by Dana Chang | Jul 14, 2023 | Health, Safety
HOW DID YOU DO ON THE QUESTIONS IN PART ONE OF THE BLOG? Are you an OSHA Genius?!?! Check your answers and see if you are a genius!...
by Dana Chang | Jul 7, 2023 | Health, Safety
Congress created OSHA to assure safe and healthful conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and compliance assistance. Under the OSHA law, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful...
by Dana Chang | Jun 23, 2023 | Environmental, Health, Safety
Federal regulations on employee safety and environmental protection apply to businesses of all sizes, although smaller companies may be able to get their fines reduced for some violations. Setting and enforcing those regulations is the job of the Occupational Safety...
by Dana Chang | Jun 16, 2023 | Environmental, Health, Safety
TRI Reporting Criteria If a facility meets the employee, industry sector, and chemical threshold criteria, it must report to the TRI Program. For more details about the reporting criteria, refer to the TRI Reporting Forms and Instructions. *Effective for RY 2022, 29...
by Dana Chang | Jun 2, 2023 | Health, Safety
Workplace Violence Key Points A safety and security expert says workplace violence is “never out of the blue.” People who commit violent acts or show hostility may have experienced the end of a relationship or the loss of a job, or hold a work-related grievance, for...
by Dana Chang | May 26, 2023 | Health, Safety
Workers at height. Stacked materials. Pedestrian, forklift, and truck traffic. All in one place. “Loading docks are very dangerous areas for employees,” said Reginald Jackson, safety and health specialist in the Office of General Industry and Agricultural Enforcement,...
by Dana Chang | May 12, 2023 | Health, Safety
The National Emphasis Program for Heat Stress has returned. Daily planning and supervision are necessary. Heat-related illness can affect workers in many industries, at indoor or outdoor worksites. Some job-related risk factors include: Performing outdoor work in warm...
by Dana Chang | May 5, 2023 | Health, Safety
At the start of the year, OSHA announced its highest increase in maximum civil penalties since 2016. The maximum civil penalty for each serious, other-than-serious, posting requirement, and failure to abate violation increased to $15,625 per violation, and the...
by Dana Chang | Dec 16, 2022 | Health, Safety
What Causes Worker Fatigue? Several factors including too little, poor quality or interrupted sleep over a period of time can cause fatigue. Fatigue is the body’s signal that a rest period is needed. Long work hours and extended and irregular shifts may be...
by Dana Chang | Dec 9, 2022 | Health, Safety
There is no crunch time quite like the holiday peak season. This is when lots of folks do most of their shopping and it’s a hectic time for many industries. Workplaces involving heavy objects and moving vehicles get riskier as colder weather sets in, but they do...
