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Let's have a little fun with the veterans of safety. Let me hear the most ridiculous safety techniques you have heard. I listed some outdated trench cave in tips that I have heard over the years. ---Up until OSHA stepped in and defined the rules, many contractors were under the impression that you could do the following- _I'm watching for cracks. _I'll hurry out of the way when it starts to fall in _He is told to dive under the bucket. _Lean into it so it doesn't knock you down. _I know when it's going to cave in because I can predict nature. _I have explained to the trench wall that you have been doing this for 25 years and that the wall does not have your permission to cave in. _HUMAN SHORING works #safetypro #safety #Undergroundsafety #Trenchsafety #Competentperson

Updates from the Department of Labor's Spring 2024 regulatory agenda are out 🔹 Two standards are moving to the final rule stage: clarification on fit requirements for personal protective equipment in construction and updates to the standard on powered industrial trucks. 🔹 In the proposed rule stage, introducing the "Rapid REDON Fit-Testing Protocol" for quicker respiratory fit tests. 🔹 Other highlights include a proposed rule on heat illness prevention, standards on workplace violence in healthcare, major chemical incident prevention, shipyard fall protection, and a pause on mechanical power press updates. 🔹 Not forgetting MSHA's ongoing efforts on mine equipment safety and surface mobile equipment safety programs. Stay informed on #OSHA #SafetyFirst #RegulatoryUpdate #WorkplaceSafety.

Lone Wolf Safety: Defenders of the Oilfield! Read our latest blog to learn more at https://lnkd.in/gk7KZ7if Your safety is our priority – read the blog, share the infographic, and let's create a culture of safety that echoes across the oilfield! #LoneWolfSafety #PPE #SafetyFirst #OilfieldHeroes #BlogAlert

🚨 Don't Abuse OSHA's Digger Derrick Exemption! 🚨 Written by Jim Vaughn, CUSP Our latest blog post dives into the critical details surrounding OSHA’s digger derrick exemption. Learn about the common pitfalls and how to ensure your operations remain compliant. 🔑 Key Takeaways: - Definition and Scope: Understand what constitutes a digger derrick and the specific activities covered by the exemption. - Compliance Requirements: Learn the essential compliance requirements to avoid violations and penalties. - Common Mistakes: Identify common mistakes companies make and how to avoid them. - Best Practices: Implement best practices to maintain safety and compliance in your operations. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSCsDHSh #SafetyFirst #OSHACompliance #DiggerDerrick #UtilityIndustry #WorkplaceSafety #IncidentPrevention #SafetyManagement

Thank you Emmalisa Slater (Lloyd) for this post. I wish someone had told me about this when I was sending crews into the desert installing microwave antennae and conduit. What's the use of having a plan if people don't actually know how to execute it? Did a mock investigation of a plant last year and even with 2 weeks warning, the scenario bombed (it was there success to actually pay for the work to test things). I say, "Plan it, Practice it, then Perfect it". Work to develop a good plan but then test it to find your shortcomings and then feedback to correct it and try again until your practicing. Laster we can talk real auditing.

What is Permit to Work system? A PTW is a standard operational procedure used by organizations to issue documented permission to perform tasks that are considered hazardous. The most common PTWs are: hot work, excavation, work at height, live electrical work, confirned space entry, line breaking and special hazard. #permittowork #safetytraining #safetyfirst #osha #oshatraining #safetyandhealth #constructionsafety #oshacompliance #industrial www.atlassafetyhealth.com

Yep... There ya have it folks... The legend... Frederick Travis Dibnah, MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004), was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering, who described himself as a "backstreet mechanic". "The good'ole days"... When men where men and many died senslessly! It was a different time, a different era, where men that built this country did the things they did jut to provide for their families. Some were not so fortunate as Fred. It’s hard to imagine a time when workers casually ate their lunches as they sat upon the steel beams of a skyscraper without any safety net or fall protection system in place. Compared to today’s standards, the early to mid 1900s were a drastically different time in terms of safety. And we often forget how much our safety regulations and equipment have improved since then. Today, OSHA compliant equipment is required, and businesses face hefty fines if worksites are deemed unsafe. But safety measures weren’t always this way. Even in the last 36 years, the United States has made significant improvements to workplace safety. For instance, OSHA issued its Hazard Communication Standard in 1983, which required employers to discuss and train employees on hazardous substances they might be exposed to. In 2001, OSHA issued a steel erection standard which revised the original 1971 standard in order to prevent more fatal accidents involving steel erectors. In 2006, President Bush signed the MINER Act into law that would improve the safety of mines after 12 miners died in a methane explosion in Buckhannon, West Virginia. This legislation was considered the most significant mining legislation in 30 years. Our health and safety in the workplace have seen significant improvement over the last century thanks to individual workers, employers, unions, government agencies, and scientists. Every single day, OSHA fines businesses that are not adhering to their regulations. For both employer and employee to benefit, it is critical that we choose to make safety a priority. https://lnkd.in/gxxUNmYh #eddavidson #safEDy #thereyahaveit #osha

I do appreciate all the submissions for posts and ask that you keep them coming. You can send them to me via LinkedIn or at my email (it is in my profile). Given the catastrophic results of crane accidents, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to cranes, particularly in construction, are more detailed and, some argue, pedantic, than almost any other form of OSHA standard. Given the myriad conditions under which they are operated, the myriad ways they are operated, and the sophistication of the devices, this is almost a foregone conclusion. 29 CFR 1926.1402(b) requires that: The equipment must not be assembled or used unless ground conditions are firm, drained, and graded to a sufficient extent so that, in conjunction (if necessary) with the use of supporting materials, the equipment manufacturer's specifications for adequate support and degree of level of the equipment are met. The requirement for the ground to be drained does not apply to marshes/wetlands. But let's take a bit of a turn here and talk about one of the elements of any OSHA citation- employer knowledge. In other words, one of the things OSHA has to establish in order to prove a citation is that the employer knew of the violative condition. It is a valid defense to an OSHA citation to raise the lack of employer knowledge of a violation. This is, fundamentally, what the unpreventable/unavoidable employee and/or supervisory misconduct defense is predicated upon. However, looking at this photo alone, that defense would be very difficult to raise as somehow somebody's employer deployed a bunch of hoses and several pumps for the purpose of draining water out of this location. It may not have been the crane operator's employer that deployed the pumps and hoses, but the employer in control of the worksite did know and the crane operator's employer (at least a management representative) likely visited the site close enough in time to the crane being deployed for OSHA to establish knowledge. It isn't just the contracts, emails, and other correspondence that can prove knowledge, photos of the scene like this work just as well, sometimes better. #odworkplacesafety #cranes #osha #construction #knowledge

Did you know that over half of employees work in hazardous environments such as refineries, drilling rigs, demolition sites and chemical plants? Learn 7 tips to enhance workplace safety with blast-resistant technology in our latest Safety at Work newsletter https://bit.ly/3HajPj1.