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Nothing Is Final Yet: OSHA’s Deregulatory Docket Reaches the Hearing Room

OSHA’s deregulatory rulemaking effort moves into its most visible phase this month. The agency begins a series of informal public hearings on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. ET, held virtually and continuing on subsequent weekdays. More than twenty proposed rules are on the docket, and this is the point at which the record…

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Behavior-Based Safety

Behavior-Based Safety

11.12.2019 Compliance
For most industrial safety managers, the term behavior-based safety (BBS) raises a conflicting combination or feelings. For some, BBS is an…
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Emergency Spill Cleanup & Containment

Emergency Spill Cleanup & Containment

11.06.2019 Compliance
Spills are a common occurrence at many facilities, and the safety of both the work environment and workers depends on…
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10 Critical Steps for Investigating and Reporting Accidents

10 Critical Steps for Investigating and Reporting Accidents

10.29.2019 Compliance
We all wish we could achieve a zero accident workplace, but that’s simply not possible. Accidents happen, no matter the…
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Responding to OSHA 11(c) Retaliation Charges, Employee Safety Complaints, and Rapid Response Investigations

Responding to OSHA 11(c) Retaliation Charges, Employee Safety Complaints, and Rapid Response Investigations

10.24.2019 Compliance
When OSHA receives a complaint related to worker safety and health or a severe injury report, one action by OSHA…
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Three Levels of Safety: The Safety Pattern

Three Levels of Safety: The Safety Pattern

10.15.2019 Compliance
The Safety Pattern We all love patterns because patterns comfort us and put us at ease by helping us understand…
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Workplace Violence: Make Action Plan Now

Workplace Violence: Make Action Plan Now

10.10.2019 Compliance
Train Employees on What to do if There’s an Active Shooter Homicides are now the second highest cause of workplace…
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OSHA Implements New Enforcement Weighting System

OSHA Implements New Enforcement Weighting System

10.10.2019 Compliance
OSHA has altered its enforcement weighting system, the agency announced in a late September press release. As of Oct. 1,…
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Safety moments in oil & extraction: hazards, controls & resources

Safety moments in oil & extraction: hazards, controls & resources

10.08.2019 Compliance
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, in 2016 there are currently between 150,000 and 160,000 people employed in oil &…
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10 Feet Tall and Falling

10 Feet Tall and Falling

09.24.2019 Compliance
When it comes to safety, a lot of attention is dedicated to the biggest or loudest hazards. But if you…
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OSHA’s Newest Enforcement Policies

OSHA’s Newest Enforcement Policies

09.19.2019 Compliance
Recent enforcement policy changes have amounted to “very significant developments with OSHA,” according to an employment attorney. Thomas Metzger laid…
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Quit Feeding the Monsters

Quit Feeding the Monsters

09.03.2019 Compliance
Once upon a time, in the land of business, a young man set out to free the vast Kingdom from…
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Microlearning, A Better Way to Train Our Employees?

Microlearning, A Better Way to Train Our Employees?

08.14.2019 Compliance
It turns out, that the days of piling into a large auditorium watching a PowerPoint, may be coming to an…
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