Employee fatalities in the workplace are one of the worst situations employers can encounter while running a business. In just Fiscal Year 2019 alone, over 5,000 workers died on the job, averaging out to more than 100 fatalities per week, or fifteen cases per day. To combat these stark numbers and better [...]
The OSHA FORM 300 LOG OF INJURIES AND ILLNESSES: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO WE USE IT? The OSHA law requires most employers with 10 or more full-time employees to keep a yearly log of all work-related injuries and illnesses. * This is the OSHA Log [...]
As part of its Safe + Sound campaign, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) shared a variety of resources aimed at helping businesses put together safety and health programs. According to OSHA’s page devoted to the topic, safety and health programs help businesses do the following: Prevent workplace injuries and [...]
The number of staffing agencies and temporary workers grew rapidly during the end of the last century, and the types of alternative work arrangements continue to proliferate. There now are several types of workers in “nonstandard work arrangements.” The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) lists [...]
Q: Does OSHA requires floors to be marked to designate visitor and employee walkways where lift traffic is present? Although OSHA no longer has specific floor marking requirements, the General Duty Clause states that an employer shall furnish a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely [...]
Beginning in 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has partnered with employers, health and safety professionals, and other safety advocates as a means of establishing safe and healthful workplaces throughout the industry. Fortunately, over the years, injuries and fatalities in the workplace have decreased substantially. Unfortunately, there are [...]
Workplace horseplay can cause serious issues for both employees and companies. In a prior article, we looked at a case where an employee broke his leg engaging in horseplay. Although the injury was bad enough, there was the added difficulty of conflicting stories of the incident, and a dispute over workers’ [...]
’Tis the Season for OSHA Electronic Reporting! While the holiday season may have come to an end, another important season has just begun for those in the environment, health, and safety (EHS) profession: OSHA electronic reporting season! Now’s the time for all of your diligent recordkeeping for the past year [...]
Guidance on COVID-19-related consumer products stirs up procedural controversy. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has posted a guidance concerning COVID-19-related consumer products on its website that drew fire from one commissioner because it was developed and put up on the Internet absent formal approval by the full commission. Commissioner Dana Baiocco, [...]
