Look for OCCU-TEC on GSA Advantage
Since 2006 OCCU-TEC has been available to provide services under its Federal Supply Schedule Contract for two Special Item Numbers (SINs) under contract number GS-10F-0091T:
SIN 899-1, Environmental Consulting Services
This includes, but isn't limited to, energy management, fuel tank testing and analysis; environmental evaluations, assessments and compliance assessments.
SIN 899-3, Environmental Occupational Training Services including off-the-shelf, customized and/or computer based courses on issues including HAZWOPER, HAZCOM, LOTO, CSE and other related training.
Find out more about all the services OCCU-TEC offers under its GSA contract by calling 1-800-953-1953. |
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Keeping accurate records is vitally important to any business, but for any business dealing with worker health and safety it is vitally important. Unfortunately, the degree that recordkeeping is being accurately maintained has become a cause for concern for OSHA.
That's one reason why OSHA has announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) on recordkeeping. The NEP involves the inspection of records prepared by businesses and enforcing regulatory requirements with employers who have been found to be under-reporting injuries and/or illnesses.
Various studies have claimed that the under-recording of workplace injuries and illnesses to OSHA have proliferated. Those studies drove the Senate Commitee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the House Committee on Education and Labor to ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the accuracy of employer injury and illness records by cooperating with OSHA in this NEP.
The NEP is a complement to a similar investigation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to account for differences in the number of injuries and illnessses they estimate, along with other data sources.
The NEP is not the only strategy OSHA will use to address under-reporting. The agency will also work to comprehensively train compliance staff to identify and correct violations. It will also develop new programs to address the underlying recordkeeping issue in other industries not under the NEP including construction, VPP and SHARP establishments.
First on the NEP list: low rate establishments in high rate industries. OSHA believes that the most likely under-reporting are in these cases.
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Also under scrutiny will be programs that offer financial rewards for work units that have the least injuries or illnesses reported. These types of programs lead to under-reporting according to OSHA and will draw their attention during the NEP.
Disincentives to report injuries are also targeted which would include retaliatory measures like firing or other forms of discipline.
If you have a question about your reporting procedures or you are concerned your recordkeeping then maybe its time to call OCCU-TEC.
OCCU-TEC has been recognized as one of Kansas City's fastest growing corporations by Ingram's Top 100. OCCU-TEC's Loss Prevention division can:
Provide training on OSHA & EPA requirements
Perform Environmental & Safety Audits
Source Safety Professionals
Create systems to assist you with organizing and recovering safety information.
Call 1-800-950-1953 or go to www.occutec.com for more information. |
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