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January 3 2019

Visual Literacy for Occupational Safety

This article is an interview on the topic of using visual literacy to improve occupational safety and the workplace, and in particular to improve hazard recognition and identification. It’s another in our occasional series of interviews with various subject matter…

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January 2 2019

Why is near miss reporting important?

OSHA defines a near miss as an unplanned event in which no property was damaged and no personal injury was sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage or injury easily could have occurred. Reporting near…

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December 10 2018

OSHA Basics: Which OSHA Standards Include Training Requirements?

If you’re a safety professional, one of your job responsibilities is to provide safety and health trainers to the workers at your organization in order to teach them about workplace hazards and how to work safely in the workplace. But…

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December 3 2018

The top 5 safety and technology trends to watch

It’s a huge understatement, but 2020 was a year we won’t soon forget (and will likely feel its effects for years to come). The end of the COVID-19 pandemic may be on the horizon with the initiated roll-out of vaccinations…

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November 18 2018

5 Reasons Mobile Apps Are Great for Incident Investigations

Are you still tracking workplace incidents, including injuries and illnesses, by hand or with Excel? If so, we invite you to consider an online workplace incident tracking & reporting system to make your life easier. And if you’re going to…

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November 3 2018

Benefits of an Online Incident Reporting, Investigation & Tracking…

If you’re doing incident investigations at work (and you should be), then you might want to consider getting an online incident investigation tool, including one with mobile apps for use on smart phones and tablets. We’ve all already seen how…

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October 20 2018

Performing a Pre-Task Pre-Mortem: An Interview with Joe Estey

In this interview, we’re catching up with our old friend Joe Estey to learn about what he calls a “pre-task pre-mortem.” A pre-task pre-mortem is a discussion to talk about (1) the desired end-state of the task, (2) the process…

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October 3 2018

OSHA Basics: OSHA’s Small Business Handbook

If you’re in charge of safety at a small business, and you feel a bit overwhelmed by all of the OSHA compliance regulations, you’re going to be excited to know about OSHA’s Small Business Handbook. It’s just what you’re looking…

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October 1 2018

What Should be Included in an Emergency Action Plan…

  What is an Emergency Action Plan? OSHA strongly recommends that all workplaces with more than 10 employees develop a written Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to document the procedures and responses required by employees in the face of a disaster…

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September 24 2018

OSHA Basics: OSHA’s Top Ten Violations/Citations, Year by Year

If you’re new to Safety, EHS, or OSHA, you might be a fan of our OSHA Basics series of articles, which explains a number of basic OSHA concepts, ideas, programs, regulations, etc. We’ve got a full list of the articles…

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September 13 2018

How Safety Software can you help comply with ISO…

So, your organization has charged you and your team with implementing and complying with ISO 45001 -Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems standard and you are looking easy to use tools to comply with this standard. This blog article describes…

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September 6 2018

What You Need to Know About OSHA’s Confined Space…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a general industry standard, and a construction industry standard for engaging in confined space work. You must know the differences between these standards, the defined roles for confined space workers, and requirements…

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September 4 2018

Confined Space Hazards: Hazards that Turn a Confined Space…

OSHA’s 1910.144 Confined Space regulation covers confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces in general industry. Amongst other things, it explains what a confined space is, what a permit-required confined space is, and what an employer must do in order to…

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August 27 2018

OSHA Basics: OSHA’s Consultation Services

Our OSHA Basics series of articles explains basic, fundamental, and important topics related to OSHA and OSHA compliance. In this one, we’re going to introduce OSHA’s consultation services to you, explain some of the benefits, and point you to places…

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August 22 2018

How Mobile Apps Prevent Workplace Safety Incidents

As a safety professional, it’s your job to keep workplace incidents to a minimum. But if you’re not utilizing mobile apps for incident recording, you’re missing out on a way to encourage reporting, conduct better investigations, and record incidents faster than with…