Developing an Effective Health and Safety Program Step 5: Immediate Corrective Action
When it comes to health and safety in the workplace, it’s essential to deal with hazards as quickly as possible. When an incident or near miss occurs, or when a…
Developing an Effective Health and Safety Program: Step 4: Accountability
Accountability ensures that your workplace health and safety program is implemented as intended. If no one is held accountable for their participation in the program, safety won’t be treated as…
Does your company have a culture that elevates safety to a world-class level?
If so, then you should apply to be one of America’s Safest Companies. EHSToday.com recently announced that the application process for selection as the 2019 America’s Safest Companies, an honor…
Developing an Effective Health and Safety Program: Step 3: Tracking Trends & Effectiveness
Once you’ve established a workplace health and safety program, it needs to be consistently monitored and evaluated in order to verify its effectiveness. If you’ve followed our previous steps, you…
A Quick Guide on OSHA Safety Requirements
Weeding through letters of interpretation or researching OSHA standards for a quick answer can eat up precious time. This is why UASC's safety consultants and training department wanted to provide…
A “Cutting” Issue
Do you use chop saws? Is the saw is sending clouds of silica dust into the air? Do you know the potential hazard for breathing dust from cutting stones, masonry,…
Why Employers Need a Drug Testing Program
Having a drug and alcohol policy, along with a formalized drug testing program is essential in minimizing risk within an organization. All across the United States, the use of illicit…
Developing an Effective Health and Safety Program: Step 2: Communication and Awareness
A workplace health and safety program can only be effective if goals, standards, and procedures are clearly communicated to all members of an organization. Ongoing awareness regarding your health and…
Assisting Mass Municipal Agencies in Preparing for the 2019 OSHA Requirements
Updated OSHA Compliance with MGL has begun! Here is a simple one-pager on how United Alliance Services can help get you into compliance! OSHA Safety Training for Municipalities & Schools…
Adjusted OSHA Penalties for 2019
OSHA has increased the maximum fines The maximum fines are now $132,598 per violation for willful or repeated violations for a company, and $13,260 per violation for serious, Other-than-Serious, and Posting violations.…
UASC & ABC MA 2019 Kick-Off & Induction
United Alliance Services Corporation is a General Sponsor! Happening now, UASC is attending the 2019 Kickoff Meeting and Installation of Officers We became a general sponsor this year and are looking…
8 Steps to an Effective Workplace Health and Safety Program
An effective health and safety program has several key objectives: to prevent injuries and illnesses, to improve compliance with laws and regulations, to reduce costs spent on workers’ compensation, and…