Are Your Safety Policies Too Ambiguous? Do your worksite safety policies leave room for interpretation? If so, they may be putting your team at risk. Have you ever started a task with known risks, only to realize your safety program doesn’t clearly define how to assess or correct those risks? Even when policies exist, vague…
When assessing the hazard controls that are in place to protect workers from hazardous conditions, we look at the hierarchy of controls. Safety and health representatives must be knowledgeable about the selection of controls and how they work. The following is the standard approach to that selection: Personal protective equipment may not be the most…
The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard is designed to ensure chemical safety in the workplace. The standard, which requires workplaces to provide written information about the identities and hazards associated with the chemicals, must be available and understandable to workers. This standard requires employers using hazardous chemicals to comply with six main requirements: What is the reality of…
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