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Nothing to worry about as long as it is not your company, right?

nospam@example.com (Michael Wilson) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:21:26 -0700

Occupational Health & Safety Magazine article post, December 29, 2011- United States

OSHA Closes 2011 with Million-Dollar Fine, Happy New Year!!!

OSHA announced $1,013,000 in proposed fines against Houston-based Piping Technology and Products Inc. on Dec. 28, saying the company faces 13 willful and 17 serious violations and has been added to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which mandates targeted follow-up inspections. The news release indicated an employee's complaint triggered the inspection. "Repeatedly ignoring the law while risking workers' lives and providing misleading information to federal investigators will not be tolerated," Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said in the release. Click here to read the full story.

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Insurance and Arsenic... What do they have in common?

nospam@example.com (Michael Wilson) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:42:00 -0700

Food Manufacturing article post, December 20, 2011- United States

The latest scare involves arsenic and apple juice

The latest scare involves arsenic and apple juice. The most interesting aspect of this situation is how quickly unsupported allegations about food safety can go viral and destroy a brand that has spent decades developing its identity. The food industry has recently focused its attention on product recall insurance. However, the media can successfully attack a brand’s reputation whether or not the product is recalled, and indeed whether or not it actually poses a health threat.

The insurance industry has now begun to offer this crisis management coverage component as a stand-alone reputational coverage. Such coverage may not be necessary for a Fortune 500 company that has its own in-house public relations department to handle such a situation. However, the availability of both cash and expertise could be invaluable to a smaller company. Click here to read the full story.

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Still using paper check lists? Why????

nospam@example.com (Michael Wilson) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:05:34 -0600

July 14, 2011

OSHA DOT FDA HACCP on demand paperless compliance solutions

Paper inspections are a struggle to control, we get rid of the paper and make it cheap and easy!

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The true cost of paper is higher than you think...

It is not your process that is at fault, it's the paper. You are receiving this email because in one way or another you are connected to a process that utilizes paper inspections and checklists for safety, sanitation, readiness, or compliance of some sort or another. Here are some take-away thoughts from various sources:

$25,000 TO FILL A FOUR DRAWER FILE CABINET
20% OF WHAT GOES IN IT IS MIS-FILED
IT COSTS 45¢ TO 84¢ TO JUST HANDLE THE PAPER INSPECTION
OVER ITS LIFE-SPAN, A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER ENDS UP COSTING AN AVERAGE OF $30

There is more but I think you see where this is going. You and I both know how hard paper is to be consistently controlled and managed. Did you know it cost so much?

A guy was walking past a mental institution fence and saw a guy hitting himself on the head with a rock. He asked the man "why are you hitting yourself with the rock?" "Because it feels good when I stop," was the man's reply. Are you on the other side of the 'paper' fence?

The best part, the part I love to mention, is this: you are already paying to use paper and the cost is hidden from you. It is hidden in your labor. It is in the risk you face because it is a faulty process. It is not even the cost of filling it out. IT IS THE COST OF HANDLING, CONTROLLING AND MANAGING IT!

Do you want to know what this paper insanity costs you? Go to "Get Cost Calculator" and download your copy without any forms to complete. Stop hitting yourself over the head and email me.

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Apple IPad can replace paper based checklists, what are you waiting for?

nospam@example.com (Michael Wilson) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:18:45 -0600

SG Framework Solutions™ and Alaska Airlines run on Apple Ipad

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The FFA is allowing automation of checklists using Apple's Ipad in the cockpit. If you are still using paper based checklists the government is ahead of you. How does that make you feel as a business minded executive? What does all of this have to do with SG Software Group's paperless checklist solutions? Well this is further validation that SG is ahead on the technology curve and leading the way toward eletronic safety inspections for food production facilities, food transport, warehouse storage and industial equipment. As Alaska Airlines becomes the first airline to ditch traditional flight manuals in favor of the Apple iPad, the Federal Aviation Administration is revising its rules to account for the rising popularity of tablets. The agency, like the airlines, is catching up with the times to establish guidelines for the use and certification of the devices in cockpits. The most recent advisory regarding the use of “electronic flight bags and computing devices” dates to 2003, and a draft proposal released last month addresses recent advances in consumer electronics. By allowing pilots to use Apple’s iPad as a primary source of information, the FAA is acknowledging the potential for the rapidly expanding new class of consumer tablets to become avionics instruments. Click here to read the full story.

SG Software Group provides On Demand electronic safety "Checklist" solutions that help you eliminate paper and comply with federal safety regulations electronically. Our solution deploys on hand-held or PDA devices allowing data collection at the point of origin in real time. All of our solutions visually direct the employee through your process, as you've defined it, using icons.

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Spinach, Sprouts, Peppers, Peanuts... know where your next meal is coming from?

nospam@example.com (Michael Wilson) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:12:00 -0600

Bloomberg article post, by Molly Peterson and Alan Bjerga - Jul 6, 2011

FDA Seeks $1.4 Billion for Food-Safety Law as Budget Faces Cuts

The Food and Drug Administration, charged with preventing E. coli outbreaks similar to the one that sickened thousands in Europe, is trying to wedge $1.4 billion for a new food-safety law into a budget that Republicans have already cut for next year.

A vote in the Republican-controlled House last month to reduce the FDA’s fiscal 2012 food-safety budget by 10 percent to $752 million, the agency estimates, will slow the law’s progress if enacted, say supporters of the January legislation. Representative Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican who oversees the budgets of the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said increases are unneccessary because the food supply is “99.9 percent safe."

That view may be short-sighted, given the type of epidemic in Europe, said Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney who represents food poisoning victims. The outbreak among those who ate German-grown sprouts was deadlier than earlier E. coli epidemics because it combined traits of two strains, raising risks for a potentially fatal kidney complications.

“We have all of the tools to prevent a disaster like Germany’s,” Marler said in an interview. “It’s just a matter of, are we willing to pay for it.”

The FDA is working on rules to reduce contamination risks for fresh produce, required under the law that overhauled the food-safety system for the first time since 1938. The statute would cost $1.4 billion through 2015, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The House cut would need to be passed by the Senate and signed by President Barack Obama to become law. Click here to read the post.

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