— Reprinted from our newsletter — Dear President Obama, Congratulations on your re-election victory. Now comes the hard part – another four years of governing. You have discussed the importance of helping boost the economy by easing the regulatory burden …
Second-term advice: Bring OSHA regs into 21st Century
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Some good-faith efforts by employers to motivate employees to work safely are running afoul of OSHA, writes Jim Stanley, President of FDRsafety, in EHS Today. But in an attempt to clarify its position, OSHA has cast a net that is too wide and only will lead to confusion over how a company may use incentives to motivate workers. Read the full article.
A lot can change for a company over 30 years – new leadership, new locations, new products, new services. But one thing must remain constant, according to an often-overlooked OSHA standard: the preservation of certain kinds of records. Curtis Chambers …
Safety incentive programs generally don’t work very well, but that doesn’t mean OSHA is on the right track with a memo the agency issued to restrict them. In an article in the current edition of EHS Today magazine , I …
‘New’ OSHA not achieving goals, numbers show
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The difference in how the Republican and Democratic parties view OSHA was in sharp evidence in their recently released platforms. The Democratic platform appeared to stand firm behind the “New” OSHA and its ramped-up enforcement stance. “Our Occupational Safety and …
OSHA has issued long-awaited additional guidelines for the Severe Violators Enforcement Program and as you might expect from the “New” OSHA, they are way out of line and don’t address a major problem with the program. The Severe Violator program, …
I’m working with an FDRsafety client to help abate a lockout citation. From the outset we included workers as subject matter experts and employed Task Based Risk Assessment, also known as TaBRA. Because of my passion for integrating a lean …
Even at a company with a strong safety program some employees can be overlooked for training, leaving them vulnerable in case of an accident, fire or explosion. An excellent blog post by Curtis Chambers on oshatraining.com identifies these employees. They …