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Common Sense Workplace Safety

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Successful workplace safety programs must provide frequent and regular inspections of the materials, operating procedures, PPE, job-site conditions, emergency procedures, safe work practices, hazard communication program (including SDS sheets), and equipment. Constantly inspect your work area for hazards. Hazard Evaluations.

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Everyday Employee Safety

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The quality and level of training may become an issue in contested legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised. To reduce MSD hazards, feasible engineering, work practice or administrative controls must be used. Be sure to inspect all personal protective equipment and clothing for defects prior to use.

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The Drone Age

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” It’s bad enough that the FAA thinks it’s feasible to soon start allowing thousands of commercial drones to fly in the U.S. Should commercial drone flights be permitted before defenses against rogue drones are perfected? ” Gryphon Sensors is calling its project U-SAFE. Apple pickers, get ready to duck.

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Germ of an Idea

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The focus of the work at Plum Island shifted from offense to defense after 1975. DOE confirmed that workers at the Hanford site–said to be the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site–detected higher radioactive levels under the tank during routine inspections. In 1957, the Defense Department gave W.R.

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Top Fines & OSHA Regulations

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Number of Inspections: 623. Number of Inspections: 1,488. Number of Inspections: 1,055. The quality of training and training requirements may become an issue in legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised. Number of Inspections: 1,461. 10: HAZARD COMMUNICATION. Average Fine: $281.00.

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Safety Programs

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Hazard Identification and Control: Your company should perform periodic inspections and have procedures of identifying existing or potential hazards in the workplace and eliminating or controlling them. Aside from regular inspections and review, the assigned supervisor will also conduct spot checks and random inspections.

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PPE for Industrial Safety

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PPE is the last line of defense, and should only be used when engineering controls and administrative controls aren’t feasible. In theory, engineering controls are the most effective defense against hazards and administrative controls are the next choice. This is the last defense between a hazard and an employee injury.

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