By Safety Management Group There’s a tremendous difference between investigating a workplace incident and finding someone to blame for it. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for companies to confuse the two concepts. When something goes wrong, they work hard to...
Written By Vince Plank, CSP Hot work activity is a common task that is necessary in a variety of workplaces. General industry workplaces usually require maintenance shops or fabrication areas while construction jobsites generally require some type of cutting and/or...
By Safety Management Group’s Higher Education Division In today’s ever-more-competitive and cost-conscious healthcare environment, hospitals and other healthcare facilities don’t have the luxury of shutting their doors when there is a need for construction or...
By Vincent Plank, CSP Safety Management Group We’ve all seen ground-fault circuit interrupters or GFCIs at home near sinks in the bathroom and kitchen; but what exactly does a GFCI do, how does it work and where are they required? OSHA defines a GFCI as a device for...
Written by: Jordan Hollingsworth, MS, ASP, CHST, CHSP, CRIS® Safety Advisor, Design and Construction When you approach many companies’ facilities for the first time, you have to stop at a front gate or a front desk to identify yourself and explain why you’re there....
