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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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Understanding the importance of workplace health and safety
01.11.2019 ComplianceHealth and safety are two words people tend to take rather seriously – and understandably so. They play a vital…

Winterizing Your Workforce
01.08.2019 ComplianceEven in the midst of a mild winter season, it is important for businesses to address the inevitable increase in…

Hazardous Materials
01.02.2019 ComplianceHazardous materials (hazmat) are any material that has properties that may result in risk or injury to health and/or destruction…

Flammable and combustible liquids
12.28.2018 ComplianceFlammable and combustible liquids are liquids that can burn. They are classified, or grouped, as either flammable or combustible by…

Types of Hazards
12.26.2018 ComplianceEvery workplace has hazards, and it’s helpful to know which pose the greatest risk of harm for your workers and…

The Myths Of Lockout/Tagout – Part 2
12.14.2018 ComplianceMyth: Each machine specific procedure must contain lots of detail OSHA: OSHA concurs with those commenters who stressed the need…

OSHA Clarifies Drug Testing, Incentives
12.11.2018 ComplianceAgency Says Post-Incident Drug Testing, Safety Incentives OK Good news: OSHA is pulling back its previous stance on safety incentive…

The Myths Of Lockout/Tagout – Part 1
12.06.2018 ComplianceMyth: I have to lockout energy whenever I do any service or maintenance OSHA: When such servicing may expose the employee…

How Can Businesses Eliminate Worker Injuries to Reach a Goal of Zero Incidents?
12.05.2018 ComplianceThe Zero Incidents Vision Over the years, businesses have implemented many unique procedures and policies to eliminate worker injuries and…

How Can Businesses Eliminate Worker Injuries to Reach a Goal of Zero Incidents?
11.14.2018 ComplianceThe Zero Incidents Vision Over the years, businesses have implemented many unique procedures and policies to eliminate worker injuries and…

5 Key Sustainability Initiatives That Give Us Great Hope for a Greener Future
10.16.2018 ComplianceAs the debate about climate change continues, more creative examples, technologies and initiatives of how to fight it are popping…

Marijuana and the Workplace
10.11.2018 ComplianceUnder the Federal Controlled Substances Act marijuana is a Schedule I substance which means it has a high potential for…
