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Environmental Risk Services services
Hazard Communication Programs
Hazard Communication, also referred to as “Right to Know”,is often the most burdensome regulation for a dealership to handle. A dealership employee will work with and around many different chemicals during a workday. It is the dealership’s responsibility to provide that employee with training on how to properly protect themselves from any negative health effects attributed with those chemicals. ERS will provide your dealership with the following federally mandated Hazard Communication.
Emergency Procedure Programs
An Emergency Procedure Program, often referred to as a Contingency or Emergency Response Program, is installed at a dealership as a preparation guide for a variety of potential problems. These incidents include employee injuries, fires, evacuations, chemical spills, and natural disasters. ERS will provide your dealership with the following federally mandated Emergency Procedure components.
Respiratory Protection Programs
Dealerships that have body shop operations are required to maintain a specific Respiratory Protection Program. These programs are required by law to both educate, and protect the health of body shop employees, who routinely handle some of the most hazardous chemicals found in a dealership service area. ERS will provide your dealership with the following federally mandated Respiratory Protection components.
Loss Prevention Programs
Dealership service areas and service employees are prone to a wide variety of safety issues during a normal workday. Safety hazards in a shop become employee injuries, which lead to low employee morale, and vast decreases in profit due to lost technician time and increased workmen’s compensation premiums. In order for dealership management to combat these issues, safety guidelines must be put in place and enforced. ERS will assist in setting up a set of dealership specific safety rules, accompanied by a wide variety of on-site training topics. Our goal is to communicate these rules to all dealership employees, and as important, ensure that they are followed.
Workman’s Compensation Audits
Mistakes in classification codes, Experience Modification Factors, and payroll audits can inflate Workers Compensation insurance premiums without the Dealership ever realizing it. And such mistakes are more common than many in the insurance industry like to admit.
OSHA and EPA Inspections
Inspectors from both OSHA and the EPA can review hundreds of different items upon entering a dealership. ERS will set up a guide to help assist dealership management in handling a regulatory inspector, from how to greet them, to where commonly requested programs are stored. In addition, inspectors will commonly tour a facility looking for safety or environmental deficiencies. ERS is an expert in finding these deficiencies and correcting them prior to an inspection.
Hazard Assessments
Dealership management is required by law to review all potential safety hazards in their service shop, and identify how to protect employees from them. For example, a grinding wheel poses a risk to an employee’s fingers and eyes. To eliminate this risk, the grinding wheel is outfitted with guards against the wheel to keep fingers from being caught, and employees must used eye protection to eliminate the risk of flying debris in the eyes. ERS will review each piece of equipment in the service area to ensure that proper protective apparatus is identified and provided.
Forklift Training Programs
Dealerships that have forklifts on site must set up a machine specific program designed to train employees on proper operating procedures. This program must include a classroom training session, a written exam, and a driving practical. Employees who do not complete this training should under no circumstances be permitted to operate a forklift. ERS will ensure that the required training regimen is completed with dealership employees who use or could potentially use a forklift.
DOT Hazmat Training Programs
Dealership employees commonly ship, receive, load, and unload hazardous materials during the workday. These employees must be trained in how to properly prepare hazardous materials for shipment, prepare and sign shipping papers, and drive a vehicle transporting these items. ERS will ensure that all applicable employees are educated to meet these D.O.T. requirements.
Lockout / Tagout Programs
A dealership is required to have a procedure in place that outlines procedures for controlling hazardous energy during the servicing and maintenance of energized pieces of equipment. The program must include the proper steps for shutting down, securing, and blocking energized equipment as well as the placement and removal of lockout - tagout devices. ERS will ensure that dealership employees are responsible for and trained on proper lockout – tagout procedures.
