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Back to Work Safety
After being off for the holidays or any time of vacation, sometimes it’s hard to get back into the groove of working. This is a time where it’s easy to not be as mindful about safety as we usually are. Workplace accidents tend to be higher after people come back from...
Be Safe When Ringing in the New Year
Regardless of whether you’re going out, or staying in for New Years celebrations, safety should always be top of mind. New Year’s Eve is actually one of the more dangerous holidays for car accidents. Here are a few tips to share about being safe when ringing in the...
Holiday Safety
This season of celebrating can be a wonderful time of the year, but it can also be a time for accidents. • Keep Real Trees Watered: The combination of shorts in electrical lights and a tinder-dry tree can be deadly. Keep your tree well-watered. Water levels should...
Seasonal Distractions
The holidays are a busy time for most of us and with that comes a lot of distraction, stress, fatigue and loss of focus. These are all things that can negatively affect our safety. Holiday Distractions: It’s important to be aware that these conditions may be occurring...
Thanksgiving Safety Tips to Share With Your Employees, Family and Friends
As a safety consultant, we make sure that our teams know about safety in all aspects of their life, not just the OSHA kind at work. Safety at home is just as important as safety at work. Below are some tips for Thanksgiving Safety, including a link to download a...
Compressed Air Safety
Compressed air is used in a multitude of applications in industry — pneumatic tools and equipment, pumps, valves, tires, robotic arms, conveyors, packaging machines, some welding operations, metal cutting, surface preparation, breathing air, natural gas extraction,...
Supreme Court’s Overruling of Chevron Deference Will Change How Regulations are Written and Interpreted
On June 28, in the Supreme Court case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a doctrine established in 1984 called the “Chevron deference” was overturned and will no longer be used when it comes to courts interpreting the meanings of regulations when there are...
Summer Safety
We talk about the holiday season being a big time of distraction when one is focused on a bunch of other things where safety may not always be top of mind. However, the summer can be a big distraction too. There’s a lot of things that we do in our non-work lives...
Severe Weather — Tornadoes
Tornadoes are violent storms that don’t only strike in the traditional “Tornado Alley” region of the U.S. The southeastern part of the U.S. is starting to experience many more tornadoes over the past few years. Tornadoes can strike anywhere, including places like...
OSHA Updates Walk Around Rule for Inspections
A new final rule issued by OSHA gives employees the opportunity to designate an employee representative to accompany an inspector during OSHA inspections. The original rule, at 29 CFR 1903.8(c), allowed for employers to have a representative to accompany an inspector,...
Who Needs DOT Hazmat Training?
Often we get the question, "Who needs DOT hazmat training?" Not only are there nuances between the various agencies of DOT and the international transportation organizations DOT defers to, but often in companies there could be a number of people involved in the...
OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001: What’s the Difference?
Need assistance with ISO 45001? iSi can help! On November 27, 2017, a final version of the new International Standards Organization (ISO) 45001 standard was published, creating an official ISO standard for occupational health and safety programs. In the early 2000s...
ISNetworld: The Top 10 Items You Need for Compliance
Contractor/vendor prequalification is becoming more and more the norm. ISNetworld is an online contractor safety prequalification program and just one among a crop of other programs like it, including Avetta, PEC Safety, Browz, Veriforce, ComplyWorks, First Verify and...
What is a Toxic Release Inventory (aka TRI, SARA 313, Form R)?
What Is It? TRI first came into existence in 1986 as part of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). TRI’s creation was influenced by an event in Bhopal, India in 1984 where a cloud of...
Example General Duty Clause Citations to Look for in Your Workplace
OSHA has a number of regulations that govern many aspects of the workplace. When there is not a specific regulation reference, they will often cite the General Duty Clause. What is the General Duty Clause? The General Duty Clause is found in Section 5(a)(1) of the...
What’s the Difference Between the HAZWOPER’s Emergency Response Plan and an Emergency Action Plan?
Being prepared for emergencies at your facility is vital, and having that plan communicated to your employees is even more critical. OSHA references a couple of different plans in its regulations, one is the Emergency Action Plan and then OSHA’s HAZWOPER standard...
PSM Compliance Audits: How Often Are They Required? What’s Involved?
Companies that fall under Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements because of their highly hazardous chemicals are required to recertify that they have completed an evaluation of PSM compliance. Compliance evaluations must occur at least once every 3 years. ...
Which Environmental Regulations Apply to Emergency Power Generators?
Emergency power generators can be critical pieces of equipment for any facility, especially in the stormy seasons of spring or winter or in disasters such as floods and the hurricanes of summer and early fall. If you have one in your facility now, or are thinking...
EPA Makes Final Rule to Update RMP Requirements
EPA has issued a change to its Risk Management Program, or RMP regulations for those who process, produce, handle or store hazardous substances or chemicals. The changes are in an amendment to the rule, officially called the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident...
OSHA Looks to Issue “Emergency Response” Standard, But Despite Name, Will Have Little Effect on HAZWOPER
In January, OSHA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to replace the existing general industry Fire Brigade standard at 1910.156 with a new broader standard called “Emergency Response.” Despite the name, the standard will still not be the same as the current...
Grade D Breathing Air: What Requirements Do I Have to Meet for My Breathing Air System?
Compressed air, either through a fixed or a portable system, can be used to supply air to employees as they perform tasks that could not be done using an air purifying respirator. Supplied air respirators are respirators that supply the user with breathing air from a...