This article is written for those readers with some knowledge of ANSI/ASSE Z390.1-2006 (R2010) whether as having read it or received training to be an Instructor through an approved Train the Trainer course. On June 30, 2017, ANSI Board of Standards Review approved ANSI/ASSE Z390.1-2017 Accepted Practices for Hydrogen Sulfide Read more…
In the preparation of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP), weather emergencies must be addressed for both outdoor and indoor activities. Weather emergencies include storms involving lightning, flooding, tornadoes, winter storms, and extreme heat and cold weather. This article will address the emergency procedures for workers in both outdoor and indoor Read more…
July 25 & 26, 2017 7:30 am to 1:00 pm each day Holiday Inn Express & Suites 810 Highland Meadows Drive Washington PA 15301 Cost: $175.00 per person RJR Safety Inc. will be conducting an open-enrollment OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Outreach Training course on July 25 & 26, 2017 in Read more…
All hazards are not created equal! Hazards are different from risk! To support these two statements, we need to define the two elements that, as Safety Professionals, we sometimes use the terms interchangeably. As defined in ANSI/ASSE Z10-2012 “Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems”, a hazard is a “…condition, set Read more…
The best time to incorporate safety into a piece of equipment or a machine or into plant facility updates is during the design process when all that is being changed are lines on a drawing before any equipment is purchased, constructed, or installed. When safety is added during the construction Read more…
Has your workers’ comp insurance premium increased on your last renewal? Will it increase again this year at renewal? Why does the premium seem to increase every year? There are a couple of reasons. First, most insurance premiums increase year over year with a few exceptions. Another reason could be Read more…
I am going to continue the thought process from last month’s newsletter in the article titled “Risk Analysis, Compliance, and Developing a Culture of Safety”. When you are driving, do you consciously think “am I complying with all of the traffic regulations’? Or, do you drive the way you do Read more…
Consider all the speeding tickets and drinking and driving citations that are issued and people still speed or drink and drive. The same holds true for safety procedures and OSHA compliance. There must be a better way to get workers to work safe not for the sake of merely following Read more…
At a reception on May 26, 2016 hosted by the Pittsburgh Business Times, Wayne Vanderhoof CSP, President of RJR Safety Inc. was one of nineteen individuals in the greater Pittsburgh area to be honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times to receive the 2016 Energy Leadership Award. The award is given Read more…
Wayne Vanderhoof was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Business Times. Read More Here: http://www.rjrsafety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/PBT-Energy-Award-5-27-16.pdf