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eCompliance

eCompliance Releases eLearning on Mobile Platform

The newly launched platform will provide 200+ courses for workers to receive training any time, anywhere
May 28, 2020

eCompliance, the software for strengthening safety culture, releases the newest edition of their eLearning on Mobile Platform with access to 200+ courses that can be taken any time, anywhere.


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OSHA Permit-required confined space 1910.146

Understand standards to manage safety in confined spaces

Bruce Magee
April 15, 2020

In construction and industry, some potential hazards visibly manifest, such as the risk of falls from heights. Others are more hidden. A confined space may not look dangerous, but workers perish each year because someone assumed the air inside was safe to breathe when testing would have revealed that is wasn’t.


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ISEA

ISEA updates standards for eye, face protection

April 14, 2020

ISEA's updated standard reinforces the emphasis on matching the protector to the hazard and includes other enhancements responsive to the evolving needs for workers, particularly those engaged in specific tasks or applications. 


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Today's News

New acting DOL chief expected to fast track Trump's agenda

July 18, 2019
Patrick Pizella, the man who’ll become acting Labor Secretary tomorrow, is “hard-working and no-nonsense” and will likely push for more employer-friendly safety standards, according to a former colleague. Deputy U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) secretary since April 2018, Pizella will fill the vacancy left by the recent departure of Alexander Acosta, who resigned amid controversy over his role in a lenient 2008 plea deal with convicted sex offender – and billionaire – Jeffrey Epstein. Pizella held positions in several agencies during four different Administrations, including on the Federal Labor Relations Authority, to which he was appointed by President Barack Obama.
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award winners

J. J. Keller announces 2018 Safety Professional of the Year winners

16th annual awards recognize unique & effective safety programs
September 26, 2018
Tracy Clingingsmith, Safety Manager for Alamo Group in Seguin, Texas, has been named the 2018 Safety Professional of the Year (SPOTY) by J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. The SPOTY Awards recognize industry professionals who lead unique and effective approaches to their safety programs. When Clingingsmith started as Safety Manager at Alamo Group in Texas, she changed the culture of how all employees, from the top down, thought about safety.
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Capitol Hill

Funding for OSHA, NIOSH, MSHA & CSB stays the same

March 26, 2018
They won’t be getting an increase, but federal worker safety agencies will not, at least, see the slashes in funding that some were predicting. The FY 2018 budget passed by Congress recently maintains funding for OSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) at 2017 levels.
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State OSHA plan enforcement cases now online

October 8, 2015

Want to see what your state-level OSHA agency has been up to? OSHA has a new webpage that shows state plan enforcement cases with initial penalties above $40,000, on a state by state basis. Site visitors can click on a map to get information about citations issued starting January 1, 2015.


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leadership

What does an effective safety program look like?

April 14, 2015

An effective safety program doesn’t come out of nowhere. It takes years of hard work and dedication, a company’s leadership, an engaged workforce and a safety system that addresses all the major causes of injuries.


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