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Did You Know...Risk Control is Tracking OSHSB Regulatory Drafts?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
April 17, 2019

Risk Control is tracking proposals being considered by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.

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Did You Know...How to Effectively Handle Terminations?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?, Risk Control
February 21, 2019

Handling employee terminations is a difficult task, but we have some resources to help you along the way.

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Did You Know... Including a Narrative in your Toolbox Talk can Make it More Effective?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
November 12, 2018

Knowledge gained by workers increased when narratives and discussion questions were included as part of weekly safety training.

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Did You Know . . . The Record-Keeping Citation Timeline Has Been Extended?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
October 19, 2018

AB 2334 Occupational injuries and illness: employer reporting requirements: electronic submission was approved by the Governor on September 19th and goes into effect on January 1, 2019.

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Did You Know...About Indexing?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?, Workers' Compensation
September 12, 2018

Sometimes referred to as a “claims index” or “index report” the ISO ClaimSearch system allows your claims team to generate a claims history report on a claimant.

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Did You Know... We Have a Tool to Help You Conduct Hazard Assessments for PPE?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
August 10, 2018

Cal/OSHA CCR 3380, Personal Protective Devices, requires that employers assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).  Agencies must document this process through a written certification.

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Did You Know...There are Multiple Ways to Track Legislative and Regulatory Changes?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
June 12, 2018

Successfully tracking legislation and regulations is a chore, here are 3 free resources to make this task easier.

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Did You Know... You are Required to Electronically File your 2017 Form 300A?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
May 03, 2018

On April 30, 2018 Federal OSHA posted a trade release clarifying that regulations pertaining to State Plans require all affected employers to submit injury and illness data in the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) online portal.

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Did You Know... DSWs Need an Oath of Office?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?
May 02, 2018

During a large scale disaster, public employees may be reassigned as disaster service workers (DSW) to assist your agency in carrying out its emergency response duties.

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Did You Know... Employees could be in the "Line of Fire"?
Posted by Sarah Bruno in Did You Know?, Risk Control
April 02, 2018

Awareness is our first line of defense. We must identify conditions or aspects of the working environment that might put ourselves in the line of fire and consider how to prevent that risk.

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