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Fall hazards top OSHA's violation list

Penalties top $23 million in 2015

July 1, 2016

A worker painting an electric maintenance tower comes in contact with an energized power line and falls 70 feet – striking a second employee working on a lower level and causing him to fall as well.

Failure to train: a common violation

Citations span across industries & standards

Benita Mehta

June 1, 2016

Training requirement violations occur in nearly every standard included in OSHA’s top 10 violations list, including fall protection, respiratory protection, lockout-tagout, machine guarding and electrical safety.

What’s your strategy for superior safety performance?

Terry Mathis

June 1, 2016

The Senior VP of Marketing at a Fortune 500 company told me he wanted his customers to feel like buying his product was the most logical decision they had ever made.

Electrical hazards are everywhere

Followed by thousands of OSHA violations

Maureen Paraventi

May 3, 2016

Electrical accidents in the workplace can have horrific consequences.

NASA, SpaceX & leading with your vision

Don’t let your planning be bound by the past

David Sarkus MS, CSP

May 3, 2016

If you were paying attention to the news recently, you’d realize that more recent space history was written. SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully completed a food and cargo mission to the International Space Station, and returned a first stage rocket on a drone platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

LOTO failures result in $9+ million in fines

Fab metal manufacturing tops OSHA’s hit list

Benita Mehta

April 1, 2016

Lockout/tagout (29 CFR 1910.147) was the fifth most frequently cited OSHA violation during the period October 2014 to September 2015. There were 3,350 citations reported across all industries during that time with $9,686,894 in penalties.

Defining incentives, rewards, reinforcers, & recognition

E. Scott Geller

April 1, 2016

Many articles about incentives, rewards, recognition, and positive reinforcers reflect naiveté about human motivation. Have you been confused by the language discrepancies regarding these terms?

Respiratory standard prevents serious illnesses

But inspectors assessed penalties totaling $2,731,806 in 2015

Maureen Paraventi

March 10, 2016

When engineering control measures aren’t possible or sufficient to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants such as dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors, OSHA requires – through its 1910.134 standard1 – that workers be provided with respiratory protection.

Respiratory standard prevents serious illnesses

But inspectors assessed penalties totaling $2,731,806 in 2015

Maureen Paraventi

March 1, 2016

When engineering control measures aren’t possible or sufficient to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants such as dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors, OSHA requires – through its 1910.134 standard1 – that workers be provided with respiratory protection.

ISO 45001 — a missed opportunity?

Stakeholders have differing goals for the standard

Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP

March 1, 2016

The draft ISO 45001 standard, “Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use,” has been released. This draft is referenced as ISO/DIS 45001.