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OSHA Safety

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OSHA Safety & Compliance. Welcome to Safe Friday, this week we’re going to cover the ins and outs of OSHA safety and compliance. OSHA Inspections. Workplace inspections and investigations are conducted by OSHA compliance safety and health officers trained in safety and industrial hygiene.

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Safety Tips: Prevent Fires and Burns on Your Construction Site

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Startling data from OSHA states that burn-related injuries make up 5% of fatalities in construction sites. Fire and Burn Safety Practices for Contractor Management Now that we’ve determined some of the biggest offenders, let’s break down what contractors can do to maintain compliance and create a fire-safe work environment.

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Safety School: Emergency Response Plans for Permit Required Confined Spaces

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Here are four basic questions to check that your emergency response plan for permit required confined spaces is complete. These four questions are just some of the emergency response variables that employers need to address before sending a worker down into a permit space, and the included documents help you ask them all.

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Understanding OSHA’s Confined Space Requirements

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UNDERSTANDING OSHA’S CONFINED SPACE REQUIREMENTS. Because of these very real scenarios, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set very strict guidelines for employers and employees regarding working in a confined space. WHAT IS A PERMIT-REQUIRED SPACE? WHAT ARE OSHA’S CONFINED SPACE GUIDELINES?

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Understanding OSHA’s Confined Space Requirements

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Understanding OSHA's Confined Space Requirements. Because of these very real scenarios, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set very strict guidelines for employers and employees regarding working in a confined space. What is a Permit-Required Space? What Are OSHA’s Confined Space Guidelines?

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Where Maryland’s State Plan is Stricter Than OSHA

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Federal OSHA regulations are simply the minimum standard. Maryland OSHA (MOSH) is one of the “state plan” states that administer their own “mini-OSHA.” OSHA’s 1910.146 regulation defines confined and permit required confined spaces, with employer and employee responsibilities. About half of the U.S.

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Top 6 Most Dangerous Construction Activities

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If you’re a construction safety veteran, your safety program is well established and falls in line with OSHA requirements. The layers of OSHA regulation that protect workers focus on proper use and installation of safety systems, supervision, safe work procedures, maintenance and more. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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