The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers that it began collecting 2020 workplace injury data on Jan. 2, 2021. When are OSHA 300A Reports Due? All OSHA 300a records must be submitted electronically by March 2, 2021. Organizations with 250 or more employees are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records … Continue reading OSHA 2020 Workplace Injury Reports Due By March 2, 2021
Work injuries are all too common in the workplace. Just this year alone, workplace injuries will cost businesses over $59 billion, and that number continues to increase every year. Among the list of top workplace injuries, the “usual suspects” always rank near the top. These being accidents caused by falling, mishandling of objects, and auto … Continue reading Work Injuries – Main Types and Causes
Safety meetings are common in the workplace, and will be almost necessary once normal work resumes post covid-19. The problem that arises from safety meetings is that sometimes they are inefficient. They are too long, planned at the wrong times, and/or not executed correctly. There are 4 simple steps to correctly have a safety meeting … Continue reading Safety Meetings: Advice and Tips
Healthcare employees are a prime target for on-site injury. The main reason is their job consists of manual labor that usually deals with people. Activities such as lifting/handling human patients are common in the workplace for healthcare employees. One thing that needs to be addressed is safe-patient handling. It is no surprise then that the … Continue reading Healthcare Safe Patient Handling
Ergonomics, or the study of people’s efficiency in the workplace, is a fast-growing field of research. Part of ergonomics is designing the workplace individually for everyone’s physical status, and lowering the number of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs). Currently, MSDs account for 33% of injured work claims, and $1 billion are spent on treatment every week for … Continue reading 5 Ergonomics Tips For Desk & Office Workers
For our clients and the curious here is a great resource guide as you seek to build out your own programs and responses to the COVID 19 pandemic. We have been fielding a great many calls from companies looking to get ahead of this issue. We thought we would aggregate the information that is the … Continue reading COVID-19 Resource Guide for Employers
This is just a quick reminder to all our clients and friends that as of December 1st, 2019 per Local Law 196 of 2017, Site Safety Training or SST, workers at job sites requiring a Construction Superintendent, Site Safety Coordinator or Site Safety Manager must have a total of 30 hours of safety training by … Continue reading REMINDER: Site Safety Training Requirements Due Dec. 1, 2019
OSHA announced May 6-10th is “National Safety Stand-Down” week. Falls are the number 1 on the job cause of death for the construction industry. Here is a list of resources & ideas for events and conversations to have with your employees during “National Safety Stand-Down” week: Have a discussion about your Ladders Safety Program. If you … Continue reading National “Safety Stand-Down” Week 2019
In a Department of Labor January 23rd press release, after consulting with both Union & Industry stakeholders OSHA published a list of Frequently Asked Questions as it relates to the respirable crystalline silica standard for the general industry. The FAQ is organized by topic providing advisory to employers and works on the standard’s … Continue reading OSHA ISSUES FAQ On CRYSTALLINE SILICA STANDARD
