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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. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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OSHA Compliance Enforcement Under President Biden

FDR Safety

Expect a return to counting inspections based on complexity and novelty. Expect more inspections of employee hospitalizations, amputations, and eye loss reports. Expect an increase in inspections that result in large penalties. Expect an increase in inspections that result in large penalties.

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What Are the Legal Safeguards for Getting Back to Work?

Pro Builder

As builders take the lead to reduce the risk of contagion at work, superintendents and project managers will be the ones on the front lines implementing policy. The topic the front line manager really needs to be aware of is: What is our COVID response plan?” Don’t Forget OSHA Inspections. Travers asks.

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OSHA pushing to protect whistleblowers

FDR Safety

Also make clear that, by law, no employee will be retaliated or discriminated against for reporting injuries or illnesses or making safety complaints. Although employees always have the legal right to call OSHA, employee safety concerns are better addressed through direct contact with management.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

LEAN best management practices are integral to the administration of a Job Order Contract (JOC). The Owner provides an overall JOC manager, generally a procurement/purchasing authority, and a Project Manager / Coordinator assigned to each project during all phases of a project, including construction. Execution Procedures.

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Women in Construction: Navigating a Male-Dominated Industry

Fieldwire

I wanted to improve compliance with health and safety and before I knew it I was undertaking a NEBOSH (The UK’s National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) construction exam, which gave me the skills to undertake site inspections and implement new systems within the company. It is not easy when you start.