OSHA inspections are on the rise at manufacturing companies, and most audits result in citations for electrical violations.
Managers at manufacturing companies typically are not aware when their facility has numerous on-going electrical compliance violations. This leaves your company open to expensive OSHA citations. We often contract out equipment installation work (with electrical contractors) and assume they will make installations meet code – a bad assumption. We have a paper available for download on this subject below:
Electrical Safety - Dont Get Zapped from ImpactSafety 2019.07.30
Company leaders often engage with outside safety firms to help support the safety program at their company. There are four key reasons to consider using a safety consultant:
Companies are required to have a safe work environment for all of their employees. Company leadership needs to arrange for appropriate resources to ensure the environment is safe and OSHA compliant. However, a company should not try to totally outsource their safety program to an outside consultant or firm. To have sustained success, there must be a sense of ownership and participation in safety at all levels of the organization. While a safety consultant provides many key on-site services (including advising management on safety direction), the consultant will not be on the shop floor with your workers every day. Company employees are the ones who will be re-enforcing the safety culture on a daily basis.
Many of the key components of a safety program are “people” programs. Therefore it’s important that companies select a safety consultant that meshes well with the company style and culture. It’s also important that a consultant is selected who is willing to be innovative with their approaches to better meet the specific needs of your situation.
Company leadership needs to arrange for appropriate resources to ensure the work environment is safe and OSHA compliant. For many companies, it is wise to hire an outside safety consultant to provide some key parts of the safety program. Even when using a safety consultant, leadership will always need to assign in-house personnel appropriate safety responsibilities as well.
If your company has a site in Texas and you are considering the option of utilizing outside safety support, be sure to contact Joe Eudy at Impact Safety.