Keeping track of new OSHA regulations and taking advantage of supplemental safety training and reading materials makes a big difference in the success of the programs you implement in your workplace. Seeing what others are doing both for the better and worse help mold an all encompassing safety initiative. Here is a sampling of some of the news buzzing around workplace safety this month.
Case Study: When Safety Issues Pile Up, It Could Mean Closing Your Doors
When safety procedure failures begin to pile up it gets even more difficult to get out from under them, as a Texas based creamery just found out first hand. Demands don’t stop for lost fingers, threats of contamination or broken down/ nonexistent lockout procedures.
When you are a smaller company on the cusp of hitting it big, the last thing you want to do is shut down production for maintenance, and as stress and the pressure of producing builds, so do the signs of trouble ahead.
Are These Holiday Hazards Around Your Workplace?
Those bells will be ringing soon enough. The holidays are upon us, so what does that have to do with your workplace safety planning?
If you are part of a facility that hires temp workers for busy season, has an increase of grounds traffic or just likes to take part in the holiday festivities with decorations of any kind, there are important steps your facility should be taking to make sure everyone makes it through the season all shiny and bright.
It’s Going to Cost You More For Those OSHA Safety Violations
How does an 80% increase in OSHA fines sound? Legislation has already been agreed upon by Republicans in Congress and the Obama administrations which implies that this is a done deal.
This “catch up adjustment” will come all at once and dates back to the last time OSHA fines were increased in 1990.
All that is left now before the bill is made official is…
Eliminate 11 Workplace Hazards Through Facility Maintenance
The last thing anyone is worrying about this time of year is if the floor has been properly swept in the last week. While housekeeping often falls to the bottom of the priority list during busy times throughout the year, it is an essential part of any efficient facility.
When a facility has a well thought out plan for workplace housekeeping and maintenance these 11 hazards are virtually eliminated.
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