Communication Is the Key to OSHA Site Safety Services
Even the most successful companies are not immune to safety violations if they are not careful and strict from the start. Many companies, even ones that appear to be doing [...]
Southern California Wildfire Risk – Is Your Site Safe This Month?
With so many fires breaking out throughout California in recent years, business owners and site managers are beginning to acknowledge that Southern California wildfire risk is significant year-round—not just in [...]
What You Need to Know About Mitigation and Suppression Services During an Active Wildfire Event
Mitigation and suppression services during an active wildfire event do a lot more than just fight wildfires, though that might be a huge part of the job. When dealing with [...]
Why Is Confined Space Rescue So Risky? It’s Simple: Life Or Death
People often wonder why confined space rescue is something that professionals urge workers not to try on their own. These spaces are very dangerous because they’re narrow and constricting, and [...]
What Is Utility Wildfire Protection & Why Is It Important?
Studies have shown that power lines and electrical equipment are one of the leading causes of fires and wildfires, especially in dry places like California where natural sources of water [...]
Everything You Need To Know About Technical Confined Space Rescue
There is more to fire rescue than simply putting out fires. In many cases, fire rescue will involve highly technical, stressful situations like technical confined space rescue—a type of rescue [...]
Hazard Identification and Assessment
A pillar to occupational safety and health injury and illness prevention program is to have a system identifying and assessing hazards. By definition, a hazard is anything bringing an organizational [...]
Controlling Hazardous Energy Sources
The control of hazardous energy, commonly known as lockout/tagout (LOTO), is a system used to protect workers maintaining machinery from unintended start up. When a worker must place any part [...]
Don’t Get Cited for Another’s Contractors Actions
Construction work is a multifaceted employment with a variety of moving parts and people. Whether the construction is commercial or residential, the site often has multi-employers interacting with each other. [...]
10 Secrets to Complying with the General Safety and Health Provisions for Construction
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a Subpart specific to Construction and regulates the General Safety and Health of construction workers. This is 29 Code of Federal Regulations [...]
Choosing the Right Respirator for the Right Job
When a worker has the exposure to an inhalation hazard potentially causing illness, then the law requires they have respiratory protection. There are a variety of occupations and tasks having [...]
Top 10 Most Frequently Cited OSHA Standards Violated in FY 2018
Every year OSHA lists the top 10 most frequently cited (MFC) standard for the previous fiscal year. These violations are often repeated year after year for citations, but employers are [...]