Workplace Safety 2012: Get Prepared and Avoid Costly Citations
Workplace Safety 2012 Webinar Recording
In 2011, a few common – and preventable – workplace safety violations tripped up employers over and over: OSHA issued:
- 7,139 violations relating to fall protection
- 7,069 violations relating to scaffolding
- 6,538 violations relating to hazcom
Was your organization among those fined? If not, you may have just gotten lucky, as far too many workplaces make the very same costly missteps over and over. Penalties range from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases. Plus, if a violation is found to be “willful,” penalties could be significantly magnified.
The beginning of a new year is a perfect time to audit your workplace for safety compliance and fix any problems – beforethey come to the attention of OSHA (or, worse still, cause a disastrous accident).
Join us for an in-depth webinar all about getting your workplace safety-ready for 2012.
You’ll learn:
- The latest on the Severe Violators Enforcement Program – and why you want to avoid getting on this list at all costs
- The status of a recent push for mandatory Injury & Illness Prevention Programs at most U.S. workplaces
- How proposed changes to the injury and illness recording/reporting requirements could affect you
- New rules on handling retaliation complaints and incidents of workplace violence
- Why there’s a new inspection focus on powered industrial trucks
- Best practices for safety self-audits that can keep you out of OSHA’s spotlight
- What to do if you get that dreaded “knock at the door” from an OSHA inspector
- Why state-plan states are now getting a closer look from the feds – and what to do if your state is one of them
This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Workplace Safety 2012: Get Prepared and Avoid Costly Citations
About Your Speaker:
Tiffani H. Casey, Esq. is an associate in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to workplace risk management preventing OSHA citations, injuries and fatalities. She advises employers in OSHA recordkeeping, hazard assessment and self-audits, corporate-wide safety compliance, maintaining effective safety training and safety management programs, disciplining unsafe employees, inspection preparedness, workplace violence prevention, and health and wellness initiatives.
