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Training
Other Resources
- Small
Business Handbook. OSHA Publication 2209-02R, (2005). Also available as a 260 KB
PDF,
56 pages. Helps small business employers meet the legal requirements
imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act), and achieve
an in-compliance status before an OSHA inspection.
- Using
OSHA Programs Can Help You Improve Safety and Save Money.
Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN). Focuses on OSHA's compliance assistance
programs that are available to employers to help them improve
safety, reduce workers' compensation costs, and improve
lost work day ratios.
- Gantly, Tim. "A Safe Beginning." Flexo Magazine (2002, February). 36 KB
PDF, 2 pages.
- Safety in Action: #5 A Practical Guide for Ergonomics.
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), 176 KB
PDF,
4 pages. Provides members of the printing industry guidance on conducting a basic ergonomic evaluation of a job.
- Ergonomics for the Screen Printing & Graphic Imaging Industry.
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA). Provides information on ergonomic hazards in the printing industry and identifies
ergonomic risk factors.
- The Hidden Secret to Improving Profitability. (2005), 63 KB
PDF,
3 pages. Describes how OSHA's cooperative programs, including the Consultation Program, Safety and
Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP), and Voluntary Protection
Programs (VPP), may help members of the printing industry to improve
workplace safety and save money.
OSHA Alliances
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Graphic Arts Coalition (GAC) Graphic Arts Technical Foundation/Printing Industries of America, Specialty
Graphic Imaging Association, Flexographic Technical Association, and Gravure Association of America, Inc.
Originally signed June 18, 2002, July 1, 2002; renewed February 9, 2004; renewed July 31, 2006.
- Ritrama
Invests in Safety and Improves Its Bottom Line. OSHA and Ritrama Case Study, (2007, June). Through the
OSHA and GAC Alliance, the agency worked with Ritrama, a multi-national corporation, to highlight a safety
and health program that the company designed and implemented to educate the managers, supervisors and
employees about safe work practices and company-specific procedures at its manufacturing plant in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. As a result of the program, Ritrama reduced its workers' compensation premiums,
increased productivity and product quality, and improved its employee recruitment and retention.
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