Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Mar 14, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s Not My Problem Oh, but it is. Why should I care about a hole in the floor? I didn’t put it there. How is that live electrical box without a cover on it my problem? We’re just carpenters.

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Mar 7, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Hindsight Would you say your safety is important to you? Important enough for you to do everything possible to protect yourself from a workplace accident? I’m guessing without putting much thought into those questions your answer was yes.

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Feb 28, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We Use Them Every Day When used correctly they can be one of the most valuable pieces of equipment on the job. When used incorrectly they can be one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment on the job.

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Feb 21, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every Company Needs at Least One of These Whether you’re a contractor, service industry, industry or manufacturing, making sure you have at least one or more designated competent persons at every worksite goes a long way in providing a

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Feb 14, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Look Out for That _____! Last week we talked about what information should be in your safety program and we used OSHA’s General Duty Clause to help clarify why you should include information on hazards created by the work

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Feb 7, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What Do I Really Need to Include? Over the years we have provided safety programs to more than 30,000 clients. To this day, we hear one question more often than others.Do you know what that question is? “There are

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Jan 31, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s That Time Again Who must complete the OSHA 300 Log and post the 300A? If you have 11 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year and are not included as one of OSHA’s low-hazard

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Jan 24, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who’s Responsible So, who’s responsible for employee safety? If you talk to OSHA, they will say that the employer is responsible for workplace safety. They have a section in the General Duty Clause of the Occupational Safety and Health

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Jan 17, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m Confused So, you’ve been told you need a Safety Plan. You go online, and you find a Safety Program, a Safety Plan and a Health and Safety Program. Are they the same thing? Yes, they are. And then

Safety E-QuickTips U.S. Compliance Systems, Inc. Monday Jan 10, 2022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Think About It The odds are that poor workplace safety decisions rarely end with a serious injury or death, right? How many times have you used a ladder in an unsafe manner? Stood on “This is Not a Step”