.7% (384 out of 991) of construction related deaths in 2016 and was the #1 most frequently cited OSHA violation in 2017. [1].

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Safety Services Company

JUNE 21, 2018

OSHA Fall Protection. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, this week we’re going to cover the ins and outs of OSHA fall protection. According to OSHA, falls accounted for 38.7% (384 out of 991) of construction related deaths in 2016 and was the #1 most frequently cited OSHA violation in 2017. [1].

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 2, 2015

A new series of ANSI standards is now available to assist employers in assessing how to comply with OSHA standards, determine feasible safeguards or harmonize with ISO and U.S. The ANSI B11 series of standards is for general industry machine safety. was created in 2010 as a foundational standard for the safety of machinery.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 16, 2018

How to Promote Employee Safety in the Workplace. Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going to cover employee safety. On the job safety is a program of proactive participation between employers, supervisors, and employees; safety is everyone’s business. Everyone needs to be involved in company safety.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Workplace Safety. Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going to cover workplace safety. Freedom from danger is a wonderful concept, but to make that goal a reality requires considerable planning, training, commitment, management skills, and above all THINKING about workplace safety. Thinking About Workplace Safety.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

OSHA extends temporary fall protection measures again. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. 22, 2011 with an expiration date of March 15, 2012.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Even while creating new regulations and amending current ones to fit the workplace’s changing safety standards, OSHA is hard at work providing guidance material to help employers follow their rules, and answering questions and providing guidance on existing rules. December 27, 2013. April 29, 2013.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 13, 2012

OSHA extends temporary fall protection measures a third time. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. For more information call 877-201-8923.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

A decision by the Occupational Safety Health and Review Commission offers importance guidance to all industries, particularly stamping, about when OSHA’s lockout/tagout regulations should be applied and when not. When a light curtain is penetrated, no energy is transmitted to the clutch. This decision is important for all industry.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 1, 2013

The March issue of ASSE’s Professional Safety magazine was devoted to the subject of Prevention through Design (PtD), with three excellent articles that covered: Integrating PtD into undergraduate curricula. Our bosses told us not to look to safety because they had no more information than they did. The answer – precious little.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It is a safety threat that can result in fatalities. Thankfully, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA has laid out guidelines to ensure the safety of employees exposed to extreme conditions. The same can be said for cold stress safety. Inspect Engineering Safety Precautions.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 24, 2019

It is a safety threat that can result in fatalities. Thankfully, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA has laid out guidelines to ensure the safety of employees exposed to extreme conditions. The same can be said for cold stress safety. Inspect Engineering Safety Precautions.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 11, 2022

Bump caps are not even approved by OSHA and therefore, there are no set rules whether you can wear your bump caps backwards or not. It entirely depends on your comfort and the demand of the job you are in to, whether it is feasible to wear the bump caps backwards. If that makes you more comfortable while working.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note: Keeping track and utilizing this feature can make it much easier to document your OSHA 300/A Logs or statistics at the end of the year! These should be addressed as soon as feasibly possible to ensure that your account does not fall into an unfavorable grading. How can Safety Services Company help?

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Safety Services Company

AUGUST 19, 2013

OSHA is working on the creation of a new standard that would require employers nationwide to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). Why does OSHA want employers to have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program? OSHA will develop a flexible proposal that is appropriate to large and small businesses.

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 13, 2017

The acquisition starts with the needs and feasibility study and is complete once the decision has been made to implement a JOC contract. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Discuss how OSHA requirements will be met in the solicitation and contract, including the need for special contract clauses. ?

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Exploring OSHA’s General Fall Protection Requirements. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. Formwork 1926.501(b)(5). Ramps 1926.501(b)(6).

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Evaluating OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada.

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Safety Employment OSHA Feasibility 49

Safety Services Company

MAY 10, 2018

Safety Programs. Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going continue to cover the ins and outs of Safety Programs. This week, we're going cover the ins and outs of what should be included in your workplace safety program. Establishing Safety Programs. Attending all required safety programs and health meetings.

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FDR Safety

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We continue to encounter many mistaken beliefs about OSHA’s regulation CFR,1910.147 , The Control of Hazardous Energy. In this blog, we address the “myths” of Lockout/Tagout using verbatim quotes from OSHA’s Preamble to the regulation ( OSHA text in bold italics ).

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OSHA Equipment Regulation Employment 120

Safety Services Company

APRIL 19, 2018

Fines & OSHA Regulations. Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going to cover the ins and outs of Fines vs. OSHA Regulations. This week, we're going to cover 5 of the top 10 OSHA fines, and how you can avoid them. #10: OSHA regulations require that you receive training in the safe methods of doing your job.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 29, 2018

PPE for Industrial Safety . Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going to cover the ins and outs of PPE for industrial safety. Let’s review the most common categories and types of PPE available: Eye and face protection: Industrial safety glasses, goggles, face shields, welding helmets. What is PPE?

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Safety Industrial Injury Equipment 48

FDR Safety

APRIL 11, 2016

Section 5(a)(1) was included in the OSH Act to give OSHA a means to address “recognized hazards” where no OSHA standard existed, but it was never intended as a replacement for rulemaking. Indeed, as expressed by Congressman Steiger in the Legislative History of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, S.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The acquisition starts with the needs and feasibility study and is complete once the decision has been made to implement a JOC contract. Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ). Discuss how OSHA requirements will be met in the solicitation and contract, including the need for special contract clauses.

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