Living out here in California, we have many parts of our state that can get very hot and stay that way all summer long. One of the best things I have seen CAL/OSHA do in the past few years is address the hazards of working in hot environments through an updated Heat Illness Prevention law.
Recently I’ve done dozens of Task Based Risk Assessments (TaBRA) for clients and the experience always reinforces for me the importance of worker input and the relative speed in which an assessment can be performed.
July 4th is a good time to remember that safety for employees shouldn’t end when the work day is over.
In a significant ruling, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has tossed out a machine guarding citation issued by OSHA to an energy company.
The OSH Review Commission recently opened a new chapter in the dispute over how the OSHA statute of limitations should be interpreted.
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Employees who want to pursue whistleblower-retaliation claims against employers may find it easier to do so under a new policy directive issued by OSHA.
Simply put, risk assessment prioritizes the safety hazards in a workplace according to their severity and likelihood of occurrence.
If you want to see what a company can accomplish with a laser focus on safety, you need to look no further than National Steel City, a leading steel construction and erection company.