10 Most Common Occupational Safety and Health Violations for 2010
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) lists the 10 most commonly reported worksite/occupational safety and health violations discovered after inspection. There are detrimental consequences; such as net income loss (income your business would have accepted for an event) that can damage your company if any of the following risks happen to just one of your employees. You also put at significant risk your NY Workers Compensation Experience Modification Factor; and or your NJ Workers Compensation Experience Modification factor which drives much of your Workers Compensation Insurance premiums. Your business may have to deal with the headache of plaintiff attorneys, insurance premium increases, poor staff morale, and lost business opportunities if your company is sited. We have
clearly seen a trend where NJ Commercial General Liability Insurance Carriers, and NY Commercial General Liability Insurance carriers are going online and accessing the OSHA Inspection Results By Establishment, which they are then using as an underwriting tool to either raise or lower premiums, or as a parameter of initial acceptance. “We may use the OSHA Violations Tool during the underwriting process to help us determine how well the company is managed before we put their risk on our books” stated Colleen Parmelee of Harleysville Insurance Company a leading writer of construction insurance in the New York Metropolitan Area.
We also use the OSHA Violations tool to vet potential subcontractors and vendors for our Risk Rocket clients. We give them a roll-up report that includes a lot of solid data on the subcontractors that put on their job sites which ultimately they are responsible for. ” We like to review the Risk Rocket reports prior to awarding an RFP to potential subcontractors to get a better feel for who we are partnering with. Many times it comes down to 2 subs who have similar numbers however when we look at the Risk Rocket report it helps us feel better as an organization that we are making informed business decisions for our owners and partners not just picking the lowest bidder. Not just our profitability is at stake but ultimately our companies reputation”, revealed Sam Gaccione of Great American Construction, Inc a leading builder of Affordable Housing in the New York Metropolitan region.
Click OSHA VIOLATIONS QUERY TOOL to search for results pertaining to an individual company. The bottom line, Santa is the only one keeping a good and bad list!
Below is the list of the 10 Most Sited OSHA VIOLATIONS :
( Click on each word in the list to see the most frequent violations in that category). Share this with your project managers.)
This list is created to prevent your business from these dangers and hazards before it’s too late!
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