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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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Protecting Workers from the Effects of Heat
06.04.2019 ComplianceAs much of the Southeast is battling record high temperatures this late Spring, NASP thought we would share with you…
Cool Down with Hot Savings!
06.04.2019 Live ClassesObserved annually in June, National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the…
Cranking up the Heat on Summer Savings
06.04.2019 Live ClassesThis time of year tends to bring more than just hot weather; it also creates more jobs in the construction…
Wilmington Health and Safety School: Don’t Miss Out!
06.04.2019 Live ClassesNASP is proud to be a part of the Wilmington Regional Safety & Health School this year. Each year, safety…
Watch Out for These 5 Types of Environmental Hazards
06.04.2019 CompliancePreventing environmental hazards is crucial to the success of any company regardless of the scale of operations or industry. The…
Improving Safety Knowledge Retention Rates
05.29.2019 CompliancePeople seem attentive during training but afterwards they quickly forget what they’ve learned. What steps can I take to improve…
The Habit of Safety
05.22.2019 ComplianceForming, Changing and Reinforcing Key Safety Behaviors By definition, safety professionals are responsible for controlling exposure to risk. As a…
Mugno withdraws from consideration as OSHA head
05.17.2019 Current EventsWashington – Already in its longest period without a permanent administrator, OSHA will have to wait even longer, as Scott…
Safety from the Shadows
05.15.2019 ComplianceThe Problem of Informal Social Power in Industrial Safety Safety is about good intentions. What nobler goal could there be…
Here We Grow Again: NASP Franchisees Expand Global Network
05.14.2019 Current EventsNASP/IASP is delighted to announce our network has expanded. We would like to formally introduce two of our new franchises…
Distracted Driving tops Drunk Driving as #1 Hazard
05.14.2019 Current EventsDrivers distracted by their cell phones are a growing threat on U.S. roads, and they’re at least as dangerous as…
Causes, Costs of Injuries in 8 Industries
05.14.2019 ComplianceThe 2019 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index is more specific than in previous years. This year’s index, for the first…