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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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OSHA Gives Clarity to Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard

OSHA Gives Clarity to Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard

09.19.2023 Compliance
In an effort to clarify the goals of a new “programmatic standard that could require employers to create a plan…
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Poor Task Training and Hazard Sign Confusion Lead to Fatality

Poor Task Training and Hazard Sign Confusion Lead to Fatality

08.11.2023 Current Events
Overconfidence and lack of training can sometimes lead to death on the job, as the death of a Tennessee maintenance…
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In-N-Out Says Out With Masks

In-N-Out Says Out With Masks

08.11.2023 Current Events
The popular fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger will be banning employees from wearing masks on the job in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada,…
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Cause of Watson Grinding Explosion & Fatalities Determined

Cause of Watson Grinding Explosion & Fatalities Determined

07.13.2023 Current Events
An explosion at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing Company, a spray-coating facility, in January, 2020 killed two workers and damaged hundreds…
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Wildfire Smoke is a Developing U.S. Hazard

Wildfire Smoke is a Developing U.S. Hazard

07.12.2023 Current Events
Recent Canadian wildfires have sent massive amounts of smoke across the Midwest and into New England, and even into Southeast…
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OSHA Recognizes Phillip’s 66 Worksite

OSHA Recognizes Phillip’s 66 Worksite

06.15.2023 Current Events
At a recent Region VIII VPP Participants Association Networking Event in Westminster, Colorado, the Phillips 66 Bulk Petroleum Storage Facility…
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Chewy Inc. Proves Compliant in Fatal Forklift Incident

Chewy Inc. Proves Compliant in Fatal Forklift Incident

06.15.2023 Current Events
Many employers worry about compliance. They want to make sure they do what it takes to keep government agencies like…
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OSHA is Really Cracking Down on Ergonomics

OSHA is Really Cracking Down on Ergonomics

06.15.2023 Compliance
OSHA’s recent General Duty Clause (GDC) citation to an Amazon warehouse demonstrates that the agency is taking a more aggressive…
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Business Owner Gets Prison Time for Employee Death

Business Owner Gets Prison Time for Employee Death

05.15.2023 Current Events
A New Jersey construction company owner was sentenced to three months in prison following his guilty plea to willfully violating…
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New DOT Regulations for Drug and Alcohol Testing

New DOT Regulations for Drug and Alcohol Testing

05.15.2023 Compliance
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has new regulations updating its drug testing requirements and allowing oral fluid testing for…
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4 Family Members Charged with $2.1M in WC Fraud

4 Family Members Charged with $2.1M in WC Fraud

05.15.2023 Current Events
Four family members were charged with multiple counts of workers’ compensation fraud for underreporting payroll for two of their California…
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Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference

Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference

04.18.2023 Current Events
We are excited to be exhibiting at the Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference! Come say hey, we are at…
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