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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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CSB Approves New Rule on Accidental Release Reporting

CSB Approves New Rule on Accidental Release Reporting

03.11.2020 Current Events
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) approved its final rule on accidental release reporting, which will now…
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First HAZWOPER TRAIN-THE-TRAINER Course for 2020

First HAZWOPER TRAIN-THE-TRAINER Course for 2020

03.11.2020 Live Classes
Anyone involved in environmental clean-up or HAZMAT emergency response will benefit from this intensive, week-long Train-the-Trainer Course held in Houston,…
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Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Fake OSHA Training

Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving Fake OSHA Training

03.11.2020 Current Events
An Ohio construction company owner pleaded guilty to mail fraud involving fake OSHA training certificates. Ron Craig Estes, owner of…
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Back pain at work: Preventing pain and injury

Back pain at work: Preventing pain and injury

02.25.2020 Compliance
Heavy lifting, repetitive movements and sitting at a desk all day can take a toll on your back. Get the…
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Reporting near misses

Reporting near misses

02.21.2020 Compliance
An employee walks down the hall, stepping over an extension cord stretched across his path. He turns a corner and…
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Maximum OSHA Penalties Increase for 2020

Maximum OSHA Penalties Increase for 2020

02.13.2020 Current Events
Maximum OSHA fines bumped up 1.76% as of January 16th, 2020, to adjust for inflation. The new maximums are: $134,494…
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Workplace fatalities increased 2% in 2018; 5,250 killed

Workplace fatalities increased 2% in 2018; 5,250 killed

02.13.2020 Current Events
There were 5,250 fatal work injuries recorded in the U.S. in 2018, up from 5,147 in 2017, according to Bureau…
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Headphones on the Job Site, Yes or No?

Headphones on the Job Site, Yes or No?

02.13.2020 Compliance
While OSHA doesn’t have a regulation prohibiting workers from using headphones to listen to music on construction sites, it still…
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A Duty to Have Fall Protection

A Duty to Have Fall Protection

02.13.2020 Compliance
Duty to have fall protection is the most cited standard in the construction industry and is one of the leading…
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ANAB Accreditation for CSD and MSP (Round 2)

ANAB Accreditation for CSD and MSP (Round 2)

02.13.2020 Certifications
The purposes of Certified Safety Director (CSD) and Master Safety Professional (MSP) programs are to establish international standards for certification…
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The Hierarchy of Controls

The Hierarchy of Controls

02.06.2020 Compliance
A hazardous substance splashes onto a chemical plant operator taking a sample. The worker is not seriously injured, and the…
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7 common workplace safety hazards

7 common workplace safety hazards

02.04.2020 Compliance
The National Safety Council has a team of consultants who travel across the country – and the world – to…
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