How to avoid COMMON MISTAKES with OSHA Compliance...

You may think your organization is prepared when it comes to safety compliance. But just one missed safety hazard or oversight can result in being hit with costly OSHA penalties and fines. Avoid these compliance mistakes to help your safety program maintain OSHA compliance and show your company takes safety seriously.

Mistake 1: You don’t have clear safety rules, or ways to enforce them.
Without clear rules in place, you have no leverage to find and abate OSHA violations, argue citations or even discipline employees for violations, as your people can always claim that they didn’t know the rules.

Tip: Put it in writing. Explicitly and formally communicate all safety rules to employees in written form, as well the disciplinary actions that are in place for violating them.

Mistake 2: You don’t keep good records.
When OSHA conducts an inspection, your OSHA 300 log and safety files are the first things it will want to see. Not keeping an accurate 300 log is the most common reason organizations get into trouble with OSHA.

Tip:  Store documents online.
Use an electronic safety management program like SIMS™ by ENDURE to easily store and track safety records such as recorded incidents, in real time, ensuring you have the most up-to-date information on hand when OSHA auditors show up.

Mistake 3: You don’t follow up with issues.
Ignoring a serious health or safety hazard that’s been brought to your attention is asking for willful citation from OSHA.

Tip: Put in place follow-up protocols. Develop a clear-cut process of how to address potential or identified hazards and document all actions taken to fix the problem, from conducting safety committee meetings to new training exercises to employee followup.

Do you have a common mistake or tip you would like to share?  Send your suggestions to info@endure-inc.com.

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