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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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Giving Credit Where Accredit is Due

Giving Credit Where Accredit is Due

02.08.2019 Current Events
2019 is the year where NASP plans on delivering even more opportunities to our students across the globe. We’ve just…
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Out with the Old, In with the New

Out with the Old, In with the New

02.08.2019 Current Events
Have you checked out NASPweb.com lately? Our brand-new website is now streamlined for a better user experience. Some of the…
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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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Are Drones the Future for OSHA Inspections?

Are Drones the Future for OSHA Inspections?

01.08.2019 Current Events
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s an OSHA drone? That’s right, believe it or not, OSHA is now employing the use…
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Failed New Year Resolutions

Failed New Year Resolutions

01.03.2019 Current Events
I recently read this article regarding why we fail at New Year resolutions.  I think this could apply to our…
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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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Hearing loss increase found in oil, gas workers

Hearing loss increase found in oil, gas workers

11.29.2018 Current Events
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) among Canadian oil and gas drilling sector workers has increased by 12 per cent, from 33…
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Using TaBRA For Culture Change

Using TaBRA For Culture Change

11.28.2018 Current Events
TaBRA (Task Based Risk Assessments) is a topic about which FDRsafety has written several times. How It Works Many workers…
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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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OSHA Clarifies Drug Testing, Incentives

OSHA Clarifies Drug Testing, Incentives

11.19.2018 Current Events
Agency Says Post-Incident Drug Testing, Safety Incentives OK Good news: OSHA is pulling back its previous stance on safety incentive…
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Is the National Association of Safety Professionals Legit?

Is the National Association of Safety Professionals Legit?

10.30.2018 Current Events
One question we hear quite often at NASP is, ‘Which certifications are actually legitimate in the arena of safety?’ There…
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