Forklifts: Get Into Compliance
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.
LOTO Training and Periodic Inspections
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.
Foghorn Noise Levels
Ever wonder how loud foghorns can be? Well now you don’t have to! I checked out a Maine lighthouse and captured the max level in dBa. Read the blog to see how loud the foghorn was!
OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
As part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) commitment to protect workers and deliver stronger worker safety requirements, the agency has issued a COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that establishes new requirements to protect workers from exposure to the coronavirus in all settings, with some exceptions, where any employee provides healthcare services or healthcare support services. This blog will go over some of the requirements for the new healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard and will take 10 minutes to read.
Hazardous Mechanical Machine Motions and Amputations
Learn about hazardous mechanical motions of machinery that can cause amputations if not controlled properly.