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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. Determining the type of inspection being conducted and the intended scope.

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7 Key Precautions To Ensure Loading Dock Safety

Construction Marketing

Loading docks are the main entry points for all the goods distributed in markets and stores. With all the hustle and bustle happening in loading docks, it shouldn’t surprise you that they’re a hotbed for injuries and accidents; countless dangers could occur in a typical dock. 1) Embrace New Technology In The Workplace. Final Thoughts.

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4 Reasons to Upgrade Your Construction Equipment

Constructonomics

This makes it critical that you inspect the construction equipment regularly so that they perform at their maximum potential every single time they are used. Defective equipment will lead to serious injuries or fatalities, apart from causing system, structural and electrical failures. – Increased Productivity.

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Make Crane Safety Priority One!

Constructonomics

A fundamental knowledge of inspection, maintenance, and operating procedures can make the difference been smooth operation and a tragic mishap. Second, controls must be inspected regularly to be sure that all motions agree with the controls as marked. Before closing a main switch, all controllers must be set in the “off” position.

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OSHA ISSUES PLAN TO TARGET HIGH INJURY WORKPLACES

Safety Services Company

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its annual inspection plan under the Site-Specific Targeting 2014 * program to direct enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur.

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September 2015 newsletter

FDR Safety

A copy of their OSHA 300A log, which summarizes on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Does the contractor have a plan to do inspections? How involved is management when an injury occurs? Effective management involvement and light duty programs can assist in injury recovery process. A copy of their chemical inventory list.

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National Electrical Safety Month: Key Workplace Safety Tips

Safety Services Company

” According to OSHA , the top 4 contributors to workplace injuries and fatalities are: Falls Struck-By Caught-By/In-Between Electrocution According to a 2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Fatal Occupational Injuries, exposure to electricity accounted for 7% of workplace fatalities.

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