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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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Next Month: Certified Safety Manager LIVE in Vegas!
12.11.2019 Live ClassesOur internationally recognized Certified Safety Manager classroom course is coming back to Las Vegas. While this course is offered online,…
Safety Auditor Certificate: Managing Uncertainty within a Dynamic Workforce
12.11.2019 ComplianceThis 3-day course provides an in-depth look at proper incident investigation procedures with emphasis on OSHA inspection priorities, Job Hazard…
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12.11.2019 Current EventsThe ABC’s of Safety Audits: Automate, Build, Control In this FREE webinar, our panelists, Eric Gislason and Eitan Shibi will…
Engineer suffers first-degree burns from high-vis shirt, sparking medical warning
12.06.2019 Current EventsIn a letter to the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia published today, emergency medicine specialist Ioana Vlad explained…
OSHA considering changes to silica standard
12.03.2019 Current EventsOSHA may “broaden the circumstances” under which certain employers would be permitted to comply with its Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction,…
OSHA Issues Enforcement Directives Targeting a Variety of Industry and Manufacturers
11.26.2019 Current EventsEffective October 1, 2019, Region VII OSHA (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa) announced a combination of Regional Emphasis Programs, along…
What to Expect from an OSHA PSM Investigation
11.20.2019 ComplianceOSHA’s Process Safety Management regulation, also known as PSM, sets specific requirements for employers who use highly hazardous chemicals at…
OSHA Sets its 2020 Inspection Agenda: Who’s in the Crosshairs?
11.13.2019 ComplianceWhich companies will receive OSHA inspections in Fiscal year 2020 (which began Oct. 1, 2019)? No one can provide an…
Safety Manager Sentenced to 3 months in Cover-up
11.13.2019 Current EventsA safety manager charged with covering up information about an employee’s death at the company’s Ohio plant was sentenced to…
The 5 Best Reasons to Have a Wellness Program: Benefits of Wellness
11.13.2019 Compliance1) Wellness Programs Improve Employee Health Behaviors The core of every good wellness program is behavior change. With the right…
CSM is heading to the Sin City
11.13.2019 Live ClassesOur internationally recognized Certified Safety Manager classroom course is coming back to Las Vegas. While this course is offered online,…
Safety Auditor Certificate: Managing Uncertainty within a Dynamic Workforce
11.13.2019 ComplianceThis 3-day course provides an in-depth look at proper incident investigation procedures with emphasis on OSHA inspection priorities, Job Hazard…