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Through our professional inspections, employee training, and comprehensive safety manuals, John Costa & Associates will put your company in position to pass an OSHA inspection any time they visit.
With Our Expert Advice
We will help your company:
Comply with the hard-to-understand details of OSHA's thousands of
requirements.
Avoid OSHA fines.
Create accident-prevention programs and maintain a safe working
environment.
Significantly reduce exposure in a lawsuit resulting from a workplace accident.


Let John Costa & Associates assess your safety program, then develop a program to make "Safety" a part of your company's infrastructure.

Five or more employees puts you under OSHA jurisdiction:

 

If your company has at least five employees, John Costa & Associates provides a service you can't afford to do
without. We are committed to providing a cost-effective program for the employer and a safe work
environment for all employees. Our program will boost morale, increase productivity, and make your company
more profitable.

OSHA doesn't need an appointment:

If your company is inspected and found in violation of workplace safety standards, OSHA penalties are steep,

frequently six and occasionally seven figures. Following are the top 10 penalties imposed by OSHA recently.

(They were all under appeal, which means thousands of dollars in legal fees):

Company Proposed Penalty Alleged Violation

Wyman-Gordon Forgings Inc.

$1.8 million

lockout/tagout

HDR Engineering Inc.

$1.4 million

asbestos, lead

Cagle's Inc.

$1.3 million

lockout/tagout

CF&I Steel

$1.1 million

fall protection

AgriGeneral Co.

$1 million

fire electrical, sanitation

Hudson Foods Inc.

$840,000

ergonomics

American Rockwool Inc.

$824,000

confined space

Franklin Smelting and Refining Corp.

$821,360

lead, cadmium

Landis Plastics Inc.

$720,700

record keeping, machine guarding,
ergonomics

Hanover Foods Corp.

$500,000

machine guarding

With these fines come much higher insurance rates. And if an employee is injured in a workplace that
violates OSHA safety standards, not only can the company be sued but the management and owners can be
sued as well.

But let John Costa & Associates tell you the good news! These nightmare, business-wrecking scenarios can
easily and inexpensively be avoided.

John Costa & Associates
P.O.Box 1556
Jamestown, NC 27282
336·454·8393
Safety@JohnCostaAssociates.com

 

 

Note: We are able to offer a 30-minute free, no-obligation, on-site safety consultation to sites located within 75 miles of Greensboro, North Carolina.

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