See how ManagerPlus can help your company tackle the age-old dilemma of leasing equipment versus purchasing it outright in the latest issue of Construction Executive Tech Trends:
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Month: October 2014
OSHA Announces Updates on Recordkeeping Rule
The following guest post was written by Fositi Marie Athey of OSHAcampus.com
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule on reporting illnesses and injuries, as well as an updated list on recordkeeping requirements in the workplace. The final rule will take effect on January 1, 2015.
Under OSHA’s revised recordkeeping rule includes two major changes:
“Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours,” OSHA reports. OSHA’s previous regulations only required employers to report workplace fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. It also did not require reporting any amputations, loss of an eye or single hospitalizations.
All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, are required to comply with OSHA’s new severe injury and illness reporting requirements. OSHA is currently developing reporting options via a Web portal, as well as over the phone. Continue reading “OSHA Announces Updates on Recordkeeping Rule”
Facility Maintenance managers – Top concerns and the right solution
The work of facility maintenance managers is complex and demanding, and many report that they’re struggling to keep up.
According to a recent FacilitiesNet survey, which asked facility maintenance managers to rate their top job-related concerns, the most common response was resource shortages, followed by the related problem of increasing workload.
Considering the wide-ranging demands from owners, occupants, and staff that facility maintenance managers must contend with, it’s easy to see why these two concerns top the list. If facility maintenance managers aren’t highly organized and proactive, problems can quickly mount, leaving them short of resources and forcing them to log extra hours to get work done.
This is a big part of the reason why a facility management software has gone from being a luxury to a necessity for many facility maintenance managers. These solutions help them get a handle on their workload, prioritize, and make the transition from reactive to preventive maintenance.
+ Planning and managing resources
Labor, inventory, and equipment must all be carefully tracked and maintained to prevent shortages. If a facility manager is tracking this information in spreadsheets or paper documents, it’s a safe bet that they are wasting time on administrative work that would be better spent on planning. Continue reading “Facility Maintenance managers – Top concerns and the right solution”