Your workplace is where you spend the vast amount of your time, where you make a living and the last thing you need is to encounter bullying or violence there. …
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New OSHA Guidance: Post Accident Drug Testing, Safety Incentive Programs
We came across a helpful article in The National Law Review. Authors Tressi L. Cordaro and Kathryn J. Russo of Jackson Lewis P.C. broke down the new …
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How Prepared is Your Organization for an Emergency Situation?
It's not supposed to be a provocative title: it's supposed to be a genuine question. How prepared are you? If a man with a bleeding gunshot wound stumbled into …
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Summer is Not Over Yet – Preventing Heat Related Illness in the Workplace
There are a wide variety of work environments that pose the risk of heat related illness. OSHA’s Occupational Heat Exposure article explains the cause and …
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The Joint Commission Issues Alert Regarding Workplace Violence – Lessons Applicable to All Industries
Violence against health care workers is the topic of the Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 59, published by The Joint Commission. The issue states that according to …
Promoting Safety – Preventing Injuries on the Job
We recently came across the article “Keep your workplace injury free to reduce the risk of prosecution” by Nelson Aldrich. This article was a reminder of best …
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Ensuring Employee Safety During Winter Projects
The winter poses many new threats for construction and road maintenance workers. Therefore, we felt that it would be helpful to reiterate key safety protocols …
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OSHA and Violence Prevention in the Construction Industry
We were reading a recent article on jdsupra.com by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ("OSHA and Workplace Violence: What Contractors Need to Know") which shares …
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OSHA Standards for Silica Exposure
I read an article recently in Business Insurance by Gloria Gonzalez titled “OSHA Standards Should be Met Despite Delays.” Gonzalez explains how the Occupational …
Avoiding Pregnancy Discrimination
Mark McGraw’s article in Human Resource Executive Online, “Preventing Pregnancy Discrimination” was particularly interesting in what it reveals about how NOT to …
Keeping Retail Employees Safe During the Shopping Rush
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, this piece I discovered seemed timely. Eyewitness News Reporter Crystal Cranmore at WBRE/WYOU in Wilkes-Barre, …
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New Ruling Affects OSHA Drug Testing Enforcement
Effective August 10, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new reporting rule requiring employers to establish a reasonable …
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