Comprehensive software system helps you publish a written safety manual

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) sets a national minimum standard for safety, but allows local jurisdictions to adopt standards which are at least as stringent. Under common law, as an employer, you are obligated to provide your employees with a safe place to work. As a businessperson, you must provide customers, vendors and other people who visit your company site with safe passage. As an owner or occupant of any property, you must maintain it in a condition safe for everyone who comes onto your property. Besides obviously making everything right, what proof do you have that you are interested in safety and have done something about having a safe workplace? A written safety handbook can be your best defense against lawsuits...

OUCH!!! Did you know that...

A simple lock-out block-out device could have saved the lives of two men who were cleaning a tire manufacturing machine at the Bridgestone Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. The lock-out is placed on the On/Off switch to prevent anyone from accidentally starting the machine. The block-out device is like a steel bar wedged in the gears that prevents the machine from moving. Apparently the men used neither device and were unaware of the hazard. The director of OSHA personally delivered a $7.4 million penalty against Bridgestone. A $150 investment in SafetyPlanBuilder and a few minutes' work to create a written company safety manual might have prevented this tragic accident and saved Bridgestone millions! It can for you.

Helps you comply with OSHA Fast!
Safety Plan Builder software helps you publish a custom illness and injury prevention manual to quickly and easily comply with OSHA (California too), avoid lawsuits, train your employees, and provide a safe workplace. Menu-driven from start to finish... it covers 44 safe work practice categories and contains over 250 pre-written pages of industry-specific Safe Work Practices.

Read a copy of the master template to see if Safety Plan Builder is right for you.
Notice the first couple of pages:

• Introductory memo (can easily be copied into an email) to employees.
• Receipt & Acknowledgment of your written Safety Manual — a plaintiff's lawyer will have a difficult time stumbling over this document!
• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
  

Be safety compliant with OSHA and all 50 states

It's a tangled mess of complicated laws, but Safety Plan Builder sorts it all out for you. When laws differ, Safety Plan Builder takes the highest legal standard and builds it into your plan — to offer you and your employees maximum protection. The result? A comprehensive, industry and state-specific safety plan that complies with all applicable OSHA and state laws. The customized safety manual you create can also form a tool for self-auditing your facility — identifying each safety hazard and potential safety problem in your work environment. Once identified, the manual provides clear and concise language for dealing with the problem. Just having a written safety plan usually reduces the fines to one-tenth of the average.

Don't think you're safe if your business is office-based rather than industrial. You're still required to comply with OSHA, and you're still vulnerable to lawsuits! A written safety manual is important.

In addition to the legal protection Safety Plan Builder provides, it offers concrete benefits on a basic human level. A written safety plan can boost morale, preserve the health and productivity of your employees, and help create a positive atmosphere in your workplace. With Safety Plan Builder, everybody wins.

44 Safe Work Practice categories covered:

• Abrasive Wheel
  - Equipment
  - (Grinders)
• Bio-Hazards
• Building Management & Construction
• Blasting Operations
• Carcinogens
• Compressors & Compressed Air
• Compressed Gas & Cylinders
• Confined Spaces
• Cranes
• Electrical
• Environmental Controls
• Ergonomics
• Explosives
• Fire Safety
• Floor & Wall Openings
• Fueling
• Gasses
• Hazard Warnings
• Hazardous Chemicals
• Hoists & Auxiliary Equipment
• Hydrogen Furnaces
• Industrial Trucks & Forklifts
• Infection Control
• Ladders & Scaffolds
• Lasers
• Lockout/Blockout Procedures
• Machine Guarding
• Material Handling
• Noise Off-Site Safety
• Pesticides
• Piping Systems
• Power Actuated Tools
• Pressure Safety
• Sanitation
• Sanitizing Equipment & Clothing
• Seismic Safety
• Spraying Operations
• Steel & Hot Metal
• Tool Maintenance
• Traffic & Transportation
• Ventilation
• Walkways
• Welding, Cutting & Brazing

Publish your complete plan in a few minutes!

All elements of your safety plan are pre-written-just select the appropriate sections for your business or industry, then customize the paragraphs. Easy-to-use menus help you select the paragraphs appropriate to your state. Thanks to its huge database, Safety Plan Builder easily manages more than 250 pre-written pages of industry-specific Safe Work Practices. Within minutes, you can print out a complete plan. And you can easily format it for use as a handy training manual for your employees.

Save as PDF or HTML — Easily post it to your website
Your new custom Safety Manual can also be saved in HTML or PDF for easy posting to your website or emailing to all employees and contractors working for you. If publishing a safety plan is on your to-do list, you can get it done and in place quickly. Time it... about 20 minutes from start to finish!

It's Simple. First, Select Your [Industry]

• Agriculture
• Construction
• Food Service
• Health Service
• Logging
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Office Work
• Petrochemical
• Retail Sales
• Shipbuilding
• Shipping
• Trucking
• Warehousing

Next, [Enter Your Company Variables]

• Company Name
• Safety Officer
• Where Safety Notices Are Posted
• Where MSDSs are Kept
• Where Emergency Phone Numbers Are Listed
• Where Eyewash is Kept

SafetyPlanBuilder automatically assembles a complete document

A safe and healthy workplace makes everyone feel good and is good for business. In addition to the legal protection SafetyPlanBuilder provides, it offers concrete benefits on a basic human level. No employer wants to see their employees get hurt. You want to provide a safe and healthy workplace or construction site for yourself and your employees.

When you send this message to your employees with a written safety plan, you let them know you care. A written safety plan can help create a positive atmosphere in your workplace as well as preserve the health and productivity of your employees. With SafetyPlanBuilder, everybody wins.

Put written safety training handbook in place at your company and enjoy a safe, OSHA-compliant workplace.