Fireworks are loud! But are they a concern for noise-induced hearing loss? How loud are fireworks and what is my noise exposure? Check out the blog to see how loud fireworks are.

As temperatures rise, heat stress becomes a critical concern for those in outdoor environments or hot indoor settings. Understanding the hazards, potential injuries, and effective controls can help prevent serious health issues. This blog aims to provide comprehensive information based on guidelines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

OSHA's regulation regarding the Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) is based on the level of occupational noise exposure in a workplace. Employers are required to implement a HCP when employees are exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) noise level of 85 decibels (dBA) or higher.

Establishments with 100 or more employees in designated high-hazard industries (listed in Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 CFR Part 1904) must electronically submit to OSHA detailed information about each recordable injury and illness entered on their previous calendar year’s OSHA Form 300 Log and Form 301 Incident Report. Read for more info.

Some establishments are required to submit their Form 300A data to OSHA electronically. Do you know if you need to submit it? Use the information below to find out. If you do need to report, it’s due March 2nd!

There are many benefits to receiving the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification in the health and safety profession. You will learn the benefits of the CSP credentials, what to study to pass the CSP, what education and work experience is required, how much money the CSP exam costs, and if the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Credentials are worth it.

If you're required to keep recordable injury and illness records, you must also complete and post your OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. This blog will tell you everything you need to know about the OSHA Form 300A Summary.

Collecting data on workplace injuries and illnesses is essential to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mission to improve workplace safety and health. In October 2022, OSHA announced changes to the OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA). This safety blog will help you understand what steps you need to take to report your Form 300A Summary log of 2023 injury and illness data to OSHA using Login.gov.

All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) are covered by Part 1904 Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. However, there are some partial exemptions for keeping OSHA injury and illness records that may apply to your workplace, including size and particular low-hazard industries. See if your facility applies for the partial exemptions.

The tragic event that led me to name my safety consulting firm “Triangle” was inspired by the 1911 event where 146 workers, mostly women and girls, died from a workplace fire due to poor safety conditions. Read for more.

The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) or also known as Haz Com, aligned in 2009. But what changed? Is anyone seeing the results of the merging of these two standards? Read the blog to discover how classifying hazards and the labels and safety data sheets (SDS) were altered.

In the Safety world, at least to OSHA, forklifts are called Power Industrial Trucks (PIT). There's a whole standard dedicated to PITs. Why? Because they are dangerous. They can weigh over 3,000 lbs. and cause property damage, injury, or death. In this blog, you will learn exactly what you need to know to comply with OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck Regulation to help your company minimize incidents involving forklifts and limit potential fines from OSHA.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2020, 24% of workers were 55 or older. In addition, fatal injuries among workers who are 55 and older increased by 8% from 2018 to 2019. The 2,005 deaths that occurred in 2019 signify the most significant number ever recorded for this age group. So if we know that nearly a quarter of our workforce is over 55 years old and they’re more likely to get hurt, what controls can we implement to keep them safe?

Fall hazards are foreseeable at work and in the home. You can identify them and then eliminate exposure or control them before they result in injuries or sometimes even death. This blog discusses the types of controls and practical examples that everyone can implement right now to eliminate or prevent falls in the home. Use this blog to start your Total Work Health mentality at your workplace.

OSHA’s Control of Hazardous Energy Standard, also known as the Lockout Tagout (LOTO) Regulation, has specific requirements for Periodic Inspections and Employee Training for Authorized, Affected, and Other Employees. Read this blog to understand two of the crucial elements of an effective lockout tagout program that will prevent employee injuries and illnesses.

OSHA’s LOTO standard has three main elements to create an energy control program. This blog will discuss the Control of Hazardous Energy Standard’s Purpose, as well as the three main elements, focusing on Energy Control Procedures.

Workers performing maintenance on machinery may be exposed to injuries from the unforeseen energization, startup of the machinery, or release of stored energy. OSHA’s Lockout/Tagout standard found at 1910.147, also known as LOTO or the Control of Hazardous Energy, requires the acceptance and implementation of procedures to shut down machinery, isolate it from its energy source, and prevent the release of potentially hazardous energy while maintenance and servicing activities are being completed. This blog helps employers gain clarity with commonly asked questions on the LOTO standard's scope and application to help employers understand who the LOTO standard does and does not apply to and what activities are and are not covered.

Every year, workers are killed or seriously injured while performing snow or ice removal from rooftops and structures such as decks. Based on the findings of OSHA investigations, falls cause the most worker fatalities and injuries during rooftop snow removal. Workers may fall off roof edges, through skylights, and from ladders and aerial lifts to the ground below, which is likely to be fatal. Workers may also be injured or killed by a roof collapse. There are safer ways to remove ice and snow off rooftops than to climb onto the roof, which is a high-risk task.

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Every year, more than 5,000 workers are killed on the job (an average of 14 deaths per day), and more than 3.6 million suffer a serious job-related injury or illness. Even one serious workplace injury or illness can have a devastating impact on an organization, especially a small business. Does your business have a safety program? This blog will discuss the impacts of a serious injury, why you need a safety program, how to implement a safety program, and recommended practices.