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ASSP Joint Meeting with the Granite State Chapter

Posted: Mar 04, 2019

Thanks to the Granite State Chapter for inviting the Greater Boston Chapter membership to a joint meeting at Monogram Gourmet Foods in Wilmington, MA on Feb. 25th. The meeting’s speaker was Justin Deflumeri, Safety Manager of Monogram Gourmet Foods with his topic “Interactive and Outside the Box Approaches to Safety”.

New OSHA Trenching Emphasis Program 2019

Posted: Feb 15, 2019

The Greater Boston Chapter is communicating this information from our friends at OSHA on their National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation.

Due to the continuing incidence of trench/excavation collapses and accompanying loss of life, OSHA has determined that trenching and excavating worksites continue to warrant an increased enforcement presence nationally.

OSHA has long maintained that employees exposed to potential cave-ins must be protected before the excavation face is in imminent danger of collapse, because OSHA believes that there is a potential for a collapse in virtually all excavations.

OSHA FY 2019 Safety Calendar

Posted: Feb 13, 2019

March 2019

Start of OSHA Region III’s Focus Four Campaign. March is Electrical Safety.
Ladder Safety Month, American Ladder Institute.
No later than the 2nd, Establishments with 250 or more employees in industries, as covered by the recordkeeping regulations, must electronically submit information from recordkeeping form (300A), “Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses”. Establishments with 20-249 employees in certain high-risk industries, must electronically submit information from their recordkeeping Form 300A. Use the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) System.
3-9 – Women in Construction Week
25-29 – National Safety Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week