Mission Statement
The Mission of RJR Safety Inc is to partner with companies in the prevention of on-the-job injuries and illnesses, other workplace incidents, and off-the-job injuries. The ultimate Goals are to prevent workers from being injured or becoming ill, preventing fatalities, improving the lives of workers and their families and assist companies preserve their resources while increasing their profits. The Mission and Goals are able to be accomplished in an organizational culture that values and encourages involvement, by all employees, in a comprehensive safety and health management system.
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Serving The Northeast US
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What Changed?
In the May 3rd edition of the Plastic News in the Viewpoint section, a submission was published that was written by Don Loepp, Editor of Plastics News titled “It’s a matter of safety: Employers’ role in the vaccine race”. The piece starts with setting the stage describing any one of many viral video .....View Entire Post
Office Ergonomics after COVID-19
An interesting piece of information was presented in a Pittsburgh Business Times article written by Tim Schooley and published in the April 23-29, 2021 edition titled “Firms Get Closer to Making Decisions”, stating that before the pandemic “…5% of US employees worked remotely…and another 20% were ab .....View Entire Post
Updating an Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plan
The world has come upon the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the world was in a public health emergency due to SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and everything stopped and/or shut-down. As the government started to put out guidance on how to open back u .....View Entire Post
OSHA and a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
The Executive Order issued on January 21, 2021 by President Biden, titled “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety”, is to set in motion certain items “…to protect the health and safety of workers from COVID-19.” (The Executive Order can be viewed here.) Within the two and one-half pa .....View Entire Post
Annual Safety Goals
With the coming of each new year, we have the opportunity to set safety goals. The premise for the setting of safety goals is so that we know what we want to achieve in the end. We set up objectives or milestones or performance indicators so that we know that we are meeting or we […] .....View Entire Post
Business Continuity Planning
What happens when business is disrupted? It has lost revenues plus extra expenses which means reduced profits and business insurance doesn’t cover all the costs. Businesses may lose customers when the customers defect to the competition because disrupted businesses can’t provide customer .....View Entire Post
CPWR Releases an Online COVID-19 Exposure Planning Tool
The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) has recently released a free COVID-19 Exposure Planning Tool that (from their website) “…takes you step-by-step through developing a plan to protect employees and prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the job site. Steps include what to consider w .....View Entire Post
National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
The National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction is this week, September 14-18, 2020. Started in 2012 to raise awareness about falls from heights as the leading cause of injuries and fatalities in construction. The alarming, yet not unexpected, statistic is that the number of fall-rel .....View Entire Post
Virtual Training During and After the Pandemic
In this time of change due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, there have been many operational changes in every industry. One of the things that changed significantly has been how training has been delivered regardless of the topic or the audience. In the recent past, training was, primarily, conducted in-pe .....View Entire Post