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OSHA & Regulatory Compliance Assistance
	Podojil and Associates is now a member of OSHA's VPP (Voluntary Protection Programs).   Podojil & Associates, Inc. offers a wide range of services designed to assist employers in complying with the myriad of government regulations, including the regulations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), EPA, DOT and more. United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)   OSHA Compliant Lockout & Tagout Identification Services
Podojil & Associates Inc. is a Woman Owned Business Enterprise

On-Site Loss Control Consulting Services

As an employer, you are concerned about maintaining productivity, efficiency, and employee morale. Companies that institute a  comprehensive safety and health program are amazed at the positive effects on the company's business and employee morale! Our trained professionals can come to your site, evaluate the safety and health hazards, and recommend proactive preventive measures.

Safety Training Services

 The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and similar state-plan OSH laws, require employers provide a safe and healthful working environment.  To achieve this, the employer must train employees and supervisors on literally dozens of safety and health related topics. Developing the programs and training capability internally is an incredibly complicated and expensive process. Podojil & Associates, Inc. specializes in the following training courses:

• Machine guarding
• Ergonomics
• General safety
• Accident Investigation & Prevention
• OSHA electrical safety ( lock-out, tag-out & try-out) Subpart S
• Construction safety
• Material handling ( cranes & forklifts)
• Fall protection and prevention
• Emergency response

Safety and Health Program Development Services

Podojil & Associates, Inc. can also provide services to ensure that your OSHA 300 recordkeeping, employee skill training records, industrial hygiene exposure monitoring paperwork, is prepared according to the government regulations. Even if everything else on site is perfect, you can be cited and held accountable if your written programs aren't in compliance with the specific regulations .

The Safety Audit

Podojil & Associates Inc. safeguarding audit method makes it possible for Podojil & Associates Inc. personnel to conduct a consistent and thorough risk assessment of potential risk hazards in our client’s locations. Only Podojil & Associates Inc. offers your company, University, Secondary school(s) or Technical Education workshop a comprehensive program for conducting safety, health, and environmental audits.

For example, an effective machine guarding safety program starts with a thorough analysis of the complete program. Our consultants will review the written safety program, preventive maintenance program, owners / operators manuals, training records, safety placards, job safety & health analysis (JSHA) and other pertinent documents to ensure that they are in regulatory compliance and are complete in wording and most importantly are the latest addition.

The next step in our process is a complete safety & health inspection of the machinery. Our consultants will identify potential machine hazards which includes point of operation hazards, electrical, Lockout & Tagout (LOTO) disconnects, mechanical and non-mechanical hazards such as walking / working surfaces, ergonomics, anchoring of machinery and other similar hazards located around the machine area.

Next, we prioritize the physical guarding requirements based on a combination of multiple predictable injury factors and the probability of occurrence. Using the most recognized American National Standards for Risk reduction, each hazard is independently evaluated, photographed and then risk values are assigned to these factors.

This audit is conducted in accordance with a carefully designed process for collecting and recording a comprehensive and accurate summary of machine conditions relative to applicable OSHA standards and other regulations. Present machine conditions are photographed and make, model, property, and serial numbers of each machine are obtained and documented in the report. This documentation process allows our client to ensure that they have a complete machine inventory of their equipment located on a particular site.

Using the comprehensive machine survey guides, each report outlines the hazards seen, the correct work-around procedure that must be taken to safely protect the employee until corrective action is taken.

The report identifies safety or health hazards and provides relevant regulatory justification following OSHA, National Fire Protection Associations, (NFPA), National Electric Code (NEC), Canadian & Provincial safety regulations and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) codes.

In addition to the written documentation, our safety professionals will review these reports in person or via phone to ensure that the client has a clear understanding of all hazards identified during their survey and ensure that the client also understands the recommendations proposed by the consultant in their report.

We are your “one stop shop” for compliance issues and safety but more importantly our consultants are known as the nations leading authority on machine safeguarding!