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In this column, we’ll discuss OSHA’s newly implemented update to rules on safety signage in the workplace – and how it’s raising the bar on safety communication. In the lastOn Your Markcolumn, we shared news on a regulation change for workplace safety slated for the Occupational Safe...
Delivering OSHA Authorized Safety and Health Training Since 2008 The OSHA Training Institute Education Center (OTIEC) at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is authorized by OSHA to provide occupational safety and health training. Since 2008 w
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, was established in 1970 to encourage employees and employers to decrease workplace hazards. OSHA recommends that both parties cooperatively establish workplace-specific safety standards. The agency also establishes training programs for occupational...
OSHA requires businesses to post certain safety signage in the workplace. Compliance is critical, but what are some of the most common safety OSHA signs for small businesses?
Safety in the workplace, though, requires more than a poster. Regardless of the schedule you select, safety meetings remain a reminder to employees to be mindful of their activities and to observe operating requirements such as shields and guards on machinery, proper lifting or other matters of...
Exposed: OSHA's Top 10 Workplace Safety Violations At the National Safety Council 2019 Congress & Expo, OSHA released the results of the Top 10 standards most frequently cited for violations across all industries for which OSHA standards apply. OSHA issued nearly 27,000 citations in its Top 10...
This Safety in the Workplace course by SC Training covers safety situations that can happen every day in the office. Employees will learn that accidents like slips, trips, and falls are best controlled by preventing them before they even happen. They will also be informed of the company’s ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new, “stronger” Guidance on identifying and preventing coronavirus exposure risks in the workplace. Although this is labeled a “Guidance” and OSHA says that it is advisory, employers are cautioned that they can be at risk...