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OSHA Inspection Tips

By Susen Trail in Good Safety Practices

08/01/2019

The following tips are from 16 years in OSHA standard enforcement/consultation:

  1. Identify who should be notified when an OSHA officer shows up, never leave it to chance who presents your safety culture. Set up policy and procedure to get the officer to your designated person...

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Involve Supervisors In Safety

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

06/27/2019

There are many articles and blogs about employee engagement and getting through to the C-Suite (CEO, etc.) but this blog is about how to create a firmly engaged middle management.  An effective Safety culture requires Supervisor engagement opportunities in all aspects of Safety in order to...

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Effective Safety Records Management

By Susen Trail in Good Safety Practices

06/20/2019

OSHA is at the door, where did we put the sampling results from last year?

 

It is not unusual for an employer to be aware of the employee exposure sampling requirements of standards such as 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure, or 1910.1026 Hexavalent Chromium.  However,...

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Do You Have a Safety Silo?

By Susen Trail in Safety Culture

06/12/2019

Do you have a Safety Silo?

When safety is seen as something separate from the company, as the job of the guys on the Safety Committee and/or the Safety Manager, then you have a Safety Silo.  Here are some diagnostics:

  1. If employees refuse to follow a safety practice...

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OSHA's Electronic Reporting Still Not Decided

By Mike Harper in Good Safety Practices

06/12/2019

The OSHA electronic recordkeeping roller coaster continues!  A couple of years ago, OSHA had indicated that they were going to require employers to submit electronic versions of their 300, 300A and 301 forms into their Injury Tracking Application (ITA).  Last year, they reversed...

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The Need for Management Support for Safety

By Tom Fitzgerald in Safety Culture

04/23/2019

As we alluded to in the previous articles, management’s philosophy on safety can set the tone and the culture of the entire organization.  You can understand how management feels about safety in the way they approach it.  Is safety something they feel they must do, or something...

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Wisconsin Safety Council's Annual Conference

By Mike Harper in Simple Safety Coach News & Information

04/04/2019

We are excited to be exhibiting at the 77th Wisconsin Safety Council Annual Conference, April 14th - 17th at the Kalahari Resort & Conference Center in the Wisconsin Dells.

The Simple Safety Coach team is excited to meet you and share both our latest developments, what we have on the...

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Safety Goals vs. Values

By Tom Fitzgerald in Safety Culture

04/01/2019

Your assignment to Safety Managment is a very important one. In my opinion, nothing is more important!   Danger may lurk everywhere in your organization; the equipment and environment can kill and maim in the blink of an eye.  Even more insidious, are the environments...

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You Have The Safety Role - Now What?

By Tom Fitzgerald in Safety Culture

03/27/2019

For some of us, we are lucky enough to have formal training and education in EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) prior to be given the resigns of “Safety Management”.  At some point, you had some interest in all the different topics of the job.  Maybe the science and...

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OSHA Injury Tracking Application Reporting

By Susen Trail in Good Safety Practices

03/25/2019

I am still getting questions about OSHA’s Information Tracking Application, ITA, Electronic Reporting Requirements. 

 

Specifically:

  1. Who has to report?
  2. What do you have to report?
  3. How do you report?
  4. What if I missed the March...

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