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OSHA Training Institute: Course Listings and Descriptions
#2040Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards Description: This course introduces the student to machinery processes and the related safety standards. The course focuses on the hazards associated with various primary types of machinery and the control of hazardous energy sources (lockout/ tagout). This is a Blended Learning Course. Students must complete a web-based training portion of…
Read MoreIN: How To Lower Your Experience Modifier Rate
Dear Valued Customer, Lowering your Experience Modification Rate (X-Mod) is a long process, but a worthwhile one when you take into account the thousands of dollars you could save for your company, not to mention the improvements in workplace safety that will inevitably accompany those savings. The best way to lower your X-Mod is to…
Read MoreWhat Is Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
Employers are legally obligated to take reasonable care to assure that their workplaces are safe. Nevertheless, accidents happen. When they do, workers compensation insurance provides coverage. Workers compensation insurance serves two purposes: It assures that injured workers get medical care and compensation for a portion of the income they lose while they are unable to…
Read MoreSteps To Reduce Workplace Injuries
Injuries to employees can be devastating for businesses, especially small businesses with fewer employees available to take on new roles when an injured worker is on leave. While workers compensation insurance will help pay medical costs and replace an injured employee’s lost income, your business will have to absorb costs associated with reduced productivity, overtime,…
Read More4 Ways to Lower Your Experience Modification Rate and Why it Matters
Losses are just one factor in your overall workers’ compensation costs. The other is premium. Many calculations are involved in setting the premium; it comes down to how much of a risk the carrier thinks it is taking by insuring your company. One of the biggest components of the premium calculation is the experience modification…
Read MoreIN: Unable To Work Due To On The Job Injuries?
Dear Valued Customer, In this issue of “—————–” we explain how Workers’ Comp insurance serves two purposes: It ensures injured workers get medical care and compensation for a portion of the income they lose while they are unable to return to work and it usually protects employers from lawsuits made by workers injured while they…
Read MoreFalls In Construction
More than 800 construction workers die every year while on the job. Falls are the number one cause of fatalities in construction. Falls cause one of every three construction worker deaths. These falls happen in a split second while workers are on roofs, scaffolds, ladders, bridges, and other work surfaces. But these deaths can be…
Read MoreIN: OSHA: Most Frequently Violated Cited Standards
Dear Valued Customer, In this issue of the “——————“ we present OSHA’s most frequently violated cited standards and its recordkeeping and reporting requirements. OSHA is responsible for the health and safety of 130 million workers, employed at more than 8 million worksites around the nation. OSHA provides safety information and tools which can make your…
Read MoreTop 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards
For Fiscal Year 2018 (Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018) The following is a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA. OSHA publishes this list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix recognized hazards addressed…
Read MoreOSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
OSHA published a Final Rule to amend its recordkeeping regulation to remove the requirement to electronically submit to OSHA information from the OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report) for establishments with 250 or more employees that are required to routinely keep injury and illness…
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