OSHA Health & Safety

Our OSHA-Safety Program 5 Step Checklist Welcome and thanks for checking out this blog post. This cheat sheet will outline the 5 basic steps you’ll need to take to achieve OSHA compliance. When you’re ready to start building your OSHA compliance program, keep this guide close by and check each step off as you go. Let’s break them down, shall we? Step 1:  Conduct a Workplace Assessment The first step in building a safety program is to conduct an assessment [...]

OSHA Lockout/Tagout - The Control of Hazardous Energy Standard Let’s take a deep dive into one of the most critical, complex and often mismanaged OSHA safety standards: The Control of Hazardous Energy standard, otherwise known as “Lockout/Tagout” or  “LOTO.” The  Standard was developed to help protect workers from the accidental release of stored energy in equipment during maintenance or service operations. A common misconception regarding LOTO is that it only applies to electrical energy.  Not true, it applies to any [...]