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Follow the Signs to a Safer Workplace

Workplace safety signs and tags prevent accidents. Select and place them with care Your employees should be familiar with the hazards associated with their own work areas. But as they go about the facility, they may come into casual contact with risks they don’t know about. Outsiders who come into your facility may also be […]

10 Tips for Ensuring Hazard Communication Compliance

Here are 10 tips that can help ensure HazCom compliance as well as the protection of employees from chemical hazards in your workplace. The hazard communication standard applies to almost every organization and employer covered by OSHA regulations. It applies to manufacturers, importers, and distributors of hazardous chemicals, and to employers with employees exposed or […]

What’s in Your HazCom Plan?

Does your written HazCom plan include all the information required by OSHA? Here’s a quick review of essential content. A hazard communication plan doesn’t have to be long or spell out your program in detail, but it must be well thought out, clear, and comprehensive. Your written HazCom plan is the first thing a compliance […]

Back to School: Lifelong Learning Is the Key to Continuous Improvement

Students of all ages are returning to school this month. That includes your own employees if you think about it. Today’s Advisor explores a recent report that confirms what many trainers already know: Training must be viewed as an ongoing process rather than a onetime event. Untitled Document "Learning is a way of life in […]

How to Implement an Effective Preparedness Program

Yesterday, we talked about managing a workplace emergency response program. Today, we focus on implementation. Ready.gov says that implementation of a workplace preparedness program includes: Assessing risks Identifying and assessing resources Writing plans Developing a system to manage incidents Training employees so they can execute plans. In particular, Ready.gov recommends taking action on the following […]