Fred Rine, founder and CEO of FDRSafety, explains in an article in OH&S magazine how to put together an excellent safety program for trucking fleets and the element that is often overlooked – motivating drivers to be safe. Read the full article.
OSHA has released its preliminary list of the top 10 safety violations it has assessed in 2009 and at the head of the list are scaffolding problems (9,093 violations so far), fall protection (8,771 violations) and hazard communications (6,378 violations). …
OSHA is getting ready to abandon its proposal to use Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) as its standard for exposure limits to chemicals. OSHA recently decided to maintain its mandatory permissible exposure limits (PELs), rather than switch to the TLVs, designed …
OSHA has announced the list of industries that will be targeted under its one-year program that will intensively ramp up recordkeeping enforcement. The program concentrates on industries with traditionally high accident rates. Within those industries, companies that have reported low …
There has been a lot of attention given to the increased emphasis on enforcement by the “New OSHA,” but companies need not panic – thoughtful planning can prepare your company well for an OSHA inspection. Here are five key steps …