Most organizations that have employees working at height invest significant time and resources into fall protection. Workers receive training from a competent person, harnesses and lanyards are issued, and leadership reinforces the importance of tying off whenever work is performed above OSHA’s trigger heights, 4 feet in general industry and 6 feet in construction. These […]
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Safety Gap Analyses to Reduce Incident Rates at Utilities
Safety gap analyses are systematic assessments used to identify discrepancies between existing safety measures and desired safety standards. When applied to utility sites, these analyses can significantly contribute to reducing incident rates by addressing and mitigating safety gaps. Here’s how safety gap analyses work in this context: Identifying Current Safety Practices: The first step involves […]
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Anticipating Health Safety Hazards in Shipyard Environments
Whether you’re a contractor hired to do work at a shipyard, a shipyard employee, or a crewmember on a ship, you should be aware of the unique dangers lurking in shipyard environments. Protecting workers’ health in these distinct settings requires expertise in all areas of industrial hygiene and safety and an acute awareness of both […]
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Proposed Changes to OSHA PSM: How it May Affect Your Site
In September 2022, OSHA formally announced proposed amendments to the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard in response to Executive Order 13650. This executive order, signed in 2013, required OSHA and EPA to perform “modernization” efforts to their respective PSM and Risk Management Program (RMP) standards. EnSafe attended OSHA’s PSM Stakeholder meeting in October 2022 to […]
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Written Health and Safety Programs are Just Good Common Sense
To Write or Not to Write – That is the Question Whether your business is undergoing a self-imposed health and safety audit, a voluntary audit from an accredited organization, or a not-so-voluntary inspection through a regulatory agency, one of the first items likely to be requested by the auditor is a copy of your written […]
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