Why do more and more companies turn to Impact Safety Systems (ISS) for their safety needs?
In today's world of tight budgets and rising prices for employee benefit packages, many companies rely on ISS for assistance. Our qualified staff can help you maintain your high standard of safety excellence. ISS will help devise a customized solution that works for our clients. This can be a one-time service or a long lasting relationship.
How expensive can non-OSHA compliance fines be?
Fines can be very costly. It is not uncommon for OSHA fines to reach six-figures. You can refer to the official OSHA web site for examples of some recent costly penalties.
What is a permit-required confined space?
OSHA defines a permit-required confined space as a space that:
- Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter and perform work.
- Has limited or restricted means for entry.
- Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy, and
- Meets one or more of the following conditions:
- Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant.
- Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere.
- Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls, or by a floor that slopes downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section.
- Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard.
- In translation of this definition, tanks, vessels, sewers, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults and pit are all forms of permit-required confined spaces.
What is a Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and why should my company conduct one?
A Job Safety Analysis (also referred to as a Job Hazard Analysis) is a valuable safety tool used in the business world. A JSA helps uncover existing and potential safety hazards and concerns, while providing answers and recommended solutions to make the task and work area safer. A JSA can be very detailed and consist of step-by-step safety analysis, or less detailed, and analyzes the task as a whole.
So why should a company have a JSA performed?
Besides the fact that hazards are addressed, a JSA can be used for training new employees and serve as good conversation for your area safety meetings. Also, it is a good document to have around in case there is an OSHA audit. The most important reason however, is because you care about your employees, and it's the right thing to do.
What documentation services can Impact Safety Systems provide?
ISS provides a number of documentation solutions. In addition to documenting JSA's, ISS will devise safety manuals, emergency response plans, confined space entry assessments and procedures, lockout plans, and many other forms of OSHA mandated documentation.
How can ISS assist our site Emergency Response Team?
ISS can assist your site Emergency Response Team in many different capacities. Not only can we serve as your team leader, we can help with training, documentation, planning, inspection, and incident investigation. ISS can also offer assistance in purchasing gear and supplies for your team.
