SAFETY & RISK INNOVATION. ELEVATE. ANALYZE. LEAD.
SAFETY & RISK INNOVATION. ELEVATE. ANALYZE. LEAD.
Being a safety champion for industry or manufacturing safety shouldn’t feel like a cost center or a checklist. Done right, being a safety change agent can become one of your most powerful drivers of operational performance change for the better.
At Safety Kaizen, manufacturing and industry safety is approached as a business improvement strategy. The goal isn’t simply to meet regulations or OSHA standards, it’s to reduce injuries, eliminate inefficiencies, improve ergonomics, and help your operation run smoother, cost effectively, and more predictably.
When safety improves, productivity follows. When risk is reduced, downtime drops.
That’s where we focus - helping manufacturers that are: guided by the spirit of invention, lessening the dangers.
Alexander Hamilton (1791, Report on Manufactures)
Most safety programs react after something goes wrong. We work upstream, identifying risks before they become injuries, disruptions, or lost production.
Manufacturing clients typically come to us when they want to:
The result is a safer workplace that also performs better financially.
Manufacturing environments generate massive amounts of information — movement patterns, task repetition, equipment usage, workflow bottlenecks, and exposure risks. Most companies never fully use this data.
Safety Kaizen combines field experience with modern analysis tools to turn that information into practical improvements.
Ergonomic improvements aren’t just about comfort. They directly impact productivity, quality, and fatigue.
We analyze:
Small changes can produce measurable results: fewer strains, less fatigue, faster cycle times, and more consistent performance.
AI tools are used responsibly to enhance human decision-making, not replace it.
Applications may include:
Every recommendation remains human-reviewed, practical, and tailored to your operation.
The goal is simple: better visibility into risk so you can act earlier.
Compliance matters — but it shouldn’t drive your entire safety strategy.
We help manufacturing companies:
When safety systems are built correctly, compliance becomes the natural outcome rather than the primary objective.
Every manufacturing operation is different, but most engagements follow a practical path:
We walk the floor, talk with employees, and understand how work actually gets done — not just how procedures say it should happen.
Safety risks, ergonomic stressors, and inefficiencies are evaluated together. Many problems share the same root cause.
Recommendations focus on changes that work in the real world — layout adjustments, process improvements, training, and engineering solutions.
KPIs help demonstrate progress in both safety performance and operational efficiency.
Companies that invest in proactive safety and ergonomics typically see:
Safety becomes part of how the business wins — not something that slows it down.
Technology alone doesn’t create safer workplaces. People do.
Safety Kaizen integrates responsible AI principles with hands-on safety leadership:
AI enhances insight. People make the decisions.
Safety Kaizen works best with manufacturing leaders who want to move beyond minimum compliance and build a safer, higher-performing operation.
Ideal clients include:
If you’re ready to reduce injuries, improve efficiency, and build a safety program that actually supports production goals, let’s talk.
Safety Kaizen helps manufacturing organizations elevate safety, analyze risk intelligently, and lead with confidence.
Contact Safety Kaizen to start a manufacturing safety transformation or improvement.
Safety Kaizen brings practical manufacturing experience together with modern safety analysis, industrial ergonomics, and data-driven improvement methods to help organizations reduce risk while improving operational performance. Rather than applying generic safety programs, each engagement focuses on understanding how work is actually performed within the operation and identifying opportunities to reduce injuries, improve efficiency, and strengthen reliability at the process level. This approach allows manufacturing leaders to move beyond reactive safety management toward systems that support both workforce well-being and consistent production results.
Safety Kaizen supports manufacturing safety and industrial ergonomics initiatives across a wide range of industry operations, including metal fabrication and machining operations, welding and fabrication shops, food and beverage processing facilities, plastics and injection molding operations, chemical and process manufacturing environments, packaging and assembly operations, automotive and transportation equipment manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, electronics and component assembly, machinery and equipment manufacturing, wood product and furniture manufacturing, paper and converting operations, medical device manufacturing, and industrial production facilities with repetitive or high-force work tasks.
Manufacturers in these environments often experience similar challenges, including repetitive motion injuries, material handling risks, awkward postures, machine interaction hazards, production pressure, and workflow inefficiencies that increase both injury risk and operational variability. Safety Kaizen applies manufacturing safety consulting, industrial ergonomics analysis, and AI-assisted safety evaluation to identify root causes, reduce exposure to injury risks, and improve both safety performance and operational efficiency. This approach helps manufacturing organizations reduce recordable incidents, improve employee reliability and engagement, and maintain compliance while supporting production goals and long-term operational performance.

A. Initiate and Maintain Such Programs as May be Necessary to Comply with this Part
[29 CFR 1910.5, 29 CFR 1910.9, and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Provide employees with sanitary and safe working conditions.
[29 CFR 1910.141 and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Assign injury and illness prevention responsibilities.
[29 CFR 1910.132(d), 29 CFR 1910.147(c), and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Give injury and illness prevention designees authority to correct hazards.
[Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Ensure employees that they may voice injury and illness prevention concerns without fear of reprisal.
[29 CFR 1904.36 and 29 CFR 1977.12]
Inform employees of hazards.
[29 CFR 1910.1200, 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z, and 29 CFR 1910.145]
Coordinate hazard communication with other employers on site.
[29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)]
Post the OSHA State or Federal Poster.
[29 CFR 1903.2(a)]
Evaluate operations, procedures, facilities, and equipment to identify hazards.
[29 CFR 1910.22, 29 CFR 1910.132(d), 29 CFR 1910.212, and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Monitor exposure levels.
[29 CFR 1910.1000 and applicable standards within 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z]
Ensure regular injury and illness prevention inspections.
[29 CFR 1910.22(d), 29 CFR 1910.212, and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Conduct accident investigations.
[29 CFR 1904.4]
Determine if engineering or administrative controls or personal protective equipment are to be used.
[29 CFR 1910.1000(e), 29 CFR 1910.132, and 29 CFR 1910.134]
Ensure machines and tools are in safe working order and in compliance with relevant standards.
[29 CFR 1910.212, 29 CFR 1910.147, and 29 CFR 1910.219]
Institute engineering and work practice controls to eliminate health hazards.
[29 CFR 1910.1000(e) and applicable standards within 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z]
Perform housekeeping to remove hazards posed by scrap and debris in work areas.
[29 CFR 1910.22(a)]
Provide appropriate personal protective equipment when other controls are infeasible.
[29 CFR 1910.132(a) and 29 CFR 1910 Subpart I]
Guarantee safe means of egress.
[29 CFR 1910.36 and 29 CFR 1910.37]
Develop emergency response plans.
[29 CFR 1910.38 and 29 CFR 1910.120(q)]
Develop fire prevention and protection programs.
[29 CFR 1910.39 and 29 CFR 1910 Subpart L]
Provide medical services, first aid treatment, and supplies.
[29 CFR 1910.151 and applicable medical surveillance requirements within 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z]
Ensure availability of emergency rescue for injured employees.
[29 CFR 1910.146(k), 29 CFR 1910.151, and 29 CFR 1910.120(q)]
Post emergency numbers for physicians, hospitals, or ambulances.
[29 CFR 1910.151(b)]
Train employees to recognize hazards.
[29 CFR 1910.1200(h), 29 CFR 1910.132(f), and applicable Subpart-specific training requirements]
Train workers to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions.
[29 CFR 1910.132(f), 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7), and Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act]
Provide training on safe work practices and applicable standards.
[29 CFR 1910.9 and applicable Subpart-specific training requirements]
Provide training on safe operation of equipment and machinery.
[29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7), 29 CFR 1910.178(l), and 29 CFR 1910.212]
Provide training on hazards of access ladders and stairways.
[29 CFR 1910.23 and 29 CFR 1910.30]
Provide training on confined and enclosed space entry hazards and precautions.
[29 CFR 1910.146(g)]
Record injuries and fatalities.
[29 CFR 1904.4 and 29 CFR 1904.8]
Maintain medical records.
[29 CFR 1910.1020]
Maintain exposure records.
[29 CFR 1910.1020]
Maintain appropriate documents and tags for abatement verification.
[29 CFR 1903.19]
Machine Guarding
[29 CFR 1910.212]
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
[29 CFR 1910.147]
Hazard Communication
[29 CFR 1910.1200]
Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)
[29 CFR 1910.178]
Walking-Working Surfaces
[29 CFR 1910.22 and 29 CFR 1910.23]
Respiratory Protection
[29 CFR 1910.134]
Personal Protective Equipment
[29 CFR 1910 Subpart I]
Electrical - General Requirements
[29 CFR 1910 Subpart S]
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
[29 CFR 1910.146]
Fire Protection and Prevention
[29 CFR 1910 Subpart L]
🗽OSHA Safety Standards, Federal and/or State Plans, are used in all 50 States (Territories also). Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) program is the Safety Standard for the United States, but all states in the United States have the option to participate in the implement a separate state program that addresses workplace safety (“State Plan”). The could also run a hybrid program of the two (“Hybrid State-Federal Plan”).
Worksites for employees could fall under the jurisdiction of Federal OSHA, a State Plan, or a Hybrid State-Federal OSHA Plan. State Plans are OSHA-approved workplace safety and health programs operated by individual states or U.S. territories.
There are currently 22 State Plans covering both private sector and state and local government workers, and seven State Plans covering only state and local government workers. State Plans are monitored by OSHA and must be at least as effective as OSHA in protecting workers and in preventing work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. Here are the OSHA Standards and the locations of the State Plan links:


Here is the OSHA Forms Packet from Federal OSHA
The Forms Packet booklet includes the forms needed for maintaining occupational injury and illness records. Many, but not all, employers must complete the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping forms. Your company may need to submit your information online through the Injury Tracking Applica
Here is the OSHA Forms Packet from Federal OSHA
The Forms Packet booklet includes the forms needed for maintaining occupational injury and illness records. Many, but not all, employers must complete the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping forms. Your company may need to submit your information online through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Click on that link for help determining if your establishment is required to electronically submit 300A and 300/301 data through the ITA.

First Aid only cases do not go on the OSHA Log.
Remember that the OSHA Log is a different system than your Workers Compensation Insurance system. They are independent of each other, but cases that are OSHA Recordable can be, (and in my experience often are) Workers Compensation cases. (But they do not have to be.)

The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Cal/OSHA Form 300) is used to classify workrelated injuries and illnesses and to note the extent and severity of each case.
When an incident occurs, use the Log to record specific details about what happened and how it happened.
The Summary, a separate form (Cal/OSHA Form 300A) shows the to
The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Cal/OSHA Form 300) is used to classify workrelated injuries and illnesses and to note the extent and severity of each case.
When an incident occurs, use the Log to record specific details about what happened and how it happened.
The Summary, a separate form (Cal/OSHA Form 300A) shows the totals for the year in each category. At the end of the year, post the Summary in a visible location so that your employees are aware of the injuries and illnesses occurring in their workplace.
Hazard Identification - The Safety Inspection. (OREGON OSHA), 9 minutes.
DOL, OSHA, CDC, NIOSH, 2021 - Small Business Safety and Health Handbook
Identificación de peligros: la inspección de seguridad. (OREGÓN OSHA), 9 minutos.
OSHA Boletín para la Industria en General
COSHA Compendio del sector de la construcción
DOL, OSHA, CDC, NIOSH, 2021 - Manual de Seguridad y Salud para Empresas Pequeñas
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