Conducting an Effective Tailgate Safety Meeting
Employers can provide effective tailgate safety meetings with a proficient communicator, relevant topics and a proactive strategy for worker safety and health.
OSHA Safety: Assembling a Manual to Inform Employees of Their Rights
It’s up to employers to have an OSHA Safety Manual that includes critical OSHA information and safety procedures to inform employees of their rights and ensure workers know what to do when safety violations occur.
Safeguarding Against HVAC Incidents
In an HVAC small business environment, a company with the initiative to provide safety training for its employees—training that not only raises awareness for safe work practices but ensures them—protects itself by lessening the chances that an accident will occur.
OSHA Unmasks New Pandemic Respirator Guidance
On April 3, OSHA released temporary enforcement guidance to employers currently faced with a shortage of N95 respirator masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance applies to all industries.
The Hidden Perils of Non-Essential Construction Work
As state and local governments throughout the country struggle to define which construction is “essential” and which construction is “non-essential,” one topic of conversation has been overlooked: what liability exposure does a contractor have to its workers if it continues with work that is later deemed non-essential?
CISC Comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Recordkeeping, Respirator Enforcement Policy
The Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) wrote to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding recordkeeping and respirator enforcement during the COVID-19 outbreak.
State Elevator Safety Acts: Reaching the Next Level of Safety
Fourteen states do not require elevator installers and repairers to be licensed, which puts elevator workers and the public at an increased risk of serious injury and death.
Protecting Construction Workers from the Dangers of Hydrogen Sulfide
Hydrogen Sulfide or H2S or sour gas, is the second most common cause of workplace gas inhalation fatalities. Make sure employee training is up-to-date so they know where it occurs and the symptoms to look for if it does.
