Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards for Fiscal Year 2021 (Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) annually posts the top ten frequently violated standards.  The purpose of this posting is to give employers the opportunity to fix these violations before OSHA inspects your project site.  When we discuss these with our clients and students we call these violations the low-hanging fruit for OSHA.  

1. Fall Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) [related safety resources]
2. Respiratory Protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) [related safety resources]
3. Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) [related safety resources]
4. Hazard Communication, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) [related safety resources]
5. Scaffolding, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) [related safety resources]
6. Fall Protection Training, construction (29 CFR 1926.503) [related safety resources]
7. Control of Hazardous Energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147) [related safety resources]
8. Eye and Face Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.102) [related safety resources]
9. Powered Industrial Trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) [related safety resources]
10. Machinery and Machine Guarding, general industry (29 CFR 1910.212) [related safety resources]

OSHA in a sense is providing you with fair warning that during an OSHA inspection these are the first thing they will be looking at.  Many of these items can be easily resolved before OSHA arrives, such as respiratory protection, hazard communication, ladders, fall protection training, scaffolding, and powered industrial trucks.  Remember these items must be documented and this can be easily done, also.

Future Environment Designs together with SiteDocs can handle the documentation and training requirements for the above safety hazards and have this information easily documented.  With SiteDocs this documentation is readily available on multiple devices allowing inspections in the field to be documented, stored, and made available upon request.  Future Environment Designs can not only provide your staff the training and documentation required either in-person, virtual, or through e-learning, but we can also create the written programs and inspections required under the various standards.  So visit our website and click on Contact to start discussing how we can help you be better prepared for an OSHA inspection.

New Course Offerings From Future Environment Designs!

Future Environment Designs is proud to announce the development of several new e-learning and virtual training courses.  The first virtual training course is this Friday, May 1, 2020, at 10 AM.  We will be providing training on SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) the virus that causes Covid-19.  This training course will include three modules covering Covid-19 awareness, Covid-19 Pandemic Response Plan, and Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for SARS-CoV-2.  Click here to register for this course.  If you can't make the virtual learning course, we also created an e-learning Covid-19 course which also includes the three modules.  Click here to register for the e-learning course.  We created both courses to cover the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) training requirements for workers that have the potential to be exposed to SARS-CoV-2.

SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus)

We also created a four-hour e-learning course for bloodborne pathogens to meet the requirements of the OSHA bloodborne pathogen standard and NYS's Nassau County training requirement for the Environmental Hazard Remediation Contractors License.  See our blog post for more on the Nassau County requirements.  In addition, we created a Respirator Hierarchy course to try and clarify some of the confusion out there regarding respirators.  You can register to take either of these e-learning courses or any of the other courses we created at https://futureenvironmentdesigns.com/online-courses.html.  Also, remember if you take a number of training courses with Future Environment Designs the best value and price would be to sign-up for a training subscription at our patron page https://www.patreon.com/fedtc.

Future Environment Designs wishes all of you a Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year for 2020!

Future Environment Designs (#FEDTC) wishes you and your family a Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year.  As we say goodbye to 2019 and 2010 decade, it is a good time to reflect on all we accomplished in the last decade, including:

• Future Environment Designs achieving over 30 years in business.  Including writing a book called "Do As I Say, Not As I Did" about the experience.
• We have successfully added online registration for all our courses.
• We have created several online courses including NYCDEP Exam Prep, Asbestos Awareness, Hazard Communication with a New York State Department of Labor Right-to-Know component, Respirator User and OSHA Crystalline Silica Standard for Workers.  Expanding our client's ability to provide training for its workers. 
• We have digitized the course evaluation process.  To see how our students have been rating our courses visit our Coursecheck website.
• We have automated most of the reminder process.
• We have converted most of the asbestos and mold refresher courses into blended learning courses.
• We have continued to establish FEDTC as a resource of information.  Maintaining our position as a leading training provider in New York State.

2019 Rockefeller Center

As we say hello to 2020 and we look forward to the coming decade, the time is coming to hand over the reins of Future Environment Designs to a younger generation.  We expect this process to take most of the decade to ensure our clients are still provided the level of information and service they have come to expect from Future Environment Designs.  We expect more digitizing and blending of the courses moving into the future, including:

• All exams being moved online.
• Shopping cart added to the website.
• Revision of the website making it more mobile-friendly. 
• New online courses including Bloodborne Pathogens, Respirator Administrator, PCB Awareness, etc.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you in 2020 and during the upcoming decade.  We are also excited about the changes and opportunities coming our way.  Again, we wish you & your family a Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year!!!

Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year