03/27/2022
Look at the Big Picture and Follow Through
When Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided without training and oversight, the PPE itself can become the hazard. The process starts with Hazard Assessment and Control. PPE is supposed to be a temporary protection...
03/14/2022
Many people would state that the role of OSHA is to conduct inspections, write violations, take employers to court and collect fines, a similar description to a police force. However, when you look at their budget and enforcement activities, it becomes clear that enforcement is not the...
02/28/2022
Have you ever been part of a group where you had a great idea and someone (or everyone) else got the credit? How about the opposite, where that guy ignored a rule, say putting on his Fall Protection, and everyone had to sit through Fall Protection training again?
Did you...
02/19/2022
In 2016, toward the tail end of the Obama administration, OSHA issued a rule that required employers to submit all of the OSHA forms electronically. Up to this point the employer had only been required to provide an annual summary, the 300A, by February 1st. This form contains only...
01/15/2022
When the 6th Circuit Court lifted the stay rule by the 5th Circuit Court, OSHA's enforcement of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Vaccination, Testing, and Face Coverings 1910.501 began on January 10, 2022. This created immediate and large costs to...
01/11/2022
Federal OSHA's Congressionally assigned scope is protection of employees from hazards created within the workplace by work processes and work materials.
For every past pandemic, OSHA has made the distinction that general protective measures are under the purview of the Department...
01/05/2022
The views and information shared in this blog are our best interpretation of empirical, non-politicized, data. Our Co-Founder, Susen Trail, holder of a Master's Degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan, has been studying and researching COVID-19, and the response to...
12/02/2021
As I'm sure you are aware, the Biden administration has tasked OSHA with putting standards in place to address COVID-19 in the workplace. We'll start with "the basics."
An Emergency Temporary Standard, ETS, is allowed to bypass the notice and comment proceedings for 6 months and...
10/27/2021
Many downloadable programs have been written so broadly they could not represent a specific workplace. This becomes a problem because, based upon my experience, Safety Managers many times often won't adapt the program to their workplace. Often, they don't take out sentences or...
10/07/2021
Whether it is top down, bottom up, or heavily dependent on middle management or Supervisors, change is hard. People, in general, would rather remain miserable than risk change and its unknown future state. The warning signs of a failing safety culture are often missed until...
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