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How to Become a Safety Manager

How to Become a Safety Manager

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

How to Save Money By Developing Your Own Safety Programs

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

How to Maintain Accurate Safety Records

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

OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements

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

Guide to Navigating Safety Audits

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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ALWAYS Wear Your Hard Hat

ALWAYS Wear Your Hard Hat

01.17.2019 Compliance
This is why we emphasize ALWAYS wear your hard hat! Keep up-to-date on the latest in safety by attending one…
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Under-reporting Injuries Still a Big Challenge for OSHA

Under-reporting Injuries Still a Big Challenge for OSHA

01.08.2019 Current Events
An annual review pinpoints OSHA’s biggest challenges as it strives to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. A law passed…
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What are the Penalties for non-Compliance with the US DOT Regulations in 2019?

What are the Penalties for non-Compliance with the US DOT Regulations in 2019?

12.20.2018 Current Events
Like any decent regulatory agency, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT/PHMSA) issues…
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Whistleblower case shows what safety discipline shouldn’t be like

Whistleblower case shows what safety discipline shouldn’t be like

12.19.2018 Current Events
Was Worker Fire for Reporting Injuries? We’ve discussed before that progressive discipline is hard for any manager, no matter what…
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Whistleblower case shows what safety discipline shouldn’t be like

Whistleblower case shows what safety discipline shouldn’t be like

11.19.2018 Current Events
Was worker fired for reporting injuries? We’ve discussed before that progressive discipline is hard for any manager, no matter what…
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Marijuana and the Workplace

Marijuana and the Workplace

10.11.2018 Compliance
Under the Federal Controlled Substances Act marijuana is a Schedule I substance which means it has a high potential for…
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No Falling Down on the Job: Walking-Working Surfaces Rule Update

No Falling Down on the Job: Walking-Working Surfaces Rule Update

09.11.2018 Compliance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration implemented a final rule which updated its general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards specific to…
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National Safety Council offers steps to stay safe during Hurricane Florence

National Safety Council offers steps to stay safe during Hurricane Florence

09.11.2018 Current Events
 Families are urged to put together an emergency supply kit and develop an emergency plan As Hurricane Florence intensifies, the…
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OSHA BASICS: WHAT IS AN OSHA COMPETENT PERSON?

OSHA BASICS: WHAT IS AN OSHA COMPETENT PERSON?

08.28.2018 Compliance
If you’re new to safety, you may wonder what OSHA means by the phrase competent person. Or even how one becomes…
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Worker Dies at OSHA VPP site: Status Taken Away?

Worker Dies at OSHA VPP site: Status Taken Away?

08.17.2018 Current Events
Companies that are in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) are supposed to be some of the safest facilities in the…
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Management of Change – Large Pipeline Company Case Study

Management of Change – Large Pipeline Company Case Study

08.14.2018 Compliance
The company for our pipe line management of change (MOC) case study has over 2,000 employees, multiple business units, areas,…
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Fall Protection Safety

Fall Protection Safety

06.25.2018 Compliance
Creating an effective Safety Culture is something we preach daily to our clients, partners, friends, and family. Through our decades…
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