Powered Industrial Vehicles(or Trucks) are used across many industries. Unfortunately many businesses, big and small, fail to follow OSHA guidelines when it comes to these types of machines. What is considered a powered industrial vehicle? This can be a piece of equipment that gets power from batteries, propane, gasoline, or other fuel source. The tires […]
Accidents happen in the workplace. It’s an unfortunate but true fact. In despite of all the hard work companies do to avoid accidents, occasionally something goes wrong. When it does it’s important to conduct a thorough investigation into what went wrong. After all, it’s even more of a tragedy if someone else gets hurt or […]
Have you ever wished your workplace safety meetings were more interesting, more engaging, more productive, and more rewarding? Perhaps you desire to improve your work force’s knowledge of office safety or general ethics of safety at work- but you just run out of ideas on how best to do this. Then you need not bother […]
Aerial lifts, often called scissor lifts, are powered and mobile platforms that are used for elevating workers to various heights, which exposes workers to fall hazards. An aerial lift presents an interesting situation in the workplace. Many employers treat these as powered equipment, when by regulation, they are actually considered scaffolding and have different requirements. […]
After conducting a thorough accident investigation, you will come up with corrective actions. These corrective actions need to be implemented for change management. Corrective and preventative actions are generated from varying sources including safety meetings, inspections, accident investigations, unsafe act and unsafe condition reporting and from audits, and are simply measures that need to be […]
OSHA has specific reporting requirements for serious injuries that occur within a facility. The OSHA notification requirements are as follows: Hospitalization: This is for a work related hospitalization, and must be reported within 24 hours; Amputation: This is for a work related amputation, and must be reported within 24 hours; Loss of Eye: This is […]
Does your workplace need fall protection? Do you know what is needed to keep your employees safe and within regulation? Fall Protection Requirements in 1910 General Industry OSHA requires some form of fall protection for employees working at heights greater than four (4) feet in General Industry (1910). Many are unaware that there are numerous […]
This Basic Emergency Response Plan template is useful for small businesses that want an emergency response plan, when it is only required to have a verbal plan. Having a written plan over a verbal plan provides additional safeguards, so all employees know the same responses to emergencies, and it can be referenced during an actual […]
A proper investigation after an accident is best summarized with a post accident investigation report. This form is a summary of your entire investigation, and should be completed with assistance from all statements, evidence, witnesses, and the injured party. Accident investigations are intended to determine the cause of an incident, to identify unsafe conditions or […]
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), these are injuries to the skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and joints that support and bind tissues and organs together so the body can move and sustain itself. MSDs are the most common injury at work. They cost the economy dearly in lost productivity and high workers compensation costs. This is despite […]