4 Vital Steps Manufacturers Should Follow to Achieve Workplace Safety

2024-10-09T11:26:58-04:00October 15th, 2024|Categories: OSHA, Personal Protective Equipment, personal safety, Safety|Tags: , , , |

As a manufacturer, you play a critical role in ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees. You should prioritize workplace safety to prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses among employees. A safe workplace increases employee morale and engagement, leading to improved job satisfaction and lower turnover rates. [...]

Preventing Mold Exposure

2024-08-11T15:00:31-04:00August 20th, 2024|Categories: Indoor Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, personal safety|Tags: , , , , |

There are many hazards in the workplace, but one of the most insidious is mold. Exposure to mold and fungus can lead to health problems for workers, so you need to keep an eye on it. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), most people [...]

How is Your Hearing Conservation Compliance?

2024-08-11T14:52:12-04:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: enforcement and inspection, Personal Protective Equipment, PPE|Tags: , , , , , , |

Do you have a hearing conservation program in place to protect your employees from workplace noise exposure? Are you taking the necessary steps to prevent noise-induced hearing loss? Workplace noise exposures can result in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations and penalties, and noise-induced hearing loss [...]

EPA Finalizes CWA Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plan Rule

2024-06-05T15:12:04-04:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: chemicals, enforcement and inspection, Environmental, EPA|Tags: , , , , |

On March 14, 2024, EPA Administrator Michael Regan signed a final rule requiring certain facilities to develop facility response plans (FRP) for a worst-case discharge of Clean Water Act (CWA) hazardous substances or the threat of such a discharge. Worst-case discharges are defined as the largest foreseeable discharge in adverse weather conditions, [...]

Emergency Exits and Keeping the Way Out Clear 

2024-06-05T14:43:21-04:00June 11th, 2024|Categories: Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response|Tags: , , , |

During a fire or another emergency, your employees need a clear exit route and clearly marked and unlocked exit doors.  Your employees’ exit route must remain unobstructed by equipment or stored items, and employees must be able to exit the workplace through doors that are unlocked from the inside.  In [...]

Evacuation Procedures

2024-01-17T14:09:48-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Categories: Emergency Preparedness, OSHA, PPE, Safety|Tags: , , , , |

During emergencies, things can go wrong in an instant. It’s crucial for safety leaders to develop emergency action plans (EAP) with effective evacuation procedures, so that in a disaster scenario, employees know where to go. Plan development When deciding on evacuation procedures for an EAP, it is [...]

4 Vital Steps Manufacturers Should Follow to Achieve Workplace Safety – copy

2023-12-11T18:27:24-05:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: OSHA, personal safety, Safety|Tags: , , , , |

As a manufacturer, you play a critical role in ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees. You should prioritize workplace safety to prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses among employees. A safe workplace increases employee morale and engagement, leading to improved job satisfaction and lower turnover rates. [...]

Eye and Face Protection

2023-08-26T17:32:04-04:00November 7th, 2023|Categories: NIOSH, OSHA, Personal Protective Equipment, PPE|Tags: , , , , , |

Eye and Face Protection  Eye and face protection is essential for many workers as part of their personal protection equipment (PPE). According to OSHA, thousands of employees are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries that are preventable with the proper equipment. Eye and face protection must be provided [...]

How Is Your Forklift and Powered Industrial Truck Compliance? 

2023-08-26T15:51:21-04:00October 31st, 2023|Categories: enforcement and inspection, Forklifts, Safety|Tags: , , , , , |

Are you ready for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection of your powered industrial truck compliance? In the warehousing and storage industry, the powered industrial truck standard is OSHA’s most frequently cited standard.  The agency currently has several powered industrial truck regional emphasis programs (REPs), [...]

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