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
RJR Safety Inc. is verified as a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE). Our link on VetBiz.gov is: https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/Public/Search/ViewSearchResults.aspx?SCID=3000150 To earn the VOSB designation, RJR Safety Inc. met the following requirements: The company is owned, at least, 51% Read more…
RJR Safety Inc. was quoted in the article titled “Vapors Linked to Oxygen Depletion Present Hazard for Oil, Gas Workers” published online in the Pgh Post-Gazette Power Source January 25, 2016. (Link: http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2016/01/25/Vapors-linked-to-oxygen-depletion-present-hazard-for-oil-gas-workers/stories/201601220095 ) RJR Safety Inc provides customized training on safely working around the production tanks in the Appalachian Read more…
On or about October 13, 2015 OSHA mailed letters to specific companies in the manufacturing industry alerting them to the updated NEP on Amputations because they have “…higher rates of amputations…” as reported to the BLS. According to the letter, beginning on or about November 13, 2015, OSHA will begin Read more…