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Safety Training in the Workplace: Avoiding OSHA Fines and Costly Risks

Safety Services Company

OSHA fines, liability risks, and potential harm to team members are major concernsand all of these issues can often be traced back to insufficient safety training or poorly implemented safety programs. Investing in safety training today is far more cost-effective than paying for preventable OSHA fines later.

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Mohawk Industries Joins ISNetworld® – Here’s What Contractors Need to Know

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It standardizes contractor management and ensures contractors meet specific safety, insurance, and compliance expectations for hiring clients. OSHA Forms: Provide any applicable OSHA logs and documentation. OSHA Compliance Well handle OSHA documentation and logs, ensuring that all submissions are current and fully compliant.

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New OSHA recordkeeping rules creating confusion

FDR Safety

New OSHA recordkeeping rules that went into effect this year are creating confusion among employers about the definition of an amputation and how to quickly determine if an incident that occurred after work hours is actually work-related, according to an article in Business Insurance magazine.

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Employers, not government, responsible for determining need for PPE

FDR Safety

The company appealed and the matter was heard by a hearing officer for the state Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. I also pointed to OSHA regulations, under which the agency cannot substitute its judgment for the employer’s about the need for PPE unless the employer’s hazard assessment was not done properly. Courts OSHA'

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Staffing companies may not insure workers have proper safety training

FDR Safety

Employers should not assume that workers provided by those staffing companies have been adequately trained in safety, especially since “OSHA requires that forklift certification be site and equipment specific.

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OSHA to Help Enforce Health Care Act

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OSHA to Help Enforce Health Care Act. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has published an interim final rule extending protections to employees who blow the whistle on their employers for not abiding by the rules set forth in the Affordable Care Act(ACA). employer__penalty_flowchart_1.

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Who Needs OSHA 10 Training vs OSHA 30 Training?

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The OSHA Outreach Training Program, commonly referred to as OSHA 10 Training and OSHA 30 Training, provides workers with basic training about some of the most common health and safety hazards on the job. It’s appealing to hiring companies, insurance providers, and other key stakeholders who want to see low incident rates.

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