TOP TEN WAYS TO AVOID TROUBLE WITH OSHA
(AND HAVE A SAFER, MORE PRODUCTIVE ORGANIZATION)
 If you get a room full of OSHA Compliance Officers, Lawyers with OSHA experience,
consultants and safety managers together, they will amaze you with consensus as to
what's required to survive an OSHA inspection.
we offer the following SAFETY POINTS to help you and your employees.
10  Pay attention to Industrial Hygiene Issues. Have a system in place to
    monitor and document the Safety and Health of employees.
  9  Prove your management team enforces safety rules. Have documentation
   of warning letters and "near misses."
   8   Have a Forklift Operator Training program that meets OSHA 1999 Regulations.
    Document it!
  7  Use appropriate engineering controls.  Make the workplace safer, do not
   force the worker to fit the workplace. Lockout, tag
   6  Prove that you have done a safety audit, found a serious hazard and
    corrected it.
   5  Prepare for and OSHA inspection in advance. Inform the receptionist of the
   steps to take when an OSHA inspector walks in the door. Have proper
   documentation and up to date record keeping. Document that your operators
   been trained by a "qualified professional" and that refresher training is done
   every three years or if there has been an accident or near miss.
   4  Correct hazards that OSHA uncovers immediatley and inform OSHA of the
   corrections immediately. Also inform the of the cost as this might be deducted
   from any fine.
   3  Keep accurate OSHA logs and have organized safety files.
   2  Respect the OSHA Inspector, even if you think they are wrong. Always be
   honest without admitting willful misconduct. Thanks them for their concerns
   and dedication to safety.
   1  Listen to employee safety concerns, reward employees who uncover unsafe
   work practices. Do not retaliate against an employee who felt compelled
   to report an unsafe condition to OSHA after reporting it to management.
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A recent study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown the need to target safety training for younger workers. Inexperience and poor judgment skills place younger workers at risk for injury in the warehouse and the shop floor. If your training budget is limited, target the younger worker and then pair them up with more experienced workers.

We can expect someone to die in a forklift mishap within the next six months in Colorado. Make sure your operators are not "the one"! Be sure to see our information on forklift operator training.


For more information, we provide these additional links
as a courtesy for your safety planning:

CDC.gov - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MMWR - The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A weekly publication of CDC containing data and reports on specific health and safety topics.
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