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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
Compliance
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
Compliance
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
Compliance
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
Compliance
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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Oregon Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
12.09.2020 Current EventsOregon issued it’s temporary COVID-19 standard on November 6th, joining Virginia, New Jersey, and Michigan on the list of states…
NASP Merch Just in Time for the Holidays
12.09.2020 Current EventsNASP has launched its new merchandise store, just in time for the holidays! Shop the NASP Online store for exclusive…
Customized e-Learning Course Development
11.16.2020 Live ClassesLet’s face it, COVID-19 has impacted how we as safety and environmental professionals do our jobs. Social distancing requirements, engineering…
Maintain Social Distance: COVID ‘Close Contact’ Adds up to Exposure
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn investigation into how an employee contracted COVID-19 in the workplace caused the CDC to change its definition of “close…
NEW HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer ONLINE!
11.16.2020 Live ClassesOnline HAZWOPER Training? To help navigate the COVID pandemic, NASP has just launched an online version of our internationally recognized…
Inspector Involved in Extortion Attempt
11.16.2020 Current EventsAn OSHA inspector and his brother were charged with conspiracy to extort $6,000 in cash from a New Jersey-based general…
Addressing Addiction, Suicides on the Job
11.16.2020 ComplianceHealth problems such as opioid addiction and suicides have become common issues on construction sites. Data from NIOSH and other…
Confined Space Fatalities
11.10.2020 ComplianceOSHA continues to report asphyxiation as the leading cause of death in confined spaces, generally resulting from oxygen deficiency or…
Two Great Courses… Both half-off this November!
11.05.2020 Live ClassesIn case you hadn’t heard, NASP now offers two versions of our flagship Certified Safety Manager (CSM) Online course. The…
OSHA announces $1,222,156 in coronavirus violations
10.23.2020 Current EventsSince the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health…
Listen to Executive Director Eric Gislason on the Dragging up 6.0 podcast!
10.12.2020 Current EventsIn this episode we discuss the National Association of Safety Professionals many layers of service, in order to provide all…
Just Two Weeks Until SafetyConnect 2020!
10.07.2020 Current EventsNASP is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of this virtual safety conference and expo! Please join us, for FREE!…