Health and safety regulations help an employer prevent needless injuries to employees causing downtime and poor morale.

The safety and health regulations may seem painful in their own right but if implemented provide a management system that the worker can follow.

Usually the federal Occupational safety and Health Administration acts on a law passed by congress and the states follow suite.

It is important to have all written plans, training documentation and in house inspections completed/updated on a routine basis.  

There are many different safety and health regulations and some may not apply to your business.  For instance, the blood borne pathogens rules may not apply to a consulting firm, but HAZCOM may.

Click on the topic on the right to find more out about five of the big safety and health topics.

Schools, industry and other commercial businesses may have a multitude of safety and health regulations that apply.  Please contact us if you need help updating or completing a safety plan or training program.

Recently OSHA has cracked down on schools in Michigan citing that they have report a higher number of accidents on the OSHA 200 logs as usual.  HAZCOM applies to virtually all businesses.

Often overlooked, the personal protective equipment plan is an easy document to develop and update; but most companies don't know about it.

Control of energy or lock out tag out is very important in factories, schools and general industry.

Confined spaces are lethal under the wrong conditions.  Everyone should know how lethal their spaces are.