Santa received a notice of violation(1910.1200) Hazard Communication #2 on OSHA’s TopTen violations for 2019 Santa admits that he’s been so busy running the family business that he has not always kept up with changes. He was very surprised to find out that his old MSDS book was incredibly out of date. Back in 2012,… Read More The TopTen OSHA Violations Before Christmas. On the Ninth Day
Everyone wants to think they’re in charge. Some sales and marketing departments think they’re in charge. Some think manufacturing is in charge and some think purchasing and supply chain is in charge. In the vast city known as Candy-Land (protecting the real company name) there existed but only three gangs who had divvy-up the city… Read More The Company Civil War
The company had a very old ASRS, Automated Storage and Retrieval System to store the majority of it’s finished product inventory. We were in transition as the company had gone into receivership and was run by an investment corporation that was trying to keep overall costs as low as possible while they prayed and searched for… Read More The Company As Hostage
Welcome back and thanks for stopping by. Hope your April Fools Day wasn’t too brutal. There is no doubt in my mind that TRAINING is the most important aspect of any safety program. Having employees who know what to do and how to do it without losing fingers, limbs or their lives makes for… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Training
Integrity: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility Welcome back. When I attended kindergarten, many many years ago, we were taught the golden rule and to respect others and if you disagreed with an editorial or had an issue with customer service you had to sit down, write or… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Integrity
Welcome back. We’re continuing on the theme from last month of “boys will be boys”, and yet trying not to beat a dead horse. When it comes to the thought process of “boys being boys” there happens to be one major fatal flaw and that is the ability to justify all of their actions. It… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-Justified
And I’m not even talking about hacking of a computer, this is all human error. Hopefully this article will spur most of you to double check where you’re sending personal information about an injured employee. Get into the habit of reviewing and updating your phone and fax numbers for medical clinics and the state workers… Read More RBMB-Your Medical Records Aren’t As Safe As You Think
Welcome back, Happy Holidays, thank you for stopping by. As you may know, OSHA recently released it’s annual top 10 violations for 2016 which quickly made the rounds. People offered their opinions about it, criticized and pointed wagging fingers as those for more regulation and those for less regulation stood their ground on principle refusing… Read More Companies Behaving Badly-YEAR END
The above Dilbert comic is what I like to call a knee-jerk reaction to a workplace safety issue. It always immediately occurs after a serious accident that results in serious injury or death. It’s spawned from a combination of good intentions and guilt mixed with the panic of lawsuits and a possible trigger for an… Read More Just Putting It Out There – The Knee Jerk
You do everything you can to protect your employees at the workplace. You take all the necessary steps by beginning with a hazard analysis to identify potential dangers and eliminate them, you buy the best and latest styles in PPE so employees will wear them, you make housekeeping a priority and keep a neat and organized facility that looks professional and… Read More Just Putting It Out There – Leadership The Glue That Binds it All.
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