Safety Consulting & Training
On-Site and/or On-Line

It’s time to complete your OSHA 300A Summary form of work-related injuries and illnesses for 2019. You will need your OSHA 300 log from 2019, the average number of employees during 2019, the business SIC or NAICS code, and the cumulative number of manhours worked by employees during 2019. The form needs to be signed by the owner or highest ranking company official working at the site.

Who needs to do this? If your company had 10 or more employees some time during the past year (and is not part of the government), you need to do this. (more…)

When a worker needs a respirator with a charcoal-type filter (for a gas) a significant amount of time per day to protect from a significant air contaminate hazard, traditional practice is to use a fitted respirator. Many companies are not yet aware that the new Powered Air Purifying Respirators (abbreviated PAPR) are often a better choice...(than a fitted respirator) for the both company and the worker.

A PAPR system is 5 times more effective in purifying the air the worker breathes, the system is more comfortable (with cool air flow), and the OSHA requirement for annual fit testing and facial hair shaving for fitted respirators does not apply for a PAPR system. (more…)