Is a bad safety culture bringing your organization down and leading to increased accidents? Here’s how to tell if your company has a bad safety culture, and what you can do to fix it. Here are 7 indicators that your organizations safety culture is dysfunctional: 1. Safety doesn’t start at the top. People emulate what […]
Two construction workers died early Wednesday morning when they fell over 6 stories to the ground after the scaffold they were working on collapsed. The workers were working on a new 516-room hotel construction project near Disney World by the Bonnet Creek Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The accident was outside Disney properties. According […]
This week, OSHA fined a Florida paving company $16,814, including the maximum penalty under the law, for failing to provide “a place of employment free from recognized hazards.” That’s because back in May of this year, a 72-year-old employee of the paving company was run over by the paving machine he was operating on a […]
Each year OSHA publishes a list of the most-cited violations. This OSHA top 10 aims to bring awareness to the commonly violated standards on worksites and the hazards these violations can cause. It’s also a warning to your workplace; if you’re violating these standards, you’re likely to get caught. It’s good practice to reference this […]
A factor of safety is the load-carrying capacity of a system beyond what the system actually supports. Bridges, buildings, safety equipment, and fall protection all start with a factor of safety. Simply put, the safety factor is how much stronger a system is than required. The factor of safety is the backbone of all structures […]
A rolling scaffold is a type of supported scaffold set on wheels. Rolling scaffold’s design allows for easy movement, creating a more efficient workplace. Workers who frequently change their position use rolling scaffolds regularly. Safety standards for rolling scaffolds are necessary to understand and differentiate from other scaffold standards because of their mobility. As with any […]
Onsite Safety is proud to announce that we are an official drop-off location for the HOPE Helps Back To School Bash. That is the HOPE box, kindly provided to us by our good friends and partners at HOPE Helps. Every year, HOPE Helps presents their “Back To School Bash” where they hand out school supplies […]
A scaffold is an elevated, temporary work platform used to support employees and their materials. It is essential that a competent person is onsite at all times to ensure OSHA guidelines are followed during scaffold use. Every person who accesses a scaffold requires scaffold safety training. There are four categories of personnel on scaffolding worksites: […]
