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Here at CP Lab Safety, we preach safety all day, every day. We believe safety in the workplace should never be taken lightly, and that there is always room for improvement. We’ve taken OSHA’s top 10 safety violations of 2021 and turned them into a handy list of easily palatable new year’s resolutions. Make safety a priority this year, and it will make a positive difference in your company. Doing small things like taking a few extra hours each year for safety training can make a huge dif …

On September 10, 2019 at the NSC Congress and Expo in San Diego, the National Safety Council and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the preliminary top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2019. These findings are presented annually in September, the end of their fiscal year. The Top 10 list tends to look similar from year to year, the variation generally being the frequency with which specific violations are cited. …

Wall to Wall Tile and Stone of Vancouver, WA was recently cited more than $250,000 for workplace violations by the Washington Dept of Labor and Industries (L&I). Three of the company’s biggest violations included failing to control employee exposure to silica dust ($40,500), not developing a written respiratory protection program ($40,500), and failing to provide fit-testing for employee respirators ($40,500). According to L&I, the employees of Wall to Wall Tile and Stone were e …