If there is one rule of safety, it’s that what you think you know can make you dangerous. 

The good news is 2020 is over, we have viable vaccines and we are hopefully seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

Unfortunately, many people think they know about the consequences of an OSHA inspection gone wrong, but they don’t. This can have dire consequences financially or even criminally.

As the United States remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant attention has been placed on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA” or the “Agency”) and the efforts taken by the Agency to help in the federal response. 

After a long, gray winter, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the mercury is rising — and rising, and rising. 

The annual ASA Safety Award, sponsored by the ASA Safety Committee, recognizes ASA members that have shown they have gone above and beyond in the area of worker safety.

With 2020 well underway, our safety professionals have printed off a fresh batch of OSHA 300 forms and are duly recording work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses that occur in workplaces this year.