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Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Safe + Sound JHA Series 1-3 of 6

Job Hazard Analysis: Why it Matters

  •  A JHA is a step-by-step process that looks for current and potential future hazards in a workplace. 
  • In this first video, an OSHA staff member explains why a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is an important part of a workplace safety and health program. 
  • The Safe + Sound Job Hazard Analysis video series explains the steps of a JHA. 


2 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

Job Hazard Analysis: Job Selection

  •  This video explains the process to select a job to analyze for hazards and how to include our workers in the JHA process.  


1 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

Job Hazard Analysis: Outline Job Steps

  •  This video explains how to review a job’s steps in depth with workers to determine how a job is done in practice. 
  • The Safe + Sound Job Hazard Analysis video series explains the steps of a job hazard analysis (JHA). 


2 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS (JHA), SAFE + SOUND JHA SERIES 4-6.

Job Hazard Analysis: Review Steps for Hazards

  •  Follow along to review the steps of a job outline for hazards, what to look for, and how to include workers in the process. 
  • The Safe + Sound Job Hazard Analysis video series explains the steps of a job hazard analysis (JHA). 


2 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

Job Hazard Analysis: Choose and Add Controls

  •  In this video, learn about the hierarchy of controls and best practices for controlling workplace hazards.  The Safe + Sound Job Hazard Analysis video series explains the steps of a job hazard analysis (JHA). 


3 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

Job Hazard Analysis: Monitor Controls and Continual Improvement

  •  This final video shares how to use a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) for long-term hazard control with monitoring, continuous improvement, and keeping workers involved in the process. 
  • The Safe + Sound Job Hazard Analysis video series explains the steps of a JHA. 


2 minute YouTube video, US Department of Labor

Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) Generator, Healthcare

Executive Risk Intelligence for Healthcare

OSHA Recordkeeping Forms and TIPS/ What is A First Aid Case?

OSHA LOG (OSHA 300, 300A, 301)

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

 Healthcare employers must track a wide range of occupational injuries and illnesses, including needlesticks, bloodborne pathogen exposures, patient-handling injuries, and workplace violence incidents. The OSHA Forms Packet provides the official 300 Log, 300A Summary, and 301 Incident Report forms required for recordkeeping.

Hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities are frequently required to submit data electronically through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Use the ITA coverage tool to determine if your organization must report 300A and/or 300/301 information online.

Many minor injuries in healthcare settings, such as small lacerations or minor strains, qualify only as first aid and should not be recorded on the OSHA 300 Log.

OSHA 300 Log, 300A, 301 Forms

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

 Under OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation, first aid includes treatments such as using non-prescription medication at non-prescription strength, cleaning and bandaging wounds, applying hot or cold therapy, etc. (use the 29 CFR § 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)  link below). 

Because these cases do not involve medical treatment beyond first aid, days away from work, or restricted duty, they stay off the Log and do not affect your TRIR.

The OSHA Log and your Workers’ Compensation insurance system are two independent systems. While OSHA recordable cases are often also Workers’ Comp cases, they do not have to be, and a Workers’ Comp claim does not automatically make an injury OSHA recordable.


OSHA Definition of FIrst Aid Cases

CAL/OSHA FORM 300, 300A, 301)

What IS AN OSHA first aid CASE?

CAL/OSHA FORM 300, 300A, 301)

California employers use the Cal/OSHA Form 300 Log to record and classify work-related injuries and illnesses and to document the extent and severity of each case. When an incident occurs, enter the specific details of what happened and how it happened directly on the Log. The Cal/OSHA Form 301 Incident Report provides additional space to document the circumstances and contributing factors in greater detail.

At year-end, complete the separate Cal/OSHA Form 300A Summary, which shows the annual totals for each category. Post the Summary in a visible location from February 1 through April 30 so employees can review the injuries and illnesses that occurred in their workplace during the prior year.


Cal/OSHA Log Forms 300, 300A, 301

COMPARE Your INCIDENT DATA to Others, Healthcare/FIND SDS

Healthcare, EMR AND OSHA RECORDABLE RATES

SAFETY RESOURCEs, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/SAFTEy Meetings

Risk Management/ AI Changing Insurance/ Business Insurance

Corporate Risk Management Basics

• Learn the fundamentals of risk management: How to identify, assess, and treat risks using likelihood vs. impact, controls, and the core strategies of avoid, mitigate, or transfer (including insurance) to protect people, property, profits, processes, reputation, and digital trust.

• Discover today’s biggest business loss exposures: Cyber/data breaches, supply chain & third-party risks, increasingly frequent weather events, liability litigation, strategic disruption, and reputational damage in a digital, interconnected world.

• Understand insurance’s critical role in risk management: How it converts uncertainty into known costs, encourages loss control through risk-sensitive pricing and deductibles, and why choosing the right broker/agent (experience, integrity, plain-language communication, industry expertise) matters.

• Build the right advisory team and avoid common mistakes: Key professionals every business owner needs (CPA, specialized attorney, insurance broker, IT/data expert, banker) plus pitfalls like complacency, underestimating maximum losses, siloed operations, and incomplete risk identification.

The National Law Review 60 minute YouTube Video.

How AI is changing insurance: Risk, accountability and trust

 Expert Analysis: Financial journalist Georgie Frost, Allianz UK CDO Akhil Lalwani, and Verisk Counsel Mary Bowie analyze AI's impact on the insurance industry. 

  • Risk and Regulation: The discussion highlights AI-driven exposures, data governance, and the imperative for fair, explainable, and accountable automated decisions.
  • Broker Evolution: Experts explore how AI is redefining the role of brokers amid shifting customer behavior and evolving regulatory landscapes.
  • Human-AI Collaboration: The episode explores future AI maturity in insurance, emphasizing the continued, irreplaceable role of human judgment.
  • Allianz 30 minute YouTube Video.

Business Insurance: General Liability, Umbrella Coverage, Commercial Auto & Workers’ Compensation

 • General Liability fundamentals: Understand what it covers (bodily injury, property damage, product liability, personal & advertising injury) and what it doesn’t (workers’ comp, professional liability, liquor liability, auto).

• Clarify Umbrella vs. Excess Liability: Learn the key differences, how umbrella policies “drop down” to cover gaps, self-insured retentions, and why these policies are only as strong as what they follow.

• Navigate Commercial Auto & Workers’ Compensation: Discover non-owned & hired auto coverage for businesses without vehicles, plus WC mandates, audits, experience rating, class codes, and owner opt-out considerations.

• Get practical risk management & contract advice: Expert tips on notifying insurers about business changes, contractual liability, additional insured requirements, determining proper limits, and tail coverage (ERP) for claims-made policies.

The National Law Review 58 minute YouTube Video.

EMR EMOD Worksheet/ Underwriters/Protection StrateGY

Experience Rating Worksheet at a Glance

 A worksheet is issued to employers who qualify for experience rating and details the data used to calculate the experience rating modification (mod), with the top section listing the employer’s name, NCCI risk ID, production date, and effective policy date.

  • The summary section compares actual losses (reported by the carrier) against expected losses (based on the employer’s payroll size and class codes) to determine the mod.
  • The detailed section shows class codes, associated payroll, and expected losses on the left, with claim data and loss amounts on the right; these are totaled and summarized on page one, which may also include explanatory comments.
  • Viewers are directed to additional free resources and a webinar for a more in-depth explanation of the worksheet.

YouTube, Channel NCCI 2 minutes.

NCCI, ABCs of Experience Rating, 15 page pdf.

PFAS Bans, Lithium-Ion, and More Emerging Risks Mean Your Fire Protection Strategy is Outdated

  •  Emerging risks are outdating traditional strategies: PFAS/AFFF bans (no universal replacement), lithium-ion thermal runaway (harder to suppress), supply chain delays, captives/risk retention, inaccurate valuations, evolving standards, and AI are increasing fire frequency/severity and turning manageable incidents into prolonged downtime and higher insurance pressure.
  • Business interruption now dominates losses: Interconnected risks, long equipment replacement times, and concentrated global supply chains mean fire impact often exceeds property damage; prevention and resiliency planning have become far more valuable.
  • Key vulnerabilities require holistic assessment: Production process shifts (e.g., early EV battery installation), flammable liquids/dusts, human factors, outdated suppression/detection systems, poor maintenance, and new renewable energy setups; engineers evaluate location, construction, processes, and controls during site visits.
  • Data-driven engineering improves outcomes: Accurate valuations, documented mitigation, centralized risk data, and AI tools strengthen risk quality, support captive capital management, enhance underwriter confidence, and deliver better resilience and insurance results.


TÜV SÜD. 52 minute YouTube Video.

4 Ways Risk Managers Can Better Work with Underwriters and Why It Matters | Know Insurance. IRMI.

  •  Differentiate Your Risk: Risk managers should proactively communicate to underwriters why their firm is better than peers by highlighting how it exceeds minimum safety regulations and regulatory requirements, rather than just meeting them, to secure better rates and terms.
  • Build Long-Term Underwriter Relationships: Maintain ongoing, proactive relationships with underwriters through regular meetings and updates. Stay ahead of firm changes, regulatory shifts, and industry developments rather than treating insurance as a one-time transaction.
  • Know Your Audience: Tailor presentations to the specific underwriter, provide detailed financial information for D&O and surety underwriters, while focusing on relevant exposures and risks for property and liability underwriters. Briefly address financial stability, then quickly move to the concerns that matter most to them.
  • Get Involved Early in Major Changes: Involve your broker team early in mergers, acquisitions, and other significant events, even during draft purchase agreements, to identify synergies, address insurance provisions, and manage claims that may arise between signing and closing. This helps maximize savings and ensures smoother outcomes.

IRMI. 3 minute YouTube Video.

Safe Patient Handling/ Life Safety Plans/ OSHA Bloodborne

Safe Patient Handling

Safe Patient Handling in Health Care. Identifying Risk Factors. Assess the Patient. Assess the Environment. Perform the Task Asfely. Case Studies. Applied ergonomics for nurses and health care workers and patient orientation - a guide for instructors.  

Oregon OSHA, YouTube 30 minutes

OSHA Hospitals ETool, Hazards, Requirements and Controls

Mastering Life Safety Plans, Sustainability & Standards with Josh Brackett

 ✅ Mastering Life Safety Plans for Health Care Facilities. 

✅ Strategies to leverage life safety drawings to enhance efficiency in inspection, testing, and maintenance. 

✅ Sustainability vs. Fire Risk. 

✅ How fire protection and sustainability can work hand-in-hand. 

✅NFPA standards development process and emphasize the power of public involvement in shaping NFPA standards. 

NFPA. 35 minutes, YouTube Video.

OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen

  •  OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, which protects workers in healthcare, social services, and other roles from exposure to HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV), and other pathogens through contact with blood or body fluids during tasks like cleaning, laundry handling, or trash removal.
  • Defines bloodborne pathogens, outlines who is covered, and emphasizes universal precautions, treating all blood and certain fluids as infectious—along with key protective practices.
  • What to do after an exposure, common HBV and HIV symptoms, the importance of free HBV vaccinations, and employer duties including a written exposure control plan, annual training, recordkeeping, and specific healthcare sharps protocols.

Betco. YouTube 10 minute video

Improving Safety Culture/ Business Interuption/ HOT WORK

Improving Safety Culture Using Teamwork and Patient Safety Norms

  •  This webinar focuses on improving patient safety culture at the local work-setting level using two frameworks: TeamSTEPPS for teamwork norms and CUSP for patient safety norms. Culture is highly local and directly drives staff speaking up, error reporting, wellbeing, and patient outcomes. The goal is shifting from reactive compliance to proactive commitment.
  • TeamSTEPPS teaches practical tools including SBAR for structured communication, huddles/briefings for shared mental models, CUS critical language for speaking up, and regular debriefs for continuous learning. Success comes from implementing tools stepwise, hardwiring them into daily work, and sustaining them through consistent leadership and new-hire orientation.
  • CUSP improves safety norms through five components: science of safety education, identifying defects via frontline input, senior executive partnership, learning from defects (LFD) using a structured five-step process, and teamwork tools like interdisciplinary rounds with daily goals. LFD is especially effective for building psychological safety by showing staff their concerns lead to real action.
  • Both frameworks deliver better outcomes (reduced harm, stronger teamwork, lower burnout) when sustained through visible leadership, easy-to-use tools, and patient/family advisor involvement. National support and resources are available through AHRQ CUSP programs and the National Action Alliance.

AHRQ Patient Safety. 65 minute YouTube Video.

How to Conduct a Tabletop Exercise for Better Emergency Response

 This video explains what tabletop exercises are, why they benefit organizations, who should participate, and how to run them effectively.

  • Learn proven strategies to better prepare for threats, identify gaps in response plans, and align emergency teams on their roles.
  • Discover best practices for after-action reviews and reports to document lessons learned and build improvement plans.
  • Gain insights from Peter Steinfeld (AlertMedia) on assessing and strengthening emergency response plans through low-risk simulations.

AlertMedia 14 minute YouTube Video.

OSHA, Create Your Own Emergency Action Plan (EAP)

HOT WORK PERMIT, From NFPA

  • This Hot Work Permit is required for any operation involving open flame or producing heat and/or sparks. 
  • Work includes, but is not limited to, welding, brazing, cutting, grinding, soldering, thawing pipe, torch-applied roofing, or chemical welding. 
  • Fill out and submit for a one-day permit.
  • https://www.nfpa.org/downloadable-resources/forms/hot-work-permit


  • Oregon OSHA 9 minute YouTube Video.


CMS Patient Safety/ Active Shooter/ Patient Engagement

Understanding the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Requirements for Hospitals

This webcast provides an overview of Center for Medicare Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) and how the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey, and a shorter SOPS pulse survey version, can be used to meet requirements for Domain 3: Culture of Safety & Learning Health Systems.  


AHRQ Patient Safety, 48 minutes, YouTube

Training for Active Shooter in Health Care Settings

  •  Introduction & Context:  Active shooter response using the national “Run, Hide, Fight” protocol. Leadership is committed to providing a safe environment, unpredictable incidents can occur anywhere at any time, and the video prepares staff to react quickly and save lives in hospitals and office locations.
  • Run (Primary Option): If safe to evacuate, leave immediately without belongings or waiting for others; encourage patients and coworkers to follow but do not delay. Keep hands visible, warn others, follow law enforcement instructions, and move to a safe distance. Once clear, report via 911, facility security, or panic buttons—even if others may have already called and do not re-enter until an official all-clear is given.
  • Hide (Secondary Option): When escape is not possible, select a location out of the shooter’s view that offers cover without trapping you. Barricade doors (in patient rooms: unplug and move the bed against the door, lock wheels, add heavy objects), turn off lights/TV, close blinds, silence devices, and remain quiet. Provide care to injured companions only while staying hidden; report the incident only if it will not reveal your position.
  • Fight (Last Resort) & Daily Mindset: If the shooter finds you and your life is in imminent danger, fight aggressively using improvised “weapons of opportunity” (IV poles, workstations on wheels, scanners, or any throwable objects) to disrupt or incapacitate. Make Run, Hide, Fight a daily habit by knowing exits, lockable rooms, phones, panic buttons, and reporting procedures; stay aware of surroundings, as a shooter may appear as any visitor, patient, or coworker.
  •  Baptist Memorial Health Care, 9 minutes, YouTube

TeamSTEPPS: Sue Sheridan on Patient and Family Engagement

The tragic death of Sue Sheridan’s husband and permanent injury of her son due to medical errors and miscommunication have spurred a commitment to improved patient safety.  Learn more about her hope for safer patient care through organizations that adopt a culture of safety and embrace teamwork. 


AHRQ, 10 minutes, YouTube 

Healthcare Government Resources

Government Resources

  • OSHA – Worker Safety in Hospitals: https://www.osha.gov/hospitals
  • OSHA – Safety and Health Management Systems: https://www.osha.gov/safety-management
  • AHRQ – Patient Safety Culture: https://www.ahrq.gov/sops
  • CDC – Healthcare Worker Safety: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare

PropeRty RenewAls/ assessing property/FIRE hazards

MASTERING PROPERTY RENEWALS

  •  Despite a softening property insurance market, securing favorable renewals requires comprehensive, data-driven risk management rather than relying on market trends alone.
  • Independent risk engineering and proactive loss control are essential for uncovering hidden hazards and enhancing submission quality to insurers. 
  • Proactive risk mitigation, supported by data, strengthens negotiations to secure improved coverage, better rates, and increased insurnce carrier capacity.
    TÜV SÜD 43 minute YouTube Video.

Fire Protection Engineering and Inspections

 Global Risk Impact: Explores how fire and explosions drive the top business losses worldwide, causing $1.2 billion in annual U.S. manufacturing damages. 

  • Underwriter Expectations: Explains why rising insurance rates and strict regulations demand detailed, data-driven fire risk management plans from brokers and risk managers.
  • Engineering Assessment Process:  Analyze process hazards, inspect equipment reliability, and verify sprinkler and alarm system mitigation capabilities.

TÜV SÜD 2 minute YouTube Video.

Property Loss Control: Identifying and assessing property hazards

  • Expert Property Assessment: Industry specialist Mike Herrmann shares advanced strategies to identify, evaluate, and mitigate critical structural and operational risks.
  • Proactive Hazard Mitigation: Learn actionable methods to assess vulnerabilities ranging from natural disasters and fire safety to day-to-day operational hazards.
  • Data-Driven Engineering: Discover how structured on-site surveys and quantitative analysis help calculate potential losses.
  • Insurance Renewal Leverage: Understand how high-quality risk reports build carrier confidence.

TÜV SÜD 3 minute YouTube Video.

Ergonomics Success/ Machinery Security

OSHA Ergonomics: History, Enforcement, and Success Stories

 Ergonomic injuries (MSDs) are cumulative soft-tissue damage (muscles, tendons, ligaments, spine) caused by awkward postures, forceful/repetitive motions, vibration, contact stress, and psychosocial factors; they account for roughly one-third of workplace injuries, cost ~$20 billion in direct medical expenses and up to $100 billion in indirect costs annually in the U.S., and can lead to chronic disability (e.g., herniated discs, rotator-cuff tears, carpal-tunnel syndrome).

  • OSHA’s enforcement approach relies on the General Duty Clause (Section 5(a)(1)) after Congress repealed the 2001 ergonomics standard; since 2001 OSHA has conducted ~7,100 ergonomics inspections and issued >1,100 hazard-alert letters (plus ~60 formal citations), focusing on high-risk sectors such as healthcare, warehousing, manufacturing, and meatpacking through national emphasis programs and complaint-driven inspections.
  • Landmark cases established key precedents: Beverly Enterprises (nursing-home chain) produced a corporate-wide settlement requiring mechanical lifts, training, and programs across 800 facilities; Pepperidge Farm yielded a $1.4 million willful citation for extreme lifting (later sustained) while showing that employers’ prior abatement efforts can limit citations for repetitive-motion hazards.
  • Three documented success stories illustrate dramatic results: Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center cut MSD risk from 1-in-7 to 1-in-50, achieved EMR discounts of ~38 %, and earned VPP Star status via zero-lift policies and ceiling lifts; TitanX reduced DART 31 % and MSD-DART 48 % after an EHAL by adding lift assists and two-person rules; Ducommun eliminated severity rates (from 13+ to zero) by installing a hoist at a quench-tank workstation.

YouTube,  CORH & California Labor Lab 63 minutes.

OSHA Guidelines pdf. Ergonomics for the Prevention Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research Security: Safeguarding America’s Critical and Emerging Technologies

 Safeguarding science is essential to national security, as adversarial nations use cyber espionage, intellectual property theft, and personal/professional connections to steal U.S. research and gain technological dominance.

  • These threats cause billions in economic losses, endanger national security, and undermine U.S. leadership in science and technology.
  • Research security serves as the first line of defense by protecting data, technology, and innovation from foreign interference and misuse.
  • NIST has developed a series of research security training videos to educate researchers on the risks and protective measures, enabling safer collaborative science.

NIST. 2 minute YouTube Video.


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