Items Tagged with 'workplace safety'

Workers in the PHCP and PVF industries encounter daily challenges, including maintaining cleanliness and safety. As a leader, it’s essential to prioritize safety through training and clear policies to prevent accidents that could result in downtime or costly claims.

The primary goal of every employer is to ensure workers return home safely, reflecting the concerns of their families. Achieving this requires buy-in and strong leadership, supported by five key safety principles.

As summer approaches, the risk of heat-related illnesses in the workplace becomes a significant concern. OSHA emphasizes the importance of recognizing, preventing, and responding to heat stress. Read how you can protect your workforce.

Attention California Employers! New workplace violence law in effect July 1st. Develop a written prevention plan, implement interactive training for employees, avoid potential fines and ensure employee safety. Read more for details and resources.

In 2024, OSHA emphasizes mental health in the workplace, urging employers to implement programs and resources to support workers, recognizing its impact on safety and productivity.

The most important questions being asked about workplace safety are: how do we effectively impact safety awareness to keep our employees from being injured? How, as an employer, do we reduce the drastic increases in workplace incidents as shown over the past year?

Any time there is a business that has employees, whether that number is two or in the thousands, the fact is the more you have, the more your overall risks increase.

Violence has unfortunately become an all too common problem in the workplace.

OSHA 300 logs (300, 300A and 301) document the workplace injury and illness records and ensure they are properly displayed for employees and appropriate management to view. The following are some key aspects of understanding when and how to complete the logs.

Despite our best intentions, safety professionals focus sharply on compliance. Our attention locks on the hundreds of regulatory pages promulgated by OSHA, DOT, EPA, etc., as we decipher the necessary steps to stay out of trouble.