Jan
30
When was OSHA Created and Established?
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OSHA was created and established by congress in 1974. In the 1960s work-related accidents and injuries increased 20%. It was time for OSHA to be established. House Representative William A. Steiger worked very hard to get the bill passed that would create OSHA. December 29, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed The Occupational Safety [...]
Jan
28
OHSA takes it standard setting very seriously. Everyone is allowed to give input on what they believe should be standards. People can have petitions draw up. Employers and employees can make suggestions along with state and local governments. Also the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Secretary of Health and Human [...]
Jan
28
OSHA Seminars & Training
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What is an OSHA safety seminar? A OSHA seminar is a place to learn about OSHA testing requirements, OSHA Hazard Standards, Communication Standards and more. Learn where OSHA inspectors are likely to look so you can ready ahead of time and obtain recent information on OSHA’s latest changes and updates. Discover more beneficial and economical [...]
Jan
27
OSHA Inspections
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OSHA inspections are at the discretion of the Area Director or the Compliance Safety Health Director. Inspections are usually held annually, unless there is reason for the inspectors to come more frequently such as hazardous materials in use. Inspections are to happen within normal working business hours and are not to disrupt the work habits [...]
Jan
27
OSHA Forms - Safety Forms
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Work-Related Injury Forms
*OSHA Form 300
Form for Recording Work-Related Injury or Illness
This form helps OSHA to understand the severity of an injury or illness. At the end of every year the employer should post the report so all employees can review it.
*OSHA Form 300A
Summary of Work-Related Injury and Illness
This form must be filled out by every [...]
Jan
26
Office Safety Tips
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As office safety tips go, first on the list is that safety in the office must always be taken seriously. It is everyone’s responsibility to make sure all safety procedures are being followed to protect themselves and others. When accidents’ in the office occur everyone suffers. People are physically hurt and can also lose money [...]
Jan
26
OSHA Safety and Health Program Rule :
The purpose of the OSHA Safety and health program rule is to reduce fatalities, illnesses, and injuries within the work place. All employers must provide workplace safety and health programs. The only employers exempt from this regulation are employers who work in construction or agriculture. All programs must be [...]
Jan
22
Office Safety Checklist
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Prior to getting started with your safety programs, safety meetings, signs and other training materials it might be a smart idea to check out some common office safety checklists. You can run down the list and ask yourself these questions before you get started or you could turn these office safety checklists into a safety [...]
Jan
22
When it comes to safety, the plethora of dilemmas that we must overcome can seem endless, perhaps even overwhelming. When it comes to picking the right safety program to follow at our place of work, choosing careful the matters and safety concerns that face your office tip the scales with regard to the importance of each [...]
Jan
20
Communication in the Workplace
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Communicating, with your fellow employees is certainly a high priority as well as a mandatory first step toward safety. Though this may sound like a bad cliche, communication in the workplace is key. Conflicts or miscommunication often leads not only vital mistakes being made with your business but also server to shift attention away from [...]
Jan
19
Are you safe at work? What is Not safe for work?
Okay, so what we are going to cover here is some stage work. We are going to set up to prepare our new business for safety!
We know we need to be concerned with this safety thing, but how to get the job done might be new [...]
Jan
19
Workplace Safety Meeting Topics
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What workplace safety topics are appropriate for your office’s safety meetings?
Whether you are conducting weekly safety meetings and need to be at a constant vigil for new safety topics to discuss at the meeting, or your meetings are help more sporadically over longer durations of time you are faced with some of the same dilemmas. [...]
Jan
19
Workplace safety facts, why should we know them and why should we care?
Assuming you made it here, you probably are already familiar with a common safety quotation, “Safety First”. So perhaps the reasons are obvious as to why safety facts are important to you. Convincing your employees, manager, or someone else is not always an [...]
Jan
19
Here you can find many useful office safety tips in a wide array of categories. Depending upon what type of office you run, safety concerns can be different. Basic secretarial offices have significantly less safety concerns than say a popular electrical company employing 25 electricians. Electrical safety is a particularly difficult thing to manage as [...]
Jan
13
Catchy Safety Slogans Promote Safety Practices
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What are catchy safety slogans and what important role do they play in safeguarding your workplace. Why would one be concerned with which safety slogans are catchy and which are not. Winning safety slogans are one of the most relevant and simplest forms of a safety campaign that you can run among your employees. With safety signs, quotes, slogans, [...]