There are often questions surrounding industrial hygiene. What is industrial hygiene? Do I need to complete industrial hygiene testing at my facility? What industrial hygiene tests should I complete at my facility? Industrial hygiene can seem like an intimidating topic, but it does not have to be. Understanding the basics of industrial hygiene provides foundational knowledge that can assist in protecting employees from exposure in the workplace, assist with maintaining compliance with regulations and can give employees peace of mind that they are working in a safe environment. In this webinar we will break down and answer some of the most common industrial hygiene questions.

Module II: Proactive Solutions to Reduce OSHA-Recordable Injuries is the second part of our series on the Comprehensive Fiscal Impact of Workers’ Compensation Injuries. This webinar will focus on strategies to proactively address injuries, leveraging the discovery of the true fiscal impacts of injuries as discussed in Module I. The attendee will understand options ranging from the development of a comprehensive Ergonomic Program, the importance of early intervention, the completion and use of detailed assessment/screening, and an illustration of common results from onsite care programs (and why this is a currently ballooning trend). The solutions will be illustrated with examples of successfully implemented programs.

Managing and maintaining an effective safety program at one plant is challenging, but it becomes even more challenging when dealing with multiple plants. Despite the challenges, having multiple plants can bring various benefits in terms of production and human resources. However, ensuring EHS compliance across all sites can be difficult without the right tools and systems in place. In this webcast, we will explore the common challenges faced by multi-site organizations and discuss practical tools, systems, and general ideas that can enhance compliance. While we will only touch the surface, our aim is to provide actionable information and insightful perspectives to improve your overall EHS culture and prevent future workplace accidents or injuries.

Companies with good safety programs often conduct internal safety inspections to ensure that machinery and equipment are in good working order prior to daily operation, and that emergency safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers, are fully functional and ready to use in an emergency. These inspections are conducted to comply with OSHA regulations and other applicable safety standards, but their main purpose is to prevent injuries. To ensure effective hazard identification and timely correction, inspections must be conducted at a frequency specified by OSHA or other safety standards. This webcast will cover the common types of equipment and facility inspections required by these standards, along with their recommended frequencies.

In the health and safety field we often focus on the proactive approaches and set goals working towards an injury free workplace. The need to be prepared for responding to injuries should not be overlooked. Specifically, those responses that contain the risk of being exposed to bloodborne pathogens. In this webinar will review the regulations and best practices that can be taken to reduce the risk of being exposed to bloodborne pathogens. Those exposures may involve tasks such as first aid response, blood and other potentially infectious material clean-up as well as biohazard disposal. We will also review the recommended steps to complete if an employee may have been exposed.

Lockout/Tagout is one of the most important safety regulations to prevent serious injuries when performing repair or maintenance on machinery or equipment. But what if your process or production operation has relatively minor tasks that are performed? Are there other procedures that could be followed that are safe and compliant with OSHA standard’s? By attending this webinar, you will learn: The regulatory exceptions to lockout/tagout, The OSHA definition of the minor service exception, The conditions that must be met for the minor service exception to apply, The process of establishing alternative methods of effective protection, and Recommended steps to ensure effective implementation and safe use of alternate procedures Through the implementation of a rigorous lockout/tagout program and proper management of alternative effective procedures you can keep your employees safe and ensure compliance with OSHA regulations.

Understanding the comprehensive fiscal impact of Workers’ Compensation injuries on a business is critical for understanding the true financial losses when an injury occurs. Personnel well-being and soft impacts (morale, quality of work, etc.) aside, the fiscal implications from injuries can dramatically affect a business’ bottom line, and personnel managing the injury process often do not monitor or track the related costs outside of Workers’ Compensation dollars. This webinar will discuss additional metrics that should be tracked to paint the full picture of the financial impacts of an injury and how to find and track that information.

This webinar will review what employers might expect from OSHA in 2023. We will discuss OSHA’s recently updated enforcement strategy, anticipated rulemaking and policy developments and civil penalty trends to help you be better prepared in the event of an inspection at your facility.

It’s the time of year when companies are reviewing and updating their safety goals for 2023 and additionally as part of the annual OSHA reporting process they also review and evaluate the performance of their overall safety program. How do company leaders know how they are doing and what they should focus on for the coming year in the areas of safety and compliance? A comparison to the prior years’ performance data regarding the number and type of recordable injuries, workers compensation costs and a review of the “all industries” OSHA Top 10 citations are common sources of information safety leaders use to get the conversation going and draft S.M.A.R.T safety goals for the coming year. This month’s webinar will show you how to identify and use your North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to look up an OSHA Top 10 that is specific to your industry as well as industry specific injury data. We will then review how your code and injury rates influence your chance of ending up on a list of employers to be inspected by OSHA as part of their recently renewed Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program. Additionally, other regulatory agency Top 10’s will be reviewed to give your team local and topic specific areas of focus towards the goal of achieving safety and compliance for your facility and its employees.