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In March 2015, OSHA cited Dollar General Corp. for four repeated safety violations found in a December 2014 inspection of a Dollar General store in Atlanta, GA. Dollar General stores have been inspected more than 70 times since 2009—and many of those inspections have identified the same hazards over and over again. The most recent […]
It could happen at any minute. An OSHA compliance officer arrives for a visit and your program and people are under the microscope. Are your written programs in order? Do your employees’ practices reflect the training you work so hard to provide? Was the complaint, injury, or statistic that brought the officer in the door […]
One section of the OSH Act that seems to bewilder employers and employees alike is Section 5, known as the General Duty Clause (GDC). It’s very brief, but it has considerable significance among OSHA’s means of enforcing compliance—and, for that matter, can be useful to employees seeking relief from what they consider unsafe work. The […]
Use the information in today’s Advisor to help you plan your safety training program. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides much assistance to businesses of all sizes to help them set up and manage effective safety programs. That assistance includes training programs, which you can learn more about here www.osha.gov/dte/index.html. In addition, check […]
An effective discipline policy can help your workers remain aware of, and in compliance with, workplace safety rules. However, if your workplace discipline policy is badly designed or inconsistently applied, you could put yourself in a bind with workers and regulators.
Yesterday, we looked at the four categories of employers that OSHA will hold responsible for safety on a multiemployer worksite. Today, we will look in detail at the responsibilities of “controlling employers,” who carry a higher compliance burden than other employers at the site.
How many employers have a presence on your worksite? Do you have two or three contractors renovating your office space, another contractor running your on-site cafeteria, some consultants evaluating your production unit, a medical group doing a wellness screening on-site, and a crew of temporary employees in the warehouse? All of those workers represent different […]
Some jobs are just more dangerous than others. It’s fairly obvious, of course, that steelworkers face greater hazards than office workers—but some hazardous jobs might be less obvious. Are your workers in a high-risk occupation? Here’s what the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has to say about what industries and occupations pose the deadliest hazards.
Some groups of workers are at higher risk of work-related death than others. Do you have any of these high-risk groups in your workplace? And if you do, what are the best strategies for keeping them safe?
Do you know what the leading causes of death are in American workplaces? Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tallies the statistics, releasing data from 1 to 2 years in arrears. Despite the delay in reporting, there is a certain consistency from one year to the next: Many of the same hazards remain […]