Give a digital boost to your efforts to keep a safe and healthy workplace.
Simplify your search for safety inspections software
Finding reliable safety inspections software can feel like an uphill battle. The sheer number of options, combined with technical jargon and competing features, often leaves teams uncertain about where to begin. With the right guidance, however, identifying a solution that drives safety and efficiency becomes much easier.
So, you’ve made the decision to stop using paper forms and modernize your firm’s field safety inspection management processes, and you need to pick out a software platform. But how do you know which one is best for your company’s needs?
onstruction work is hard. Between long, irregular hours, job insecurity, challenging work environments with extremes in temperature and exposure to the elements, wear and tear on the body, and the threat of injuries, it’s no wonder that construction workers are more at risk of burnout than any other field.
Learn how Brown and Caldwell adopted field inspection management capabilities that can increase compliance and performance at the same time.
Although the use of lead in public water systems was banned in 1986 by the EPA, an estimated 15 to 22 million Americans’ drinking water supply still comes from lead service lines. Now, after 35 years of waffling, grandfathering, and stopgap measures, it looks as though a comprehensive lead pipe abatement initiative is imminent. The recently announced Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan seeks to finally replace lead pipes throughout the country by utilizing funds from the bipartisan infrastructure package as well as the EPA’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
OSHA makes your company do safety inspections. So do your insurers, your investors, your unions, your contractors, your state and local agencies. At times it may seem like a line of people is at your front door with pen and clipboard in one hand and a flashlight in the other, looking to nitpick and find fault. We invite you to move away from the mindset of the inspection as an annoyance, a deterrent, and a punishment. Instead look at it as a valuable tool with benefits far beyond those of keeping all the clipboard-wielders appeased.
Since you have to do inspections anyway, why not make the most of your investment of time, money, and effort?
Like most governmental agencies, OSHA is not immune to political will, and the numbers of inspectors can vary wildly from administration to administration. In 1980, for example, there were 3,063 workplaces for each OSHA inspector; in 2020, there were 9,286. Further demonstrating OSHA’s diminishment: in 2010, there were the same number of OSHA inspectors (1,106) as there was 30 years earlier, but by January 2019, there were only 875 inspectors, despite the incredible growth in the American workforce.
Physical work can be hard, dirty, and dangerous – and sometimes even deadly. With about 5,000 worker deaths per year, it’s not hard to see why workplaces are so highly regulated, and why safety is such a priority. And the tool that’s at the forefront of keeping workers safe, and companies from running afoul with OSHA, is the safety inspection.
Move beyond the perception of safety inspections as OSHA busywork: how inspections keep your workers safe and protect your bottom line.
Project safety and bottom line growth
Construction contractors are developing a new way of thinking when it comes to their safety programs. Construction safety inspections and field inspection management are no longer “a necessary evil” but are an integral part of doing good business. They have an effect on the bottom line that extends beyond simply improving insurance premiums.
You can achieve a robust safety program – and the benefits that come with it – by promoting an overall safety-driven culture through your people. In a biannual survey of contractors, the SmartMarket Report Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2021 from the Dodge Construction Network, in partnership with CPWR and Newmetrix, make this very clear when it states that “[c]ontractors of all sizes consistently regard safety efforts as people-driven rather than program-driven.”
The recent Dodge Report on Safety Management in the Construction Industry emphasizes training’s role in safety management. This emphasis is supported by evidence showing contractors’ dedication to worker safety training. Yet, the report identifies a concerning trend: the frequency of training significantly varies between companies and jobs.
Safety inspections and risk assessments require the right data to ensure that you’re focusing on the right issues.
Can you get good inspection data from old inspection collection methods? Probably not. The problems with using a paper-based system instead of digitized inspections to collect safety data are many and far-reaching. Companies that rely on paper checklists to demonstrate OSHA compliance risk running into regulatory trouble.
Better safety programs through digital inspection data
The recent release of the widely-circulated annual SmartMarket Report Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2021 from the Dodge Construction Network, in partnership with CPWR and Newmetrix, re-confirms one of their long-standing findings: contractors consistently report that safety programs have a wide range of positive impacts on their business as a whole.
OSHA needs proof that companies are doing the right things for employees in terms of health and safety. But how is your company supposed to determine what is right? Being OSHA compliant can be a challenge. Companies not only have to provide policies, training and checklists that comply with OSHA requirements, but also bear the burden of determining what it means to be compliant. While OSHA provides extensive guidelines, following them is not always straightforward.
Learn about the benefits of a cloud-based field inspection management, safety reporting, information accessibility, and org agility.
How can you arm a rookie (novices, temps, and seasonal employees) with the experience of a 20-year veteran?
Safety professionals should consider making a shift from inspecting things to supporting people in their efforts to achieve safer outcomes.
Location-enabled mobile data collection has helped Wonderful Orchards grow nutritious foods safely and efficiently.
Lessons learned from our customers that could help safety professionals manage the digital transformation of inspections within their orgs.
Learn from a panel of safety experts as they discuss how things have changed because of COVID-19
Any company can pay lip service to safety, but the ones that actually prioritize it are rewarded with stellar safety records, great reputations and low experience modification rates (EMR). So how do you make the jump from lip service to a robust safety program that can reduce workplace injuries?
Every year, thousands of workers are injured or killed by electrical hazards, a situation made more tragic because many of these incidents are preventable.
Use this safety observation report to document the safety conditions of a work site.
OSHA’s latest findings for 2020 underscore fall protection as the top cited violation, marking a decade-long trend. This highlights the pressing need for enhanced measures to prevent falls in the construction sector. The consistent recurrence of fall protection violations signals a systemic challenge that requires urgent attention and proactive solutions.
Falls are the leading cause of death in construction, and deaths are steadily increasing. Learn how to protect your workers from falls.
Use this form to complete a job hazard analysis at any type of worksite in construction, manufacturing, or other high-risk industry.
In 2019, a staggering 2.8 million people suffered a workplace injury, and 5,333 workers died on the job, an average of 15 deaths every day. Outside the very real human cost of suffering, companies pay out millions each year in fines, legal fees and increased insurance premiums.
Use this form to analyze and determine the exact cause of a problem or accident on the job site.
Use this form to identify hazardous activities with the potential to cause harm in the workplace.
How FM Sylvan reduces incidents and improves safety reporting with Fulcrum.
By switching from pen-and-paper-based processes to a field inspection management platform, the organization was able to save on insurance premiums, secure more bid opportunities, and, most importantly, protect its workers.
Recent snowstorms managed to cripple the second largest state in the continental United States. Overnight, millions were left without essential services due to aging infrastructure and unprepared electrical grid’s vulnerability to severe storms. Unfortunately, with extreme weather conditions becoming increasingly common around the world, being proactive about how to respond to such disasters in the future could save time, money, resources, and most importantly, lives.
Discover six practices you can start implementing today to reduce your insurance premiums and win more contracts.
Download this free PDF checklist to ensure proper storage and waste management.
Download this free PDF checklist to ensure a clean and safe working environment for your employees.
Download this checklist to prevent structural failure and ensure compliance.
Conduct regular generator maintenance to ensure it operates safely and reliably.
Use this checklist to ensure a safe welding environment and proper PPE usage.
Use this checklist to identify potential hazards during construction site visits.
Ensure your wash station is accessible and fully functional to prevent permanent eye damage to your employees.
Use this site safety inspection checklist to ensure your construction site is free from hazards and OSHA compliant.
Use this reopening checklist to protect your business, your employees, and your customers from COVID-19.
Track the location and maintenance schedules of your portable restrooms with this free checklist.
Complete thorough job site surveys with this masonry job site safety inspection checklist.
