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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

In recent months, we at FDRsafety have been surprised at the number of cases involving injuries resulting from falling objects. 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. What can we do?

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

In recent months, we at FDRsafety have been surprised at the number of cases involving injuries resulting from falling objects. 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. What can we do?

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Adjusting During A Pandemic: Skepticism Abounds – It Can’t Happen to Me… or Can it? Part 2

FDR Safety

It is important to understand that there is no regulatory or legal definition for probability and severity terms. Achieving acceptable risk shall include reducing the likelihood of injury to a minimum. It is critical to remember the primary purpose of using Table 2 is to drive consistency between risk assessments.

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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. Recent cases (both OSHA and personal injury) suggest that industry’s quest to mandate employee performance may ignore the real world where workers encounter variables, and strict interpretation of the policy would literally prevent the work from being done.

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How To Create Effective Safety Signage

FDR Safety

Other signs suggest that the property owner or organization believes the caution provides some degree of indemnification in the event of an injury. The sign issues a warning but ultimately parents and children are left to their own best guess as to what might actually cause an injury. Below is my idea of a good safety sign.

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Good Safety Signage

FDR Safety

Other signs suggest that the property owner or organization believes the caution provides some degree of indemnification in the event of an injury. The sign issues a warning but ultimately parents and children are left to their own best guess as to what might actually cause an injury. Below is my idea of a good safety sign.

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