Using safety meetings is a simple and effective way to keep you employees familiar with the safety hazards of the job and prevent accidents and injuries. Our safety meeting program is a simple way to deliver those meetings to your employees. Through the program we offer more than 900 different meetings. You can receive a [...]
Employers who haven’t posted their injury/illness summaries could be cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to meet their responsibilities as an employer. OSHA regulations require non-exempt employers to post form 300A [PDF, 1.87MB] (or a similar document as allowed), which summarizes the information on workplace injuries and illnesses tracked on form [...]
Employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act have until March 7 to hang a poster summarizing the act’s provisions. The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if [...]
Super Bowl 47 was full of bone crunching tackles, acrobatic catches and the unexpected. In this instance the unexpected was not a controversial call at the end of the game, but a 30-minute power outage just after halftime. If a power outage can occur at arguably the largest spectacle of the year, then it can [...]
As the winter season progresses falling temperatures leave many workers across North America exposed to cold stress related injuries. Illnesses that may develop include trench foot, frostbite and hypothermia. In addition just being in the cold can limit a person’s range of motion, creating a possible workplace hazard. This article will examine cold stress illnesses [...]
In a press release Monday, the Bureau of Reclamation reports taking aggressive steps to address violations of safety and health rules after an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of the Hoover Dam found dozens of safety and health violations at the 75-year-old facility. After its inspection of the 2,078-Megawatt hydropower project, OSHA identified 50 [...]
The implementation of a new standard requiring employers to adopt and Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) highlights OSHA’s 2013 regulatory agenda. The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires federal agencies to publish lists of pending regulatory actions twice a year – spring and fall. However, the White House never released the spring 2012 agenda and did [...]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Monday that they have scheduled meetings to discuss backover injury prevention. The five informal meetings will occur in two rounds. The first will take place Jan. 8-9, 2013, in Washington D.C., and the second, Feb. 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Backover injuries were responsible for 79 worker deaths [...]
Safety Services Company has released a new Florida Labor Law Poster to coincide with an update to the state’s minimum wage requirement. Effective January 1, 2013, Florida’s Minimum Wage Poster must reflect an increase to the minimum wage, from $7.67 to $7.79. For any tipped employees, the employer must pay at least $4.77 in addition [...]
Hawaii’s Unemployment Insurance Law Notice to Employees has been updated to include e-mail addresses and the online filing process at Hawaii’s unemployment insurance website. The posting also includes information on how to file for unemployment benefits if you lose your job and qualify for the help. The updated Hawaii Labor Law Poster will ship on [...]
