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OSHA 300 Recordkeeping Requirements for Businesses

Injuries and illnesses in various workplaces must be properly documented, and your workplace procedures must be compliant, or you face significant fines under the regulations of OSHA. One of the first factors an OSHA inspector will look at during an inspection is the injury and illness records of your workplace. Is everything in your life…

Reasons Why Everyone in the Duke City Should Take an Albuquerque Defensive Driving Course

Everyone with a driver’s license has been warned of the consequences of drinking and driving. Yet, every year about 1 million drivers are arrested for doing just that. Those who get to walk away from driving and drinking with their life are often left with embarrassment, a tarnished driving record, unbelievable fees, and an exponential…

Reasons Why OSHA Recordkeeping is Critical for Your Business

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) focuses on ensuring the safety of employees by monitoring all work-related injuries and illnesses. To facilitate this, every employer in the United States is required to keep records of any incidence that results in harm to the employee. OSHA provides clear and concise requirements and criteria for recording…

The Basics of Active Shooter Training

It is a fact, unfortunately, that there has been a rising incidence of shootings at public venues, workplaces, and schools. It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. However, it is virtually impossible to prevent an active shooting incident. You can mitigate that risk by educating yourself on…

Why Every company, No Matter How Small, Needs OSHA Training

The last thing on the minds of people when they go to work is whether the job they’re coming into may injure or even kill them. In its Job Safety and Health paper, the US Labor Department states, “About 5,000 workers every year in this country lose their lives from injuries in their place of…

Five Practices You Should Develop as a Safe Confined Space Worker

A confined workspace is a work area not designed for workers. However, the space is ample enough for workers to function and perform their job duties. Confined spaces also limit entry and exit and are not set up for continuous occupancy. Many workplace accidents are related to a confined space work. Without taking the proper…

Why Construction Workers Need OSHA 10-Hour Training

Why Construction Workers Need OSHA 10-Hour Training. Falling from height. Hit by an object. Collapsing of support Electrocution Slip, Trips, and Falls Besides mentioned types, there are a lot more hazards, but these are common. To reduce accidents and regulate workplace safety, a regulating body OSHA was established under the OSHA Act on April 28th,…

Warehouse Safety Training and OSHA Guidelines for Warehouses

Your warehouse safety strategy is more critical now than ever. In this article, a well-detailed explanation of why this is the case will be given and explain some OSHA warehouse safety guidelines. In our packed stock rooms, there are specific hazards around every corner. In warehouse facilities, businesses are struggling to adopt safety best practices.…

How Businesses Can Prevent Common Fire Protection System Code Violations

A very secure and tidy work environment should always be the main priority for any Albuquerque, NM, company. Fire hazards are costly, and the penalties for the Fire Protection System Code violations can directly or indirectly affect a company. The main objective of company owners should always be to protect people (including the customers and…

2021 OSHA Fines, Citations, and Violations Spelled Out

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets and enforces working standards to ensure the safety and health of employees. The regulations are put in place to help monitor working conditions throughout the country. Many jobs place workers in hazardous conditions. The OSHA, in turn, tries to prevent unnecessary hazards and dangers from placing workers at risk. OSHA…