Category: April 2023 Newsletter

Confined Space Entry & Rescue Class

Yesterday afternoon, our Confined Space Entry & Rescue students had a crash course on knot tying, this morning they are putting their new skills into action! Purchase NASP’s Confined Space Entry Specialist (CSS) Course

BETA Exams are Filling Up Quickly!

NASP’s MSP and CSD certifications are on their way to becoming an Industry standard for practical workplace safety professionals. Get ahead of the curve (and save some money) by taking the MSP or CSD Beta Exam. Beta exams are new versions of the MSP and CSD certification exams that are…

Amputation Leads to Nearly $2M in Penalties

While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a 29-year-old temporary worker – on the job just nine months – suffered critical injuries after falling into an industrial blender he was cleaning and became caught in the rotating paddle augers. The worker’s injuries led to a…

Are You Hiring? Let Us Help!

Let’s be honest; the pandemic drastically changed the employment landscape. Finding employees to fill open positions, especially in the safety and environmental fields, has taken a toll on many businesses. In response to these conditions, we have retooled our Job Mart to offer FREE safety and environmental job postings! Better…

Survey Says…

A recent Fluke Safety Survey (specializing in electrical safety products) sought to identify trends in various workplace safety-related topics. The good news? About 56% of those surveyed had positive opinions on how employees could make an impact on the safety of the workplace. In particular, 95% of employees believe that…

OSHA Proves Extreme Heat Hazard, Fails to Propose Abatement

In a series of heat illness-related cases involving the United States Postal Service (USPS), OSHA successfully established extreme heat as a workplace hazard but failed to propose feasible abatement methods. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) upheld an administrative law judge’s decision to vacate citations in four of…

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