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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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7 Key Precautions To Ensure Loading Dock Safety

Construction Marketing

Loading docks are the main entry points for all the goods distributed in markets and stores. With all the hustle and bustle happening in loading docks, it shouldn’t surprise you that they’re a hotbed for injuries and accidents; countless dangers could occur in a typical dock. 1) Embrace New Technology In The Workplace. Final Thoughts.

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OSHA ISSUES PLAN TO TARGET HIGH INJURY WORKPLACES

Safety Services Company

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its annual inspection plan under the Site-Specific Targeting 2014 * program to direct enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

Levelset

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 averages more than 30,000 inspections annually , including many unscheduled visits arising from employee complaints or injuries. Citations: 2,096 Inspections: 1,782 Penalties: $5.7

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4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Construction Equipment

Constructonomics

This makes it critical that you inspect the construction equipment regularly so that they perform at their maximum potential every single time they are used. Defective equipment will lead to serious injuries or fatalities, apart from causing system, structural and electrical failures. – Increased Productivity.

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September 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

A copy of their OSHA 300A log, which summarizes on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Does the contractor have a plan to do inspections? How involved is management when an injury occurs? Effective management involvement and light duty programs can assist in injury recovery process. A copy of their chemical inventory list.

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Construction Processes To Reduce Injuries And Increase Production

Contractor Bookkeeping

At first read this sounds harsh and yet it comes from my own experiences as a contractor operating multiple jobsites with small crews on each from two to ten people this one concept generated a lot of bottom line profits and kept injuries very low. Our main office is a two story building we purchased at auction for the right price.

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