Moving at the "Speed of Trust"
by Enterprise Health on Jul 13, 2021 10:00:00 AM
Enterprise Health delivers functionality to meet OSHA's new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) On June 21, OSHA adopted a new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that requires healthcare employers to report all work-related COVID-19 fatalities and in-patient hospitali …
Recognize Safe + Sound Week
by Enterprise Health on Aug 5, 2020 11:00:00 AM
Workplace health and safety programs have been center stage for employers over the last several months. Each year during Safe + Sound Week, OSHA recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America's workers safe. Wit …
OSHA seeks to reduce silica exposure
by Enterprise Health on Mar 10, 2020 11:00:00 AM
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it has established a revised National Emphasis Program (NEP) to identify and reduce or eliminate worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in general industry, marit …
Suffering from post-traumatic OSHA Form 300A disorder?
by Enterprise Health on Mar 4, 2020 11:00:00 AM
With the submission deadline for the 2019 OSHA Form 300A in your rearview mirror, you may be headed toward recovery mode. Before you get too relaxed and refocused on all those tasks that you had to put aside, now is the perfect time to evaluate the level of difficulty you experienced …
Are you ready if OSHA comes calling?
by Enterprise Health on Jan 28, 2020 11:00:00 AM
OSHA just released statistics that show a significant increase in the number of inspections in their fiscal year 2019. The Federal department conducted 33,401 inspections — more inspections than the previous three years — addressing violations related to trenching, falls, chemical exp …
Amplify hearing surveillance through audiometer interface
by Enterprise Health on Oct 9, 2019 11:00:00 AM
OSHA calls noise one of the most pervasive occupational health problems with more than 22 million U.S. workers being exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year (www.osha.gov). Monitoring employees for the effects of exposure to high levels of noise and complying with OSHA …
OSHA form 300A due...really
by Enterprise Health on Feb 26, 2019 11:00:00 AM
While the wheel of OSHA's final recordkeeping rule will likely continue to spin, there is an actual deadline to meet for establishments with 250 or more employees. Covered establishments are required to only electronically submit information from the OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Re …
OSHA update: wrangling recordkeeping and reporting requirements — again
by Dr. Rich Hammel on Jan 15, 2019 11:00:00 AM
You might be asking “what now?” I thought OSHA was done with changes regarding electronic submission of OSHA injury and recordkeeping forms by employers to comply with reporting requirements deadlines.
4 commonly asked questions about hearing protection in the workplace
by Dr. William Cast on Apr 6, 2018 11:00:00 AM
William Cast M.D. is a retired ear, nose, and throat surgeon who started his medical career in the U.S. Army, where he was first exposed to occupational hearing loss. Today, Dr. Cast is part of the Enterprise Health team.
Electronic submission: OSHA again, on again
by Jeff Donnell on Aug 17, 2017 12:08:26 PM
After some back and forth on the actual launch date of its electronic injury and illness reporting website, the trigger has been pulled and the OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) launched on August 1st, 2017. This web-based form will allow employers to electronically submit requir …
To report to OSHA electronically, or not — that is NOT the question
by Jeff Donnell on Jun 22, 2017 1:30:00 PM
In May of 2016, OSHA issued a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. This rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit injury and illness data. This final rule was effective on January 1, 2017.