Safety Services Company
MARCH 2, 2015
Planning for an OSHA inspection is good business. Take these 5 steps to prepare for a surprise worksite inspection and you’ll also have a solid foundation of safe work practices. Known as the “three Cs”, OSHA can cite employers if they: create the hazard, have control of the worksite, or are responsible to correct the hazard.
FDR Safety
JULY 18, 2016
Circuit Court Appeals — which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin — have lowered the burden of proof required for OSHA willful violations. The employee was stuck for more than five hours, and OSHA issued a willful violation of its permit-required confined space standard. Recent decisions from the 7th U.S.
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Safety Services Company
APRIL 5, 2018
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. Walkthrough.
Safety Services Company
JANUARY 26, 2024
Startling data from OSHA states that burn-related injuries make up 5% of fatalities in construction sites. Developing a Hot Work Permit Program One of the best ways for contractors to prevent fires is to implement a hot work permit program. welding, cutting, brazing, or grinding), a permit should be required.
FDR Safety
OCTOBER 4, 2013
What appears to be a new OSHA practice of using a company’s voluntary safety and health audit as a guide to identifying possible hazards to focus on in an inspection should prompt employers to review their procedures for these audits. Enforcement OSHA' An article by attorneys Mark S. Dreux and Matthew C.
Safety Services Company
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
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.
Safety Services Company
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
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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