VOLUME 24, ISSUE 1                                                                          JANUARY 2015
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Employers Must Post OSHA 300A by 2/1 

By Roy Maurer - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 

 

Covered employers must complete and post their 2014 annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses by Feb. 1, 2015, and keep it posted in a common area until April 30, 2015.

 

All employers required to keep Form 300, the Injury and Illness Log, must utilize the annual summary Form 300A to comply with posting requirements even if there have been no recordable injuries or illnesses, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will continue to focus on record-keeping violations in 2015.

 

This year's summary must include the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2014. More than 1.4 million establishments are required to maintain OSHA logs on an annual basis. The summary Form 300A reports a business's total year-end number of fatalities, missed workdays due to injury or illness on the job, job transfers or restrictions, and injuries and illnesses as recorded on Form 300. It also includes the number of employees and the hours they worked for the year.

 

 

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A Cost of Doing Business vs Increased Profits
By Bob Lapidus, CSP, CSMS

We have heard it said that occupational injuries and various other accidents are just a cost of doing business. Management buys insurance, has losses, and life goes on.

 

On the other hand, what if management is able to reduce losses to the irreducible minimum? Insurance premiums would drop, profits would go up, and employees would no longer be the walking wounded. The cost of doing business would be less. That would be a good option. Right?

 

What more is there to say? There should not be anything else, but apparently there is. Many organizations expect injuries to occur. Managers and supervisors do not believe their people can work safely all the time.

 

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Ask Bob
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Q: How far apart should the pylons be for the forklift maneuvering during practical training?

 

A: It depends on the size of forklift you are using and the degree of maneuverability that is expected from the operators.

 

In any case, if you take the distance from the center of the front/drive axle to the rear of the counterweight and set the cones apart by the same distance, that is as tight as it needs to be because the forklift can't turn any sharper than that.

 

Look at Pivot Point Steering Set-up in your Trainer's Manual for a drawing that may help you visualize it.


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P30 - Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees:

This video explains how to avoid inadvertently harassing coworkers, and what procedures to follow if an employee feels like he/she is being harassed.  

 

2005, 16 Min. 

 

V6 - Violence on the Job:  

This DVD discusses practical measures for identifying risk factors for violence at work and taking strategic action to keep employees safe.  It is based on extensive NIOSH research, supplemented with info from other authoritative sources.  Audience:  HR Professionals, Managers in health care, social services, retail, transportation, security consultants and insurers. 2004, 27 Min.

 

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