FDR Safety

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Many of you may be wondering why, all of a sudden, OSHA is spending an inordinate amount of time inspecting the machines and equipment in plant maintenance areas. Typically, these machines are used for low-risk tasks performed by skilled workers. Most safety pros will react with, “You have to be kidding me.” We are not.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This week, I’m pleased to welcome David DeVita, a safety expert with 20 years of experience, from Carolina Safety Consultants. As I’ve said before, the importance of safety programs goes far beyond the need to comply with standards and regulations. First and foremost, safety programs save lives.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2018

Risk management is an inherent part of the job in the constru ction industry. As a contractor, the thought of an OSHA inspection and possible violations probably makes you a little nervous. In 2016, OSHA increased its penalties for the first time since 1990. Safety is a serious matter.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 6, 2018

Who Is Responsible For Temporary Worker Safety? Just ask OSHA. OSHA has made it clear that staffing agencies and host employers are jointly responsible for temporary worker safety. Host employers should make sure that their contracts with staffing agencies clearly specify the safety obligations of each party.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 6, 2021

Safety on the jobsite is of the utmost importance for men and women working in the trades. 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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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 31, 2024

By joining ISNetworld, they continue to uphold their commitment to safety and high operational standards when working with contractors. It standardizes contractor management and ensures contractors meet specific safety, insurance, and compliance expectations for hiring clients. Photo by Erin O. No problem.

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Safety Services Company

JUNE 13, 2024

In June, as we celebrate National Safety Month 2024 , it’s imperative to acknowledge the strides made in safety technology within industries like construction, oil, and gas. However, despite the many advancements, challenges persist in ensuring the safety of our workforce. It’s time to rewrite these narratives.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Our guest blogger today is Mike White , a new senior advisor for FDRsafety who comes to us after a great career at GM, where he was most recently Global Safety Director. If you manage for risk, you also manage for compliance. I recently retired from General Motors where I spent the last part of my career as Global Safety Director.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 1, 2024

Navigating Heat-Related Safety ccapoccia Fri, 03/01/2024 - 16:33 In my capacity as a labor and employment defense attorney specializing in Florida’s bustling construction sector, I am acutely aware of the persistent challenges associated with ensuring workplace safety, particularly during the scorching summer months that pose significant risks to workers. (..)

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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. Many, if not most safety courses, are designed for administrative issues of compliance. We can help.

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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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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics Safety Data. As shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics data in Figure 1 and Table 1, most all of the major safety metrics from work + Case rate for days of job transfer or restriction). Safety Metric Rate Change. The Need for Task Based Risk Assessment (TaBRA). Rate Change Over Time Period.

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FDR Safety

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. 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.

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Safety Services Company

MAY 9, 2024

In May, we celebrate National Electrical Safety Month (NESM) by emphasizing the importance of prioritizing the safety of your team members through strict adherence to electrical safety protocols. Below, we’ll go beyond the basic electrical safety protocols and offer key workplace safety tips to help you stay proactive.

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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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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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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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FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

FDRsafety continues to encounter situations where worker training is incomplete or lacking, especially in safety. I recently attended the 2 nd Annual Process Safety Summit in Washington DC on Oct 15-16, 2019. I do not like standard safety signs and warnings because they typically mean little to the worker.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Risk assessments are absolutely integral to implementing safety at the workplace. Simply put, risk assessments are when you analyze your next series of steps in order to evaluate the safest course of action to address the task at hand. In every undertaking, there are going to be risks. Let’s dive right in!

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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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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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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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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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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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FDR Safety

MARCH 28, 2018

In the world of Safety there are differing views on utilizing staffing agencies to fill temporary positions. When it comes to filling Temporary Safety positions, hiring managers simply can’t risk hiring an under qualified candidate. The reward of saving money on a less qualified employee is not worth the risk.

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Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The difference lies in how each prioritizes safety and compliance. Rigorous oversight, extensive use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and investment in safety and compliance training drive Bob’s profits well above industry averages. Your safety and compliance track record. Let’s look at why that is.

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 29, 2018

There are good safety signs, bad safety signs and those that don’t tell you anything. An example of a “bad safety sign” is shown to the right. PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK” is an example of this type of sign. I would estimate that only 5-10% of identified high risk task elements result from the hazards of machine motion.

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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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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.

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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. each day. (I

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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. Safety program failure such as lockout/tagout. If you are not clear on whether the incident is reportable, seek advice from a safety and health professional or counsel.

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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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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As a pivotal player in global defense, aerospace, and security, BAE Systems’ integration into ISNetworld’s contractor management platform marks a significant step in enhancing operational excellence and safety standards across their extensive array of projects.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 18, 2013

When I work with clients, I always use Task Based Risk Assessment (TaBRA). Last August I wrote about how the methodology was instrumental in OSHA vacating a lockout citation. Because the method identifies all steps in a task and encourages open discussion, the method has advantages beyond safety.

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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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FDR Safety

AUGUST 24, 2016

OSHA has stepped up its attention to temporary worker safety, and as two recent cases show, enforcement actions can be taking against both the employer and the staffing agency that provides the workers. OSHA has made it clear that staffing agencies and host employers are jointly responsible for temporary worker safety.

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FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Most recently, a chemistry professor pleaded not guilty to three counts of willful violation of an occupational safety and health standard. But while the case is important, it is the bigger picture of safety on college campuses that truly demands action. It focuses on personal safety related to crime.

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