$8 Million in New Susan Harwood Training Grants The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is soliciting applications for $8 million in Susan Harwood Safety and Health Capacity Building Training Grants. "These grants will provide workers and employers with the tools they need to build the capacity to ensure safe workplaces," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "They will also enable workers to gain the knowledge and the tools they need to save lives and protect their health." Capacity building safety and health training grants will focus on training workers to recognize hazards and appropriate control measures, and to understand their rights under OSHA regulations and standards. Read More.

SafetyPro Resources was recently represented at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) professional development conference and expo in San Antonio, TX.  The event was the 4th largest attended conference in ASSE history

OSHA Forms 300 and 300A: Injury and Illness Log and Summary - Every employer who is subject to OSHA and has more than 10 employees is required to maintain records relating to employee injuries and illness. This illness and injury log may be kept on a form developed by OSHA, known as Forms 300 and 300A log and summary. Although the records are generally not filed with OSHA, they must be maintained at the worksite for a five-year period and made available to employees and OSHA inspectors.

The information contained in the 300 forms includes a record of each illness or injury, a summary of the prior year's experience, and a recap that must be posted in the workplace from February 1 through April 30 each year. While the use of Forms 300 is not mandatory, posting the information contained in the form is. Thus, posting the information contained in the 300 logs is necessary even if there were no employee injuries or illnesses within the last year.

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A survey was conducted to explore factors affecting total recordable incident rates and lost time incident rates. Read on to find out the results.

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ISN User Conference in Dallas In February, SafetyPro Resources exhibited at the annual ISNetworld Conference in Dallas, Texas. The conference was attended by over 1000 owner/operators and contractors. For more information on ISNetworld, visit their website at www.isnetworld.com.

NATCO Group Inc. has chosen SafetyPro Resources, LLC as their third party auditing & training firm. NATCO Group Inc. is a leading provider of wellhead process equipment, systems and services used in the production of oil and gas. NATCO production equipment is used onshore and offshore in most major oil and gas producing regions of the world. SafetyPro Resources, LLC will provide on-site compliance audits at their locations across the United States. In addition, SafetyPro Resources, LLC will conduct employee and management training on NATCO’s loss control processes.