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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. Imagine being held to a legal liability for trying to foresee and manage every service or maintenance task where a falling part could injure a worker. What can we do?

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. Imagine being held to a legal liability for trying to foresee and manage every service or maintenance task where a falling part could injure a worker. What can we do?

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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. Unfortunately, we find that much of this training has no foundation… Let me explain.

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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. Enforcing machine lockout when lockout is not feasible. He assists clients in creating efficient and effective safety programs, especially in manufacturing environments. Using words like “Always…” in the policy. Let’s explore #5.

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How To Create Effective Safety Signage

FDR Safety

The FDR TaBRA process includes determination of feasible risk reduction for the specific machine and task. With all of this being said, A truly good sign should not only get someone’s attention but should be useful to defend against OSHA citations or potential legal actions. Below is my idea of a good safety sign.

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Good Safety Signage

FDR Safety

The FDR TaBRA process includes determination of feasible risk reduction for the specific machine and task. With all of this being said, A truly good sign should not only get someone’s attention but should be useful to defend against OSHA citations or potential legal actions. Below is my idea of a good safety sign.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

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Additionally, the basics and essentials of budgeting, finance, organisation, scheduling, conflicts, and legal issues are also covered by the project manager. In order to execute said complexities in the ever-changing construction work environment, a project manager needs a set of skills and abilities to manage multiple projects and teams.