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How do you, as an employer make sure your workplace is as safe as possible, while at the same time avoiding costly government citations? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created to protect workers by establishing standards that all workplaces have to abide by. And, while you can’t foresee every conceivable danger, the following…
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Every American has heard of The Bill of Rights, but are you familiar with the “safety bill of rights?” This was the original name of what was to eventually become the Occupational Safety and Health Act, introduced almost 45 years ago. Prior to 1970, American workers were on their own in terms of their own…
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The dictionary defines ‘specialist’ as a person who devotes himself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit. The word devotes sticks out in this definition. But, with the changing landscape of industrial workers, how do we ensure specialization with the need to save money? Did you know that, according…
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As a business owner, have you ever really looked at the cost of attrition to your company? Really looked? Not just at the bump in salary in might cost you to hire a new person, but at the overall cost attrition is taking away from your bottom line? Turnover statistics are staggering… Over 50% of…
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Obviously, we all want our companies to run as efficiently as possible AND be the safest environment it can for all of its workers. These goals are easy, right? You just hire great people! So why don’t we all have this in our companies? That one is easy too! Because hiring is time-consuming and too…
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Dave Wagner remembers his first confined space job. He survived it. A gas monitoring specialist, Wagner worked as a laborer for a public utility company while in college. Through a small 24-inch portal, he and his summer coworkers passed into a large condenser. Once inside, they inserted a metal plug and high-pressure hose into a…
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