OSHA will be at VPPPA’s Safety+ Symposium in full force leading workshops on topic like industrial hygiene, anti-retaliation programs, and construction & general industry challenges.
Episode 90
In this episode, editor Sydny Shepard takes a look at the most frequent causes for electrical injuries and fatalities on construction sites. Listen in to find out if these hazards are present on your site and how to mitigate them.
VPPPA offers safety professionals three ways to engage with their annual symposium.
Their goal is to make it more detailed and provide even better safety tips for businesses.
On December 29, 1970, then-President Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Four months later, on April 28, 1971, it went into effect, slowly becoming the gold standard for workplace safety today. 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the act going into effect and it is still the primary thing that we turn to when safety is a concern.
Episode 89
In this episode, editor Sydny Shepard discusses the current COVID-19 outlook, how alcohol and substance use has shifted and what employers can be doing to manage all of it.
The campaign was created to encourage every workplace to have a safety and health program.
Many organizations devise operating systems that encompass values and standards specific to their core beliefs about work, people and performance.
Preventing injury and loss of life is undeniably the number one reason to strengthen any safety program.
In rare instances, procedures like LOTO are overlooked due to blatant disregard.
Labs are often home for some of the most dangerous hazards. Here’s how employees can stay safe.
High-level leadership has always been a heightened challenge; even more so during these times.
As safety professionals, we need to always consider the electrical issue as it relates to lockout/tagout.
Although there were less people out and about during quarantine, traffic deaths spiked by 7.2 percent last year.
TAV Holdings Inc. faces $112,212 in proposed penalties.
OSHA finds these companies have a total of 59 safety and health violations.
Episode 85
In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard discusses a new partnership between NIOSH and ASA to protect temporary workers, new data on the latest decline in life expectancy and research that shows heat-related injuries might be significantly underreported.