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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
Compliance
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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Sizzlin’ Summer Specials
07.07.2020 Live ClassesThe hot summer season is here and NASP wants to celebrate with these Sizzlin’ Summer Specials on our Safety Courses.…
Important Survey Regarding COVID-19
07.07.2020 Current EventsAlthough CDC guidelines clearly indicate that wearing some sort of face-mask along with proper social distancing does help minimize the…
Decision Re-opens Definition of ‘Repeat’
06.12.2020 Current EventsAn OSHA appeal of a 2018 decision making repeat citations tougher for the agency to prove has been rejected as…
Coronavirus Prompts Companies to Develop New Protective Tech
06.12.2020 Current EventsFrom vibrating wristbands and smart phone apps for social distancing to devices that warn users when they’re about to touch…
Distancing Alerts and Contact Tracing by Pervidi
06.12.2020 Current EventsIf you are managing a construction site, industrial site, manufacturing facility, oil rig, mine, food processing plant, warehouse, or any…
Not Back to ‘Normal’ Yet: 10 steps to Re-open Businesses Safely
06.12.2020 Current EventsAs employees return back to their jobs after the coronavirus lockdowns, a coalition headed by the National Safety Council recommends…
OSHA Fails to Collect Fines
05.11.2020 Current EventsOSHA failed to collect $19.1 million in fines during Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019, according to a Department of Labor…
Good-faith Efforts Taken into Consideration
05.11.2020 ComplianceOSHA inspectors will consider employer good-faith efforts in complying with safety and health regs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the…
Employee Screening for COVID-19
05.04.2020 ComplianceAs some states begin to relax COVID-19 related business restrictions, employers are slowly beginning to open their doors. The Center…
OSHA taking ‘good faith’ into account when issuing citations during COVID-19 pandemic
04.24.2020 Current EventsCoronavirus OSHA Inspections Violations Washington — “Good-faith efforts” by employers to comply with worker safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic should be…
Employee Rights Under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
04.09.2020 ComplianceThe Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave…
COVID-19 Survey: How Does Your Business Compare to Industry Trends?
04.09.2020 Current EventsNASP recently sent out a survey to safety professionals across the country asking for input on how the Coronavirus has…