FDR Safety

JULY 16, 2018

OSHA sees great opportunity because your industry does realize finger injuries and amputations that are not realized in other companies where operators have automation and/or engineered safeguards to protect the point of operation. Risk assessment is done with a clipboard and pencil on the factory floor. We can help.

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OSHA Feasibility Fabrication Risk 149

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Working with some of the best Directors of Construction, architects, and project managers in the business, we understand that risk management is a core concern for our clients. From financial overruns to project delays, unexpected risks can impact budgets, timelines, and overall project success.

Risk 156

Risk Commercial Budget Budgeting 156

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Working in construction inherently poses a higher risk of on-site accidents and other health and safety hazards off-site. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) categorizes falls, caught in- or-between, struck-by and electrocution as the “Focus Four” construction hazards responsible for most jobsite incidents.

Safety 295

Safety Plans United States Accidents 295

Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 6, 2021

Having footwear with the appropriate fit and technology features aid in avoiding major site risks. Safety footwear should ultimately contain the appropriate features for the particular job, fit properly and be comfortable.

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OSHA Safety Risk Industrial 309

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Nurses and doctors are understandably concerned about the risks of dealing with patients potentially infected with Ebola, as are hospital administrators, yet fully complying with CDC guidelines can be extremely expensive in an environment in which many hospitals operate on very thin margins. Enforcement OSHA'

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OSHA Guidelines Inspections Safety 153

FDR Safety

JANUARY 6, 2016

OSHA continues to cite employers aggressively, and at the same time is suggesting and frequently mandating certain types of abatement. On several different occasions we have been informed by employers that the OSHA abatement simply does not allow the operation to run efficiently and/or effectively.

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OSHA Agreement Risk Injury 120

FDR Safety

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He is author of a new book, “OSHA Recordkeeping Simplified.”. OSHA’s new recordkeeping rules on fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses are fairly clear, but they leave unresolved the confusion that many employers feel about the overall recordkeeping process. OSHA standards were meant to be the “heart” of the OSH Act.

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Injury OSHA Employment Regulation 153

FDR Safety

OCTOBER 18, 2015

A federal appeals court has ruled against OSHA in a case stemming from a fatal accident involving a lathe at a manufacturing plant, saying that the agency’s interpretation of its regulations on machine guards “strains a common sense reading.”. OSHA had issued 7 violations against the company and proposed a $490,000 fine. The 8th U.S.

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OSHA Accidents Regulation Travel 120

FDR Safety

JANUARY 29, 2015

OSHA’s proposal to set a standard to ensure that employers establish a comprehensive infection control program has run into resistance from a small-business panel convened to review the proposed regulation.

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OSHA Regulation Plans Commissioning 120

FDR Safety

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Safety professionals concerned with safety, efficiency and compliance should have the concepts of “acceptable risk” and “feasibility” in the forefront of their thinking. I have had numerous clients in the past couple of years confronted with OSHA citations and unworkable suggestions by the agency. ANSI B11.0

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Risk Feasibility OSHA Safety 120

FDR Safety

JANUARY 13, 2015

OSHA is recommending legislation that would increase civil penalties and index them for inflation, as well as increasing criminal penalties. OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels has said before that OSHA penalties need to be stronger and previously took administrative action to do so.

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OSHA Regulation Safety Risk 120

FDR Safety

JULY 18, 2016

Circuit Court Appeals — which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin — have lowered the burden of proof required for OSHA willful violations. The employee was stuck for more than five hours, and OSHA issued a willful violation of its permit-required confined space standard. Recent decisions from the 7th U.S.

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OSHA Employment Wisconsin Indiana 120

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

OSHA record keeping was introduced in the 1970’s with the goal of creating safer workplaces. While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. Unfortunately, most organizations do not have such data.

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OSHA Injury Employment Safety 120

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

OSHA record keeping was introduced in the 1970’s with the goal of creating safer workplaces. While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. Unfortunately, most organizations do not have such data.

OSHA 120

OSHA Injury Employment Safety 120

FDR Safety

MARCH 31, 2015

The proposed rule would greatly reduce the permissible exposure limit for silica in construction with the goal of reducing the risk to workers of silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and kidney disease. OSHA estimated the cost to the industry at about $511 million a year.

OSHA 120

OSHA Industrial Estimating Concrete 120

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

An administrative law judge has fired what may amount to a legal “shot across the bow” at OSHA, ruling that the agency has been overstepping its bounds on the issue of enterprise-wide abatement. Courts Enforcement OSHA'

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OSHA Commissioning Legal Employment 120

FDR Safety

MAY 13, 2024

This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States.

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Feasibility Employment Deals OSHA 156

FDR Safety

MAY 13, 2024

This article is intended to introduce you to a long-accepted concept recognized in OSHA and ANSI standards but is not well known or understood. OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States.

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Drafting Feasibility OSHA Risk 156

FDR Safety

MARCH 4, 2015

1, OSHA has developed enforcement procedures that could significantly impact employers. OSHA will then place the incident into Category 1, 2 or 3. Some employers may choose to over-report incidents, but doing so puts them at risk of an on-site OSHA inspection or an inspection under OSHA’s new RRI.

OSHA 120

OSHA Inspections Employment Accidents 120

Construction Dive

AUGUST 3, 2018

The Centers for Disease Control suggested that employers start screening workers for heat stress when the heat index reaches 85 F rather than the 91 F OSHA currently recommends.

OSHA 101

OSHA Risk Employment 101

Safety Services Company

JUNE 13, 2024

National Safety Month provides a timely opportunity to delve into effective safety and risk management strategies. Building Robust Risk Management Processes Before implementing specific technologies and techniques for a safer work zone, we must first set up a blueprint for a more compliant culture.

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Risk Safety Management Injury 119

FDR Safety

MARCH 12, 2015

When assessing the safety risks of a work task, the devil is in the details, and who knows the details better than the employees who perform the task. That is one of the guiding principles behind Task Based Risk Assessment, or TaBRA for short. TaBRA facilitates discussion about variables that could occur and create problems.

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Risk OSHA Accidents Safety 120

FDR Safety

JANUARY 16, 2020

On December 10, 2019 OSHA published CPL 03-00-022 , National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries. This Instruction supersedes OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-019, National Emphasis Program on Amputations that was published in August of 2015. For more advice on safety, please call us at (615) 628-8746.

OSHA 120

OSHA Inspections Safety Equipment 120

FDR Safety

JANUARY 11, 2016

Employers cited for workplace safety or health violations could find themselves facing significantly higher penalties and possible felony prosecution under a new federal initiative to use alleged OSHA violations as a launching point to investigate whether companies are also violating environmental laws.

OSHA 120

OSHA Safety Statistics Regulation 120

FDR Safety

JULY 20, 2015

Recently I’ve done dozens of Task Based Risk Assessments (TaBRA) for clients, and the experience always reinforces for me the importance of worker input and the relative speed in which an assessment can be performed. The first level of risk assessment comes from the worker. It was clearing jams. Why not get their perspective?

Risk 120

Risk Injury Visualization OSHA 120

FDR Safety

MARCH 6, 2018

Just ask OSHA. OSHA has made it clear that staffing agencies and host employers are jointly responsible for temporary worker safety. OSHA recommends that both the host employer and the staffing agency “should consider the hazards it is in a position to prevent and correct , and in a position to comply with OSHA standards.”.

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Safety OSHA Employment Alabama 212

FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

At the recent ASSE Professional Development Conference, there was considerable focus on risk assessment, voluntary standards and prevention through design. The primary reason to become familiar with ANSI B11 is that it guides risk assessment. Risk assessment is one of the most powerful safety tools we have.

Risk 120

Risk Safety Feasibility Accidents 120

FDR Safety

MAY 27, 2015

In rejecting this “continuing violation” theory, the Court of Appeals stated that OSHA’s argument would have the “absurd consequence” of allowing the agency to extend the statute of limitations indefinitely, which the court found to be “madness” and directly contrary to the plain language of the Act. Delek Refining, Ltd., Background.

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OSHA Commissioning Safety Inspections 120

Pro Builder

JULY 6, 2021

Construction Excluded From New OSHA Standard. NAHB Policy Briefing | NAHB input on OSHA standard to protect workers from COVID-19; real estate values rise. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began work on an emergency temporary standard (ETS) with new enforceable requirements for employers to protect workers.

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OSHA NAHB Construction Liability 98

FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

What is coming into clearer view for many safety and risk management professionals is that existing safety methods/tools for injury reduction [i.e., What is coming into clearer view for many safety and risk management professionals is that existing safety methods/tools for injury reduction [i.e.,

Risk 120

Risk Safety Injury Statistics 120

FDR Safety

JANUARY 9, 2018

It matters not that your procedure meets the test for acceptable risk and that power is essential. From a compliance standpoint, OSHA can cite you. Review the tasks and perform Task Based Risk Assessment. and PPE will typically reduce the probability of occurrence and reduce the risk level.

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Feasibility Risk OSHA Commissioning 198

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For those of you who deal with PSM, you know this is a critical first step in determining if a traditional risk-based approach will suffice from a compliance perspective. When deciding that risk mitigation is needed, the concept of feasibility comes into play to demonstrate due diligence in complying with the OSH Act.

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Risk Safety Feasibility Foundation 223

FDR Safety

JANUARY 31, 2018

The answer is “no,” but you need to do something to establish due diligence and compliance with OSHA. Typically, this is done by risk assessment calculations of the energy potential to guide selection of PPE or use of the tables in the Annex. Risk assessment forms, manuals and slides. Training materials.

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OSHA Electrical Risk Employment 174

FDR Safety

JANUARY 7, 2014

Among the reasons: G4S had reduced the risk of injury to bank guards by training them to avoid engaging with criminals. 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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Employment OSHA Banking Washington 168

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 1, 2024

My primary objective is to assist clients in understanding and complying with the stringent regulations set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), guiding them to implement comprehensive safety protocols and strategies.

Safety 156

Safety Defense OSHA Regulation 156

FDR Safety

MARCH 16, 2021

On March 12 OSHA released an updated COVID-19 response plan. The following summarizes OSHA’s updated strategy: OSHA will continue to implement the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission to OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHO) during inspections. [2].

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Plans OSHA Inspections Discrimination 156

Construction Dive

MARCH 2, 2023

Legal experts said the shift does pose a risk for lax employers, but will likely be used sparingly for extreme cases.

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OSHA Legal Employment Risk 136