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How to Become a Safety Manager
By Eric Gislason Compliance
The work of a safety manager can be fulfilling as you get to promote and improve safety in your workplace. However, it’s not always an easy job, and getting qualified can be challenging without the right credentials. You must consider whether you have the right traits, if you plan to get a degree, which industry…
How to Save Money By Developing Your Own Safety Programs
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While prioritizing workplace safety is essential, it can also be expensive. Developing safety programs internally instead of outsourcing training can protect employees and financial assets. Whether you’re a business owner or manager, equipping yourself or a staff member to develop safety programs can save your company money. Alongside the financial benefits of having a team…
How to Maintain Accurate Safety Records
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Maintaining safety records helps keep your organization legally compliant and builds a culture where every employee returns home safely each day. Safety records rarely make headlines unless something goes wrong, but when an accident happens, they provide critical information. They can reveal emerging patterns linked to workplace dangers, and lives can be saved when action…
OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers standards for safe and healthy workplaces in the United States. It establishes regulations, performs inspections, conducts training and education, and works with state agencies and other industry regulators. OSHA also establishes safety recordkeeping requirements to track and monitor workplace accidents in various industries. Learn more about OSHA…
Guide to Navigating Safety Audits
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Safety audits are structured processes that evaluate how effectively your organization’s safety programs, procedures, and systems function. Think of this as a health check for your safety management system (SMS). The primary objective is identifying gaps, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement. Audits also show employees that leadership is invested in their safety, fostering greater…
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OSHA Under the Biden Administration: What to Expect
12.09.2020 Current EventsEven if there hadn’t been a pandemic, you could expect to see significant differences between a Trump OSHA and a…
A Christmas Miracle: 30% off ALL Train-the-Trainer Courses through December
12.09.2020 Live Classes2020 has been a tough year for Safety Trainers. More and more, we must rely on ourselves to provide quality,…
Injured While Working at Home: Will Comp Cover?
12.09.2020 ComplianceCan an employee injured while working at home collect workers’ comp benefits? The answer is yes, but only if they…
5 States Legalize Marijuana: Workplace Impact
12.09.2020 Current EventsVoters in five states approved laws to legalize medical or recreational marijuana. The states’ initiatives have one thing in common:…
Oregon Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
12.09.2020 Current EventsOregon issued it’s temporary COVID-19 standard on November 6th, joining Virginia, New Jersey, and Michigan on the list of states…
NASP Merch Just in Time for the Holidays
12.09.2020 Current EventsNASP has launched its new merchandise store, just in time for the holidays! Shop the NASP Online store for exclusive…
Maintain Social Distance: COVID ‘Close Contact’ Adds up to Exposure
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn investigation into how an employee contracted COVID-19 in the workplace caused the CDC to change its definition of “close…
Inspector Involved in Extortion Attempt
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn OSHA inspector and his brother were charged with conspiracy to extort $6,000 in cash from a New Jersey-based general…
Confined Space Fatalities
11.10.2020 ComplianceOSHA continues to report asphyxiation as the leading cause of death in confined spaces, generally resulting from oxygen deficiency or…
Workers’ Comp “MEGA-claims” on the Rise
10.07.2020 Current EventsWorkers’ compensation mega claims, those that cost $3 million or more at 2018 cost levels, are on the rise, according…
Airborne COVID-19 Transmission: It All Comes Back to the Mask
10.07.2020 Current EventsIs six feet really the limit for person-to-person COVID-19 transmission? Unfortunately for businesses, the answer to that question seems to…
Positive Drug Test Rates Hit 16-year High
10.07.2020 Current EventsWorkforce drug positivity rates hit a 16-year high in 2019, with positive marijuana test rates climbing by double digits across…