5 steps for enhancing employee safety and reducing the likelihood of an OSHA citation

Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for employees by establishing and enforcing standards, and providing training and compliance assistance. OSHA requires employers to provide safe and healthful work for their em ...
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What is Steel Storage Racking, and why inspect?

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Nick Saltmarsh (flickr.com) [CC BY 2.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons   What is Steel Storage Racking? Steel storage racking is a common product used all around the world. It is used in many environments including warehousing and indeed re ...
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4 tips on how to handle a workplace injury

By Molokaicreeper (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons In the immediate aftermath of a workplace injury, workers may be shocked and traumatized, worrying about their physical health and the possible future of their families. Employe ...
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IRIA identifies unsafe load practices

  An important element when auditing racking damage reviewed by our inspection team is safe pallet loading pracitics. Frequently pallets are overloaded and do not leave safe margins with the racking structure. At times there is evidence that operators are in-exact with loading and have a tende ...
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Six stop-work orders, 272 non-compliance notices and 147 fines issued as three-week safety blitz ends

  By Aw Cheng Wei SINGAPORE - Work has been suspended at six construction sites, following a three-week safety blitz, codenamed Operation Sunbird, by the Manpower Ministry. Of the 214 worksites inspected, 191 had violated the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act. A total of 272 non-compli ...
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