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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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OSHA Gives Clarity to Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard
09.19.2023 ComplianceIn an effort to clarify the goals of a new “programmatic standard that could require employers to create a plan…

Poor Task Training and Hazard Sign Confusion Lead to Fatality
08.11.2023 Current EventsOverconfidence and lack of training can sometimes lead to death on the job, as the death of a Tennessee maintenance…

In-N-Out Says Out With Masks
08.11.2023 Current EventsThe popular fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger will be banning employees from wearing masks on the job in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada,…

Cause of Watson Grinding Explosion & Fatalities Determined
07.13.2023 Current EventsAn explosion at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing Company, a spray-coating facility, in January, 2020 killed two workers and damaged hundreds…

Wildfire Smoke is a Developing U.S. Hazard
07.12.2023 Current EventsRecent Canadian wildfires have sent massive amounts of smoke across the Midwest and into New England, and even into Southeast…

OSHA Recognizes Phillip’s 66 Worksite
06.15.2023 Current EventsAt a recent Region VIII VPP Participants Association Networking Event in Westminster, Colorado, the Phillips 66 Bulk Petroleum Storage Facility…

Chewy Inc. Proves Compliant in Fatal Forklift Incident
06.15.2023 Current EventsMany employers worry about compliance. They want to make sure they do what it takes to keep government agencies like…

OSHA is Really Cracking Down on Ergonomics
06.15.2023 ComplianceOSHA’s recent General Duty Clause (GDC) citation to an Amazon warehouse demonstrates that the agency is taking a more aggressive…

Business Owner Gets Prison Time for Employee Death
05.15.2023 Current EventsA New Jersey construction company owner was sentenced to three months in prison following his guilty plea to willfully violating…

New DOT Regulations for Drug and Alcohol Testing
05.15.2023 ComplianceThe U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has new regulations updating its drug testing requirements and allowing oral fluid testing for…

4 Family Members Charged with $2.1M in WC Fraud
05.15.2023 Current EventsFour family members were charged with multiple counts of workers’ compensation fraud for underreporting payroll for two of their California…

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