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6 Ways to Boost Employee Safety Motivation & Ignite Company-Wide Safety Compliance It's natural for people to push back against decisions or directions they don't understand or were not involved in. "I've done it this way for 10 years and nothing bad has ever happened!" "I'm not an idiot.  I know how to be safe!" "I have too much to do and need to work faster or my boss will yell at me!" Leaders all throughout an organization have probably heard employees make these comments or something similar. You have the authority and critical responsibility to protect employees from safety hazards. However, you are just a single person in

2024-02-21T09:32:01-05:00

How Much Are OSHA Penalties & Fines?

OSHA penalty amounts are indexed to inflation and new levels for civil fines are announced in January each year. Penalties for 2025 were just announced with a maximum of $165,514 for specific violations! Congress gave OSHA the authority to fine employers for violating safety standards. From 1990 to 2015, penalties were capped at $7,000 per serious, other-than-serious, or posting violations, and $70,000 for willful or repeat violations. With inflation declining, maximum OSHA penalty amounts increased roughly 3% over last year or about $500 to a maximum of $165,514 for the most severe and repeated violations! OSHA: Created in 1970 to

2025-02-17T10:04:43-05:00

4 Steps to Communicate HAZCOM

Keep Workers Safe and Avoid Costly Fines with Clear, Coherent Hazard Communications. Last year, one of the largest automotive glass suppliers in the world — a publicly-traded company that supplies materials to all the major automobile manufacturers — appeared to be on top of the world. The company was worth tens of billions of dollars, with manufacturing facilities all over the world. A documentarian even made a major motion picture about the company. That was quite a distinction. But last year, this company — which we’re choosing not to name — received a very different distinction. It was the recipient of a massive fine for safety violations. Last year,

2025-02-17T10:10:13-05:00

Fall Protection Systems Help Prevent Construction Fatalities

Fall Protection Systems can prevent nearly 40% of construction industry fatalities! A Quick Guide to Reduce Construction Fall Accidents with Fall Protection Systems Falls are the leading cause of construction industry fatalities and injuries and are the biggest component of what OSHA calls the ‘Focus Four’ accidents. Falls are such an important issue for OSHA that each year they hold a ‘National Safety Stand Down’ to increase awareness of fall accidents and prevent them. We must always ensure we utilize engineering controls to remove any risk from a work site, but there will still be some

2023-09-01T08:54:34-04:00

How to Prevent OSHA’s ‘Focus Four’ Accidents

Good people took huge risks to build the place you are sitting in right now. Workers in the construction industry build the world around us. We tend to take for granted the buildings and infrastructure that these hard-working individuals construct and maintain. It is important to acknowledge and show respect for these efforts that involved significant risks to employee health and safety.  Ensuring that these workers are safe while on the job should be our top priority so that they can return home to their loved ones. Should the workers who installed the roof on your home to be protected from falls? Should the workers digging deep trenches to

2025-02-17T12:52:30-05:00

Combustible Dust Hazards Targeted for OSHA Inspections

A revision to an existing National Emphasis Program directs OSHA to increase jobsite inspections for combustible dust in specific industries.  Take necessary action now to avoid hazards and pass an inspection without being cited and publicly known as an OSHA compliance violator. Here is a great collection of OSHA resources to reference about Combustible Dust: An OSHA resource page with many useful links. A simple OSHA guide to combustible dusts you can view. A very technical OSHA deep dive. An existing Nationwide Enforcement Program focuses on combustible dust hazards and was revised on January 30, 2023. The National Emphasis Program, starting in 2008, focused OSHA inspections on the unique and often hidden hazard

2025-02-03T08:36:12-05:00

OSHA Form 300A Must Be Posted February 1st through April 30th

  OSHA requires many types of recordkeeping for most businesses with more than 10 employees on average during a calendar year. Here's is a quick summary of the yearly OSHA requirement for posting the 300A Form and key resources to comply.​​​​​​ The OSHA Form 301 is a detailed record of a single recordable workplace related injury or illness incident. The OSHA 300 Form is a log of all workplace related injuries and fatalities.  In other words, a log of all Form 301 incidents. The OSHA 300A Form is a summary of Form 300 to enable employees to quickly see injury and illness statistics for their establishment. The OSHA 300A Form must be visibly posted from February 1 through April 30 at your establishment where notices for employees are typically posted,

2025-02-17T15:34:51-05:00

OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards

You are working hard to create a safe workplace; scheduling training, conducting safety committee meetings, making sure personal protective equipment is available and in good condition, and so on. But do you know what the most common safety violations are? Knowing this can help you take action to prevent the most frequent incidents that cause injury, fatalities, lost time, and not to mention, potential legal issues. Here are OSHA's ten most cited violations for the fiscal year 2022 (October 2021 - September 2022). Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501): 5,260 violations Hazard Communication (1910.1200): 2,424 Respiratory Protection (1910.134): 2,185 Ladders (1926.1053): 2,143 Scaffolding (1926.451): 2,058 Lockout/Tagout (1910.147): 1,977 Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178): 1,749 Fall Protection

2023-10-16T14:59:37-04:00

Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2023

Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2023 It was one hundred years ago that the National Fire Prevention Association, NFPA, celebrated the first Fire Prevention Week! The theme this year is Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape.™ Fire safety education and planning is not just for school children. We have all seen fire escape routes posted in offices schools, our place of employment, and other public buildings. But have you ever stopped and really studied the routes out of the building in the event of a fire? Is there a plan for the elderly or those with limited mobility? How about visitors who may be unfamiliar with

2024-05-16T10:05:43-04:00

Elements of a Successful Safety Program

MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT & EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT You make the commitment and we’ll help with the rest! When a management team communicates a pledge to working safely, employees tend to take notice. A safety commitment helps to encourage everyone to report hazards, and feel comfortable submitting feedback. LSCI will be there to provide responsive and friendly support along the way. We offer an innovative, online safety management system, that will help provide essential resources to help your safety culture grow! WORKSITE SAFETY ANALYSIS During our comprehensive safety evaluations at your location, our team will help identify safety hazards and provide abatement options,

2022-07-06T16:26:11-04:00
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