NFPA 70e 2018 Electrical Safety in the Workplace

Is your company ready for a major shift away from how you currently do your electrical work? You need to be. There are changes, large and small, in the newly revised Arc Flash Standard that will have most facilities and contractors scrambling to bring their workers into compliance. While there has been a strong push […]

Read More… from NFPA 70e 2018 Electrical Safety in the Workplace

Osha’s Focus Four: Fall Hazards

In my first blog, I shared my opinions of OSHA’s Focus Four. In this blog, and future blogs, I will share an experience with each of these topics. This blog will be related to falls. The leading cause of fatalities in the construction industry. I consistently encounter poor maintenance and storage of fall protection on […]

Read More… from Osha’s Focus Four: Fall Hazards

Will I be next?

OSHA, it seems, is fixated on death – a real and grave concern. However, my experience as a safety professional tells a different story. Being in the field conducting construction safety audits, my prospective is decidedly different. In the past 18 months I have been involved with three on-site related deaths. Each of these deaths […]

Read More… from Will I be next?

Using OSHA’s Focus Four

Having the answers/solutions to problems doesn’t always come easy. Where do we focus our attention when it comes to the safety and health of our employees, success and profitability of our company? In plain sight, OSHA gives us these answers in the form of the Focus Four. Putting aside political views, our government provides the […]

Read More… from Using OSHA’s Focus Four