OSHA has specific reporting requirements for serious injuries that occur within a facility. The OSHA notification requirements are as follows: Hospitalization: This is for a work related hospitalization, and must be reported within 24 hours; Amputation: This is for a work related amputation, and must be reported within 24 hours; Loss of Eye: This is […]
Does your workplace need fall protection? Do you know what is needed to keep your employees safe and within regulation? Fall Protection Requirements in 1910 General Industry OSHA requires some form of fall protection for employees working at heights greater than four (4) feet in General Industry (1910). Many are unaware that there are numerous […]
This Basic Emergency Response Plan template is useful for small businesses that want an emergency response plan, when it is only required to have a verbal plan. Having a written plan over a verbal plan provides additional safeguards, so all employees know the same responses to emergencies, and it can be referenced during an actual […]
A proper investigation after an accident is best summarized with a post accident investigation report. This form is a summary of your entire investigation, and should be completed with assistance from all statements, evidence, witnesses, and the injured party. Accident investigations are intended to determine the cause of an incident, to identify unsafe conditions or […]
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), these are injuries to the skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and joints that support and bind tissues and organs together so the body can move and sustain itself. MSDs are the most common injury at work. They cost the economy dearly in lost productivity and high workers compensation costs. This is despite […]
Many times when an accident occurs that is just property damage, it is overlooked in the investigation process, because no injury occurs. That is actually a root cause of an injury accident, because if property damage was investigated thoroughly, it could identify issues that if events were different could have resulted in an injury. When […]
With nearly 100,000 injuries or fatalities due to forklift accidents in the U.S. each year, proper training is a critical part of forklift safety. Forklifts present a unique workplace hazard for many reasons: they weigh at least double the weight of the average car, they carry very heavy loads at heights, they work in areas […]
An accident analysis report should be conducted for every accident, but also conducting an accident analysis for a near miss will create a safer workplace. It may seem excessive to treat every near miss as a full accident, but a near miss is just an accident where someone didn’t happen, this time. A quality incident […]
Bloodborne pathogens are microorganisms that transmit disease via human blood and other body fluids. When a person is exposed to infected blood the pathogens can pass on to him/her. Therefore, healthcare workers need to be careful as they regularly deal with potentially infected blood and body fluids. Bloodborne pathogen training helps them to know about […]
We have all been doing fire drills since we were in grammar school. But in a modern industrial environment there is a lot more to consider than just marching the students down the hall. In a manufacturing situation, there are specific actions that need to be taken by machine operators to shut down the […]