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Apr

29

2015
OSHA Issues $260K After Worker is Disciplined for Reporting Injury

OSHA Issues $260K After Worker is Disciplined for Reporting Injury

Federal officials have levied the largest penalty of its kind against an employer following an investigation that showed the company taking action against an employee who reported a workplace injury.  The Metro-North Commuter Railroad, based in Hartford, CT, has been ordered to pay the employee $250,000 in punitive damages, $10,000 in compensatory damages and “reasonable attorney fees.” OSHA investigated following a complaint filed by a…

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Apr

22

2015

OSHA Makes $3.5 Million in Training Grants Available

OSHA now is accepting 2015 applications for training grants under the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, with a total of $3.5 million available for nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, tribal organizations, and colleges and universities. The program honors the late Susan Harwood, a former director in OSHA’s Office of Risk Assessment whose 17-year tenure with the…

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Apr

20

2015

Construction: OSHA 10 Hour and OSHA 30 Hour Training Sharing

Illinois OSHA Training Sharing Series #1 Focus Four is a major part of OSHA 10 Hour and OSHA 30 Training for Construction workers. What Are the
 Focus Four Hazards? Electrocution – First of four series Struck-by – Second of four series Caught-in between – Third of four series Fall – Fourth of series Fatality & Statistical
Analysis 85% of all citations and 90% of dollars applied…

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Apr

10

2015
Illinois OSHA Healthcare | Social Services Guidelines Update

Illinois OSHA Healthcare | Social Services Guidelines Update

April is National Workplace Violence Prevention Month: OSHA updates guidance for healthcare and social services Illinois business owner should pay attention to the latest update from their government.  The implications if you do business in Illinois are far reaching. Pursuant to the OSHA Act, employers must comply with safety and health standards and regulations issued and enforced either by OSHA or by an OSHA-approved state plan….

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Apr

06

2015
Owner could go to jail for not reporting worker’s injury

Owner could go to jail for not reporting worker’s injury

Weekly Safety Tip: Keep injury and illness Records. Report  severe work-related injuries and illnesses to OSHA. The owner of a construction company could go to jail for not reporting an employee’s foot injury that resulted in an amputation. Harry Minassian of Granada Hills, CA, faces four felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud for failing to report the injury. Minassian owns Pacific Construction. An employee…

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Apr

02

2015
7 tips to ensure that a close call doesn’t become something worse

7 tips to ensure that a close call doesn’t become something worse

Are employees at your site encouraged to report near misses? Do you share lessons learned from these close calls to prevent actual incidents? Read on to find out why, and how, you should be doing this. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), a near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in an injury, illness, or damage. But it could have. “Only…

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Apr

01

2015
Modern Issues of First Aid Training

Modern Issues of First Aid Training

Timing and Content Issues When is training provided? For new employees? Once a year? Increase it to include special needs, too. Try to avoid marathon training to get everything done at once and have smaller, more manageable sessions that employees can remember and use. Is your first aid specifically for your workplace or general in nature? Do you have AEDs on site? Are they all…

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Oct

24

2014
What are the hazards in a confined space?

What are the hazards in a confined space?

All hazards found in a regular workspace can also be found in a confined space. However, they can be even more hazardous in a confined space than in a regular worksite. Hazards in confined spaces can include: •Poor air quality: There may be an insufficient amount of oxygen for the worker to breathe. The atmosphere might contain a poisonous substance that could make the worker…

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Oct

23

2014
Warning signs that your workplace may be too noisy?

Warning signs that your workplace may be too noisy?

Noise may be a problem in your workplace if: ◾You hear ringing or humming in your ears when you leave work. ◾You have to shout to be heard by a coworker an arm’s length away. ◾You experience temporary hearing loss when leaving work. OSHA sets legal limits on noise exposure in the workplace. These limits are based on a worker’s time weighted average over an…

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