05/02/2021
On June 11, 2018 an employee of Konkol Construction, framing contractors, fell 14 feet from the top-plate (the upper horizontal framing piece of a stud wall) to the concrete floor below when the roof trusses collapsed. The date of his death, 4 days later, is described as "(APPROXIMATE)"...
04/19/2021
The 2015 National Safety Survey, conducted by the magazine Environmental Health and Safety, showed that more than 80% of companies in the survey track near misses as a metric of their safety culture. It is very important to identify near misses and to prevent a recurrence with more...
04/07/2021
Our Blog today takes you behind the scene to hear how a retired Safety and Health Officer evaluates the effectiveness your employee’s training. It’s a bit diabolical.
What OSHA Considers Effective Employee Training
Do you remember getting...
03/25/2021
Earlier this week I was reading an article in the Forbes Magazine on "Better Decision – Making in Times of Change" by David Michels. Mr. Michels writes articles about Leadership Strategy, he states "I write about helping businesses achieve their full potential." This is a core...
03/19/2021
In many parts of the country Spring is almost here and most of the snow is gone and we are getting the first look at our lawns since last fall and… it isn't pretty. There are small patches of dead areas that were hidden by the grass around them. I had my roof replaced just...
03/09/2021
OSHA generally can expect a round of changes with the introduction of any new administration. These have varying degrees of impact to organizations. One thing they have in common, however, is that it’s beneficial to know about and plan for the changes rather than scrambling to...
03/02/2021
I could tell within a 30 step walk into a workplace if it was going to be a long report or a short one by:
02/17/2021
To start with, OSHA is covered by Title 29 and the enforcement language is called the Code of Federal Regulations. The standards are separated by Parts. Here are the ones that we see most...
02/04/2021
When we started this business, my partner was very surprised to learn that fear based compliance, do it because you might get fined, is pretty much non-existent in the occupational safety world. Last time I checked there were over 8 million businesses in America and less than 1,000...
12/22/2020
Is it Legal to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination for Employees?
Last year, I noticed some Physical Therapists at the facility I used were wearing surgical masks and some were not. So, of course, I asked. It turned out that those who were wearing the mask had opted...
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