Management What is Prequalification and Can’t I Manage it In-House? Through a prequalification process, it is important for a client company to gather information about the contractors, suppliers, and...
Management Leading Indicators OSHA recently announced that it is moving away from relying on past employer safety statistics, or lagging indicators, and...
Management Contractor Management A recent article titled Understanding the Contractor Management Paradox in the May 2019 issue of Professional Safety (PSJ) stressed the importance of contractor management....
Management Young Worker Safety With the end of the school year upon us and summer fast approaching, young workers will be flooding the...
Management Understanding OSHA: State Plans The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages individual states to take responsibility for OSHA administration and enforcement within...
Management The General Duty Clause The OSH Act requires that an employer maintain a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing...
Management Promulgation of New Standards The OSH Act requires that a covered employer must comply with specific occupational safety and health standards, as well...
Management Prequalified vs. Not Prequalified: Safety Culture An analysis of Appruv contractors and their responses to a survey regarding their safety practices in-house provided insight into...
Management OSHA 300A Annual Summary Posting Requirements in Effect Beginning today, February 1, 2019, organizations who are covered under the OSHA recordkeeping rule are required to post their...
Management OSHA Update: Electronic Filing Recordkeeping Update The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is rolling back the previous requirement for establishments...
Management Measuring Contractor Performance Safety and risk professionals use various metrics to help assess their organization’s safety and health program effectiveness. These metrics...
Management Bureau of Labor Statistics Releases Summary of 2017 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries On Tuesday, December 18, 2018, in an Economic News Release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) summarized the annual...
Management OSHA Ready to Submit Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Electronic Recordkeeping Rule The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) proposed revisions to the 2016 final rule to Improve the Tracking of...
