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Manage the Risks of EV Charging Stations at Your Business
The growing popularity of electric vehicles is encouraging businesses to install charging stations in parking lots for their employees and visitors. Commercial real estate owners and investors are always looking for ways to increase the value of their properties....
Protect Your Workers’ Eyesight with Proper Design, Vision Benefits
One of the by-products of the digital revolution – with most people staring many hours each day at tablets, smart phones and computers – is eye strain. According to The Vision Council, the average U.S. adult spends more than two hours a day looking at electronic...
Nine Tips for Reducing Workplace Stress
Work-related stress claims cost U.S. companies $200 billion to $300 billion a year, according to the American Institute of Stress. Stress can result in a number of secondary mental and physical illnesses and direct physical injuries, which directly affects health care...
DOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor in January 2024 finalized a new federal rule that will make it more difficult for employers to classify workers as independent contractors. The final rule formally rescinds the independent contractor rule issued by the DOL during the Trump...
8 Tips for Improving Electrical Safety on Construction Sites
The construction industry has the highest percentage of electrical fatalities out of all industries. While electricity is a crucial component in a construction project's success, it poses a risk of harmful shock, horrific burns or fatal electrocution. These accidents...
As Dump Trucks Grow Longer, Tip-overs Increase
Dump truck and semi-trailer dumping rig tip-overs are occurring at an increasing frequency, often resulting in drivers and sometimes workers on the ground being injured or killed. The reason for the increase is that end-dump-truck bodies and semi-trailer dumping rigs...
Managing Your Internal Supply Chain Risk: Equipment Failure
Many companies have contingency plans to account for external supply chain risks, like a supplier suffering a fire that prevents it from keeping production running and getting you product that you need. However, you also have internal supply chain risks, which you are...
Keeping Your Workers Safe around Electricity
While all businesses need electricity to get the job done, it can also pose a significant safety issue if your workers are careless. To reduce the chances of a workplace injury or death, it's imperative that you train your workers in electrical safety. While we've all...
The Importance of a Clean, Hygienic Construction Site
Requiring good housekeeping and hygiene in your construction job sites can have a spillover effect to your overall workplace safety. A policy of workplace hygiene in itself encourages good housekeeping, and provides workers with clean drinking water, sanitary...
Deal with Unbonded Subcontractors at Your Own Risk
You should never hire an unbonded subcontractor on a construction project, unless you want to put your organization at significant financial risk. If the contractor you hired fails to perform their work as specified in the contract, without a performance bond you have...
It’s Time to Post Your OSHA Form 300A
Employers with 10 or more employees must post their completed OSHA Form 300A by Feb. 1 and keep it posted in their workplace until April 30. The form must be posted where the company usually posts other employee notices, like minimum wage and workplace safety notices....
OSHA Raises Penalties for 2024
Fed-OSHA penalties for several workplace safety violations by employers have increased for 2024. The penalties for OSHA violations rise annually to account for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act. Penalties for most violations...