Injury Prevention Plans – 5 Key Components
Implementing Injury Prevention Plans All facilities should have injury prevention plans in place for most jobs within the facility. These plans can help identify risks, and plan out what should be done to reduce or eliminate them from the facility. In many places, these types of plans are actually required by law. Whether you have…
Tony Ferraro | December 18, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Health, Injuries, Injury Prevention, Workplace Injuries
OSHA Injury Reporting Updates – September 2014 Brings New Rules
OSHA Update – Reporting Injuries This autumn brings about some big changes for American businesses operating under the jurisdiction of OSHA (hint: that’s just about everyone!). As of September 11th 2014, the requirements for having to report injuries and fatalities on worksites is getting an overhaul. From the range of situations that need to be…
Tony Ferraro | September 23, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Injuries, OSHA, Safety, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Safety
Reducing Workplace Injuries
Reducing workplace injuries should be an important goal of every company in every industry. Millions of people are injured, sometimes severely, every year while at work. These types of injuries not only hurt the individual, however, but they cause a lot of damage to the employer as well. Injuries cause downtime in production, expenses related…
Tony Ferraro | May 6, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Health, Injuries, Injury Prevention, OSHA, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Safety
“Back” to the Basics – Preventing Lower Back Injuries in the Workplace
Back pain and injuries account for some of the most reported and most serious common workplace injuries worldwide. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a country whose labor department doesn’t dedicate pages of literature to both employers and employees solely on this topic. Loss of work days and productivity, lifelong injuries and disabilities, and…
Tony Ferraro | April 16, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Back Injuries, Forklift Safety, Health, Injuries, Injury Prevention, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Safety
Reducing Workplace Injuries: Safety Tips for Employers
Accidents on the job not only threaten the health and livelihood of manual laborers, but they also financially burden businesses of all sizes for millions of dollars every single year. The first step in reducing this risk to both yourself and your employees, is understanding the top factors associated with workplace injuries, and then effectively…
Tony Ferraro | September 10, 2013 | Safety Solutions | Floor Marking, Forklift Safety, Health, Injury Prevention, Safety, Workplace Injuries, Workplace Safety
