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Electrical Safety in the Workplace: Your Complete Guide

Jump To: A frayed cord. A skipped lockout step. A worker who assumes the breaker is off. These are the small moments where electrical accidents start, and they happen more often than most safety teams realize. Electrical safety in the workplace protects people as much as it protects equipment.  Below, we’re covering the hazards, OSHA…

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Amputation Leads to Nearly $2M in Penalties

Amputation Leads to Nearly $2M in Penalties

04.12.2023 Current Events
While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a 29-year-old temporary worker – on the job…
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Are You Hiring? Let Us Help!

Are You Hiring? Let Us Help!

04.12.2023 Current Events
Let’s be honest; the pandemic drastically changed the employment landscape. Finding employees to fill open positions, especially in the safety…
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Survey Says…

Survey Says…

04.12.2023 Current Events
A recent Fluke Safety Survey (specializing in electrical safety products) sought to identify trends in various workplace safety-related topics. The…
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OSHA Proves Extreme Heat Hazard, Fails to Propose Abatement

OSHA Proves Extreme Heat Hazard, Fails to Propose Abatement

04.12.2023 Compliance
In a series of heat illness-related cases involving the United States Postal Service (USPS), OSHA successfully established extreme heat as…
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Advocacy Groups Want OSHA to Regulate Worker Surveillance Tech

Advocacy Groups Want OSHA to Regulate Worker Surveillance Tech

04.12.2023 Compliance
Twenty-one worker advocacy organizations issued a letter to the Biden administration asking for OSHA to protect workers from workplace surveillance…
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Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Workplace

Psychosocial Risk Factors in the Workplace

04.12.2023 Compliance
When it comes to your employees, you know that health and safety are the top priority. However, this means more…
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How to Create a Good Psychosocial Safety Climate

How to Create a Good Psychosocial Safety Climate

04.12.2023 Compliance
As an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) professional, you know how important it is for employees to have a positive,…
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Safety Training: Boost Productivity, Save Money, Reduce Downtime

Safety Training: Boost Productivity, Save Money, Reduce Downtime

03.13.2023 Compliance
According to OSHA, “education and training are important tools for informing workers and managers about workplace hazards and controls so…
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Have These Letters Behind Your Name?

Have These Letters Behind Your Name?

03.13.2023 Compliance
Are you interested in NASP’s beta exams, but are not sure whether you qualify for them? If you have earned…
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Watchdog: OSHA Should Improve Complaints & Referrals Process

Watchdog: OSHA Should Improve Complaints & Referrals Process

03.13.2023 Compliance
The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG) commissioned a third-party audit of OSHA which found the agency didn’t…
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Lawsuit May Jeopardize OSHA

Lawsuit May Jeopardize OSHA

03.13.2023 Current Events
Nineteen attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Allstates Refractory Contractors LLC v. Walsh, a case that challenges OSHA’s ability…
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Walsh Addresses FY 2024 Budget

Walsh Addresses FY 2024 Budget

03.13.2023 Current Events
The Biden-Harris administration recently released President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024. “President Biden’s 2024 budget request of $15.1 billion…
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