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2019 top standards- OSHA Most Frequently Violated Standards

OSHA fall protection training standard

Training Requirements for Construction Industry (1926.503)

January 4, 2019

Falls are the leading cause of death in construction. In 2016, there were 370 fatal falls to a lower level out of 991 construction fatalities (BLS data). These deaths are preventable.

2019 top standards- OSHA Most Frequently Violated Standards

OSHA machine guarding standard

OSHA’s machine guarding standard was the ninth-most-frequently cited agency standard in FY 2018.

January 1, 2019

Machine safeguarding is the best way to prevent amputations. Guards provide physical barriers to hazardous areas. They should be secure and strong, and workers should not be able to by-pass, remove or tamper. Guards should not obstruct the operator’s view or prevent others from working.

2019 top standards- Global Standards

ANSI-ASSP Z10 safety and health management system standard

December 20, 2018

Work started on Z10 in March, 1999. Almost 100 safety and health professionals spent six years drafting and reworking the document. The Z10 standard for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) is now titled ANSI/ASSP Z10-2012 (R2017).

When your safety process goes stale

Assess program momentum, relevance & branding

Charles J. Douros

November 29, 2018

In a recent safety excellence workshop, our firm facilitated a brainstorming exercise with a group of safety professionals interested in solving a particular problem they were experiencing in their safety journey. Their safety process was boring them to tears and they worried it would grow stale and become irrelevant with the workforce.

Smartphone, tablets & lockout-tagout

View electronic images of energy isolation points

Jason Anthony

November 28, 2018

OSHA’s General Industry’s standard for the Control of Hazardous Energy (LOTO) 29 CFR 1910.147 addresses one of the most important safety regulations to protect workers from injury: lockout/tagout. The standard requires workers to isolate energy during servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment to prevent the unexpected startup or release of energy.

Want better safety outcomes? Try servant leadership!

Check your ego

David Sarkus MS, CSP

November 20, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, as a young safety professional, I struggled to find a set of leadership practices I could call my own. In 1996, I wrote about many of the leadership practices I was already using but found more clearly established in Servant Leadership (Sarkus, 1996).

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Process safety management - the business case

Evaluate three critical aspects of your operation

James B. Porter Jr. Deborah Grubbe

November 4, 2018

Simply stated, process safety is a management system implemented to prevent major incidents involving hazardous materials. It is necessary for managing complex process operations. An effective process safety management system focuses on three important aspects of your business:

How to produce and market a successful safety culture

Creating good vibrations

Chuck Pettinger

November 4, 2018

Impacting organizational culture is a long-term, never-ending endeavor. Many companies struggle with maintaining and sustaining cultural initiatives because their impact may not be felt for several years. Culture, as an organizational construct, is a subjective factor not directly measurable by any instrument, survey or metric. Yet, everyone is impacted by culture and can describe when it turns bad.

Inspect hand & power tools before using

Here’s a pre-work checklist

Flavio Simon

October 26, 2018

Workers who use hand and/or power tools can expose themselves and co-workers to personal injuries and illnesses such as: lacerations, crushes, burns, amputations; fractures and musculoskeletal disorders; skin and pulmonary illnesses; sight and hearing damage; and electrical shocks.

Safety can’t afford failing to communicate

Flyers and email alerts aren’t enough

Gene Nichols

October 9, 2018

Establishing a safe workplace requires more than PPE and policy. Training and performance management are critical, but only go so far, and all the visual cues, scrolling monitors and pithy slogans in the world won’t make your workplace sustainably safe and healthy.