Blog Post Archive
Top 10 OSHA Workplace Violations for 2019
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.
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12th Sep 2019
Safe + Sound Week 2019: A Safe Workplace is a Sound Workplace
What is safe and sound week?A safe workplace is a sound business. Every August a
nationwide event is organized by OSHA to bring attention to workplace safety
and highlight successful workplace safety programs. Participation is voluntary
and it’s easy to sign up. How can I create a Safety and Health Program?Every workplace is unique and requires special consideration
for the dangers therein. There are different activities that can help raise
important questions about safety and get the conve
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7th Aug 2019
The Story of CP Lab Safety
For over 20 years CP Lab Safety has been working to keep
you and your workplace healthy and safe. Starting in 1996, we set out with a
vision of creating healthy laboratories around the world with our flagship
product, ECO Funnel. The beginning was a challenge because many people were not
interested in protecting the environment and did not want to follow safe
chemical disposal procedures. Simply allowing chemicals to evaporate in a fume
hood was the most common method of disposal. Howe
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4th Apr 2019
OSHA UPDATE: Safety and Health Program Guidelines
2017 Safety and Health Program GuidelinesAt the beginning of each year, all
business should take time to review their regulatory obligations and
practices. This year, OSHA released
updated guidelines for Safety and Health Programs concerning medium-sized businesses. The purpose of a Safety and Health Program is
to prevent foreseeable workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities while
creating a sustainable working environment that promotes wellness and protects
the employer’s bottom line
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18th Jan 2017
Developing a Chemical Hygiene Plan
It is required by OSHA for any company dealing with
hazardous chemicals in the workplace to develop a Chemical Hygiene Plan
(CHP). The purpose of a CHP is to
provide guidelines for protecting employees from health hazards associated with
chemicals in the laboratory and keeping chemical exposure below the designed
limits set forth by OSHA
section 1910.1450(c).
Keeping employee
exposure to hazardous chemicals at a minimum can be a daunting task. Below is a basic
outline of a Chemical Hyg
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9th Nov 2016