Elle C

With two decades in regulatory consulting, I write from experience about critical business topics. Focus areas include: Pandemic Response | OSHA & NFPA Compliance | HR | Natural Disasters |Medical Emergencies. I also enjoy creating articles about sailing, travel & relationships. Occasionally, I dabble in terrible poetry. Human interest pieces are my passion. Hire me!

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Think You're Too Small for OSHA? They May Still Come Knocking - Grainger KnowHow

There's a common myth that OSHA can't inspect companies with less than 10 employees—but this isn't true. OSHA is a small agency. It can’t look over everyone’s shoulder. It only has the resources to inspect a tiny fraction of the estimated eight million workplaces in its jurisdiction. So how does OSHA decide who gets a look? And is your small business at risk? One common myth is that OSHA can't inspect companies smaller than 10 employees. But this is not the case. OSHA covers most private secto

3 Safety Management Systems Myths - Grainger KnowHow

Myth #1: Safety management systems are only for big companies. Fact: Safety management systems form a flexible framework that works for any size business. The core components of a safety management system include safety policies, incident investigations, written procedures, hazard assessments, worker training and compliance documentation. Most SMS also incorporate management commitment and the participation of workers. These are all aspects of familiar OSHA regulations and principles of risk

Grainger Safety • 6th June 2019

Benefits of Energy Management Changes - Grainger KnowHow

When you look for ways to enhance your profit margin, energy management is a logical place to look for changes. Doing an energy audit or switching to energy-efficient lighting, two key steps in an energy management program, can have a significant impact on the bottom line. Yes, as the operator of a large facility or multiple large facilities, you will need to make an investment--perhaps substantial--to get the ball rolling on energy management, but the data compiled by the U.S. Department of Ene

Grainger Safety • 2nd February 2018

Protect Your Business from Catastrophic Loss - Grainger KnowHow

Many business owners think about how their operations would function in the wake of disaster. With the recent catastrophic wildfires, hurricanes and earthquakes, it's all too easy to imagine a major disaster close to home. But for too many businesses, the preparation for disaster recovery stops there. They never make a formal recovery plan and they never rehearse how a recovery would take place. That may be the biggest disaster of all. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Career Trend • 5th July 2017

OSHA Safety Toolbox Topics

Toolbox Talks is a program developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to bring a safety culture into the working environment. Instead of lengthy, somewhat rigid formal training sessions, employees take part in a 10- to 15-minute relaxed safety briefing. These talks take place directly in the workplace, whether a manufacturing floor or a construction site. As there are, quite literally, hundreds, if not thousands of OSHA standards, the topics and the benefits are limitless.