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Your business may be in the market for an outside safety consultant but lacking in resources to hire one. OSHA’s free safety and health consultation services may be the answer, or at least part of the answer. OSHA consultation provides free and confidential advice to small- and medium-sized businesses committed to improving workplace safety and […]

There’s help out there if you need advice about improving safety performance and compliance. And some of it is free. Here’s the success story of one employer who turned to its state OSHA for assistance. After developing an innovative process for manufacturing sidewall panels for recreational vehicles and motor homes, Dicor called in the expertise […]

Who’s in favor of employee involvement? Practically everybody. But the real question is, how do you make it work? Ask a roomful of safety professionals if they favor employee involvement for improving safety and health, and you’ll likely see all hands rise. It’s intuitive that getting workers engaged in safety and health will enhance their […]

Here’s a company where the safety program is built around employee involvement. The Ruhlin Company, headquartered near Akron, Ohio, has 350 employees who work on a variety of construction projects. Safety director Ryan Nicholson says the company’s safety program is built around employee involvement. Workers have to feel some kind of ownership in the program, […]