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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. training records, OSHA 300 logs, written program etc.)

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NAHB Files for Review of OSHA's Vaccine Rule

Pro Builder

NAHB Files for Review of OSHA's Vaccine Rule. NAHB Policy Briefing | The Association is challenging OSHA's authority to mandate vaccinations and weekly testing for companies with more than 100 employees; builders and remodelers report unprecedented labor shortages. Circuit, 10 days after OSHA published the ETS in the Federal Register.

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Surviving an OSHA Inspection

Safety Services Company

Each year OSHA conducts around 50,000 workplace inspections. These investigations are typically triggered by an accident at the workplace, an employee complaint or an OSHA initiated industry specific safety blitz. They have a right to contest the time OSHA allows the employer for correcting a hazard.

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OSHA answers questions about inspector impersonations

Safety Services Company

OSHA answers questions about inspector impersonations. 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. What are the consequences for impersonating an OSHA inspector?

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EP01: Compliance Is Not the Same as Safety

Safety Services Company

James joins us as our first guest to discuss: The difference between safety and compliance What he’s learned interacting with OSHA How gamification can improve safety and make it fun at the same time. But when you focus on compliance first, you may overlook important components of safety just because they aren’t legally mandated.

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Are Your Safety Policies Asking for Trouble?

FDR Safety

However, some policies are so strict that they create potential legal issues. Recent cases (both OSHA and personal injury) suggest that industry’s quest to mandate employee performance may ignore the real world where workers encounter variables, and strict interpretation of the policy would literally prevent the work from being done.

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The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard

FDR Safety

The Summit brought together safety and legal professionals from chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, paper and other industries covered by OSHA’s PSM Standard and EPA’s RMP Rule, with officials from the relevant regulatory agencies. The post The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard appeared first on FDRsafety.

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