FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

What is coming into clearer view for many safety and risk management professionals is that existing safety methods/tools for injury reduction [i.e., What is coming into clearer view for many safety and risk management professionals is that existing safety methods/tools for injury reduction [i.e.,

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

If you manage for risk, you also manage for compliance. However, if you manage for compliance, you may overlook risk and hazards that result in serious or fatal injuries. Thankfully, the groundwork to manage risk within GM and our joint process had been laid. Let me explain the title and the premise of this blog.

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Levelset

JUNE 29, 2022

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency responsible for maintaining workplace safety across all industries. In this article, we’ll look at the top 10 violations found during OSHA inspections in 2021, the cost of OSHA violations, and how to prevent them. OSHA standards for construction.

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FDR Safety

JULY 20, 2015

Recently I’ve done dozens of Task Based Risk Assessments (TaBRA) for clients, and the experience always reinforces for me the importance of worker input and the relative speed in which an assessment can be performed. The first level of risk assessment comes from the worker. It was clearing jams. Why not get their perspective?

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

At the recent ASSE Professional Development Conference, there was considerable focus on risk assessment, voluntary standards and prevention through design. The primary reason to become familiar with ANSI B11 is that it guides risk assessment. Risk assessment is one of the most powerful safety tools we have.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 31, 2018

The answer is “no,” but you need to do something to establish due diligence and compliance with OSHA. FDRsafety has an approach to arc flash assessments designed to help you achieve those objectives. We work with your maintenance staff to achieve acceptable risk while recognizing the realities facing maintenance workers.

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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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Pro Builder

JULY 28, 2022

Know the risks and the corrective measures you should take on your jobsites to ensure crew safety and prevent excavation fatalities. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). OSHA defines excavations as any man-made cavity, trench, or depression on the surface that resulted from earth removal.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology. As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology . As part of our continued focus on OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations to its standards, in this article we will focus specifically on Fall Protection as it is the number one most commonly cited standard for 2018. OSHA Regulations.

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Federal OSHA regulations are simply the minimum standard. Maryland OSHA (MOSH) is one of the “state plan” states that administer their own “mini-OSHA.” MOSH has beefed up their regulations on everything from: Excavation designs. Excavation Design. MOSH decided that risks of tree care (e.g.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

On November 17, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Final Rule designed to better protect workers at risk of falls from heights or on the same level. The changes incorporated by the Rule focus on performance language rather than specification and design requirements.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

On November 17, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Final Rule designed to better protect workers at risk of falls from heights or on the same level. The changes incorporated by the Rule focus on performance language rather than specification and design requirements.

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Safety Services Company

JANUARY 26, 2024

Startling data from OSHA states that burn-related injuries make up 5% of fatalities in construction sites. Working with oil, electrical equipment, and even lingering flammable debris can raise the level of risk. To mitigate the risks and protect workers, safely store them in OSHA-approved containers.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

courts have never addressed a pandemic like SARS-CoV-2 (the current designation for what had been the Novel Coronavirus 2019). a) knows or by the exercise of reasonable care would discover the condition, and should realize that it involves an unreasonable risk of harm to such invitees, and. (b)

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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. Status Report on Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program , OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs, October 2009.

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Safety Services Company

JUNE 26, 2020

Besides the above general measures, the plan must include the steps and protection required for your business’s specific operations, including increased exposure risks. Each preparedness plan in Minnesota should be created to fit the business’s operations while reducing the risk of transmission in the workplace.

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Work Gearz

JUNE 4, 2021

Hard hats are a must for every worker whose work area consists of any risk of hazard leading from getting hit on the head. But not every hard hat can save you from the head injuries because the ones that are not approved by OSHA and meets the ANSI standards do not guarantee safety. Requirements of Hard Hats by OSHA.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 20, 2020

If you’re a construction safety veteran, your safety program is well established and falls in line with OSHA requirements. Additional formalized training, especially for these high risk topics, is a huge improvement for cultivating a safety culture. Most fall and ladder accidents are preventable when following OSHA guidelines.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

OSHA investigated 10 preventable deaths and more than 20 preventable injuries caused by a variety of scissor lift occurrences over the course of a year. According to OSHA. Specific criteria for head protection in the workplace are mandated by OSHA regulations. When is it necessary to wear a hard hat according to OSHA? .

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HardHatChat

OCTOBER 18, 2016

On the other hand, a pre-construction services team takes a more conceptual approach to budgeting and often gets involved on a design-assist basis. Risk Manager and Safety Officer. These are also the individuals who go through various OSHA training sessions, and send our field staff for OSHA training as appropriate.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

UNDERSTANDING OSHA’S CONFINED SPACE REQUIREMENTS. Confined spaces pose serious risks such as entrapment, exposure to noxious fumes, physical injury, and suffocation due to lack of airflow. By OSHA’s standards, not all work spaces without windows or ventilation are considered a confined space.

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Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Understanding OSHA's Confined Space Requirements. Confined spaces pose serious risks such as entrapment, exposure to noxious fumes, physical injury, and suffocation due to lack of airflow. By OSHA's standards, not all work spaces without windows or ventilation are considered a confined space. What is a Confined Space? .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 17, 2024

With design and construction accounting for just 10-20% of a building's total lifecycle cost, the key to unlocking higher profits lies in optimizing the performance of your capital assets. Leveraging a structured quality management program helps remove risks from construction processes that may rear their head during operations.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Failure to invest in training puts your teams and organization at risk of injury and loss. How to Sufficiently Train Employees Investing more in safety training doesn’t only ensure prequalification but has sizable impacts on lowering the risk of onsite injury. But it’s more than just checking the boxes. Studies show that 3.6%

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Work Gearz

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A Risk of Foot Injury. If you’re at risk to walk over nails, glass or metal shards, and anything sharp. The Risk of Slipping and Falling. Whenever water or oil is present, there’s a risk of slipping and falling. The Risk of Chemical Burn. Construction sites are hazardous. Absolutely!

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Fieldwire

AUGUST 6, 2023

Time management A lot of stakeholders perceive time constraints as among the biggest issues that result in defective designs, high rates of accidents, and loss in revenue. This can further snowball into more delays and higher costs as they try to find and fix defects or risk contractual penalties.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Hard hats and bump caps are both types of personal protective equipment (PPE) that provide head protection, they are required on construction sites and anywhere there is a risk of falling objects. Because of the diversions and risks in the environment, a person can easily slip and fall and bang their skull on solid ground.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 29, 2018

OSHA and State Safety Agencies Write More Than 100 Silica Citations in 6 Months. To address this hazard, OSHA enacted a new rule about silica dust on construction sites last fall. Contractors Still Manually Collect Data Despite Risks, Costs.

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 5, 2022

Cannabis and the Jobsite: Keeping Your Risk to a Minimum. There’s a gap in the management of risk and safety in construction,” he says. Airborne dust from cutting materials can cause a wide range of health issues for workers; proper face and eye protection, tool accessories, and wash stations help reduce the risk. Foulke Jr.,

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Work Gearz

JULY 7, 2020

In this article I am going to tell you in details all about safety helmets, their color coding and the OSHA, ANSI & CSA standards. Each helmet belonging to a particular color is designed to protect your head from a particular type of injury. A helmet designed for supervisors will not be made that strong as that of a laborer.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 13, 2023

Safety starts well before shovels hit the earth during design to ensure a safe project. Sometimes it’s the simple things that lead to marked improvements. Another major opportunity to reduce risk and keep boots on the ground is through integrated color in precast components. For one, before we go up, we go around.

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Work Gearz

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The Electrical Hazard boots or popularly called EH boots are especially designed non-conductive footwear which inhibits your feet from completing an electrical circuit to the ground. This section is specially designed for a footwear to meet the minimum requirement needed for performance, testing, design and classification.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 22, 2019

For anyone working in safety or in a high-risk industry such as a refinery or manufacturing plant, you’re probably heard the term process safety. Process safety is primarily aimed at putting in place controls to mitigate the risk of major and potentially catastrophic events in the workplace. Process Safety vs. Personal Safety.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Safety footwear is a must have at the workplace according to OSHA requirements. Thanks to ASTM standards and OSHA requirements, safety is of utmost importance at any place of work. As of now ASTM and OSHA has not provided a clear cut differentiation between slip resistant and skid resistant footwear.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 15, 2022

When there is a risk of injury to the top of the feet, you have to use a protective gear to safeguard your bones from breaking and the metatarsal guards come in handy in such a situation. These types of boots or shoes are specifically designed to protect the wearer from workplace injuries that might shatter one’s metatarsals. .

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Work Gearz

JULY 10, 2020

According to Janice Comer Bradley, CSP, ISEA’s technical director: “Low-visibility hazards are an even greater risk where there are complex backgrounds, as found in many occupations such as working on foot in close proximity to construction equipment and vehicle roadway traffic. OSHA safety vests Requirements. LIGHT CLOTHING.

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