Category: November 2019 Newsletter

Effective October 1, 2019, Region VII OSHA (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa) announced a combination of Regional Emphasis Programs, along with state-led local emphasis programs in the following industrial sectors: 1) Anhydrous Ammonia Anhydrous Ammonia – a Regional Emphasis Program (REP) focus on injuries, illnesses, and fatalities related to workers’ exposures…

OSHA’s Process Safety Management regulation, also known as PSM, sets specific requirements for employers who use highly hazardous chemicals at the workplace. And because these highly hazardous chemicals can lead to catastrophic events, OSHA takes the PSM regulation very seriously. Part of that seriousness includes rigorous PSM inspections at work areas…

Which companies will receive OSHA inspections in Fiscal year 2020 (which began Oct. 1, 2019)? No one can provide an exact list. But OSHA’s FY 2020 budget request, updated Field Operations Manual (FOM) for its inspectors and its new weighting system for inspections provide enough clues so companies know whether…

A safety manager charged with covering up information about an employee’s death at the company’s Ohio plant was sentenced to three months of home confinement. Extrudex’s former safety coordinator and human resources director, Paul Love, was also fined $1,000 and placed on three years of supervised release when he was…

1) Wellness Programs Improve Employee Health Behaviors The core of every good wellness program is behavior change. With the right education, skills, motivation, tools, and social support, people change behaviors.  Wellness programs are good at helping people adopt and maintain healthy behaviors.  This is perhaps the biggest benefit of having…

Our internationally recognized Certified Safety Manager classroom course is coming back to Las Vegas. While this course is offered online, the experience you get in the live class is something you don’t want to miss. Our Certified Safety Manager (CSM) Course will allow you to: Discover a brand new perspective…

This 3-day course provides an in-depth look at proper incident investigation procedures with emphasis on OSHA inspection priorities, Job Hazard Analysis, Risk Management best practices, and Incident Analysis techniques. The goal of this course is to help participants gain the skills necessary, through an effective incident investigation, to establish a…

We have just released our instructor-led course calendar for the first half of 2020. What course will you take next? January Certified Safety Manager (CSM) – Classroom – January 27-31, 2020 – Las Vegas, NV February Safety Auditor Certificate Course: February 18-20, 2020 – Charlotte, NC March Certified Safety Manager…

For most industrial safety managers, the term behavior-based safety (BBS) raises a conflicting combination or feelings. For some, BBS is an invaluable safety tool to add to the safety manager tool box; for others, behavior-based safety is an inefficient waste of time that does nothing to a facility’s safety program but drain…

Spills are a common occurrence at many facilities, and the safety of both the work environment and workers depends on an effective and quick response. The best means of preparation is to have the correct cleanup equipment on hand, conduct training on actions to take, and commit to restocking material…