What makes us different?
Premier Safety Solutions creates a standard of excellence by approaching safety with a positive attitude.
Positive reinforcement encourages management leadership and worker participation in creating and keeping a safe workplace. Safe work habits must become a part of the normal everyday routine.
Premier Safety Solutions provides their clients with high level safety training and specialized knowledge and understanding of OSHA regulations.
- Trenching & Excavation Awareness & Competent Person
- First Aid, CPR & AED Training
- Powered Industrial Truck (Forklift) Operator Certification
- Scaffold Awareness & Competent Person
- OSHA Construction 10 & 30 Hour
- Heavy Equipment Operator Safety Awareness
- Aerial Work Platform Safety Training
- Fall Protection Safety Awareness
- Confined Space Awareness Training & Mock Rescue Exercise
SERVICES WE OFFER . . .
- Safety & Health Programs
- HAZCOM / SDS Programs
- Activity Hazard Analysis
- Onsite Safety Surveys
- Random Employee Drug Screening
- Respirator Medical Review & Fit Testing
DON'T WAIT . . . BE PROACTIVE . . .
Plan & Prevent Workplace Accidents
Careful Use of Propane Heaters on Construction Sites
To help combat the cold, portable heaters fueled by propane are often used on construction sites. While they provide adequate heat, there are some obvious safety concerns when using large, high-BTU, portable heaters.
Certain precautions need to be observed when using a propane heater:
Only use heaters that are in good condition and operating properly.
Keep propane tanks upright and on a firm, level surface.
Locate propane tanks at least 6 feet from the heater.
Do not use heaters in an area where they can come into contact with combustible materials.
Do not place a heater directly on a plywood floor. Instead, place it on a 4-foot by 4-foot square of fire-resistant drywall or cement-board.
Virginia Experiences Surge in Workplace Fatalities
29 Virginia workers have died on the job through in the first 7 months of 2016. This compares to 31 deaths for all of 2015.
In the month of July 2016 alone, 8 Virginia workers lost their lives in workplace accidents. This horrific trend is devastating families, friends, co-workers and businesses.
Falls have accounted for 20% of those fatalities this year.
OSHA’s New Rule for Silica Dust Exposure
About 2.3 million workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in their workplaces. This includes 2 million construction workers who drill, cut, crush or grind silica-containing materials such as concrete and stone, and 300,000 workers in general industry operations such as brick manufacturing, foundries, and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
Silica dust ranks with asbestos and coal as one of the most lung damaging particles that workers can breathe on the job. When tiny bits of silica dust lodge deep in the lungs it can cause permanent scarring, lung cancer, silicosis, chronic pulmonary disease and damage to the immune system and kidneys.
Right now, doctors often diagnose silica lung disease after it is fairly advanced and too late to take preventive measures.
OSHA has issued a final rule that will substantially reduce the permissible exposure limit to half the current limit for general industry and 5 times more stringent than the current exposure limit for construction.