The following interim guidance may help prevent workplace exposures to acute respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, in non-healthcare settings. The guidance also provides planning considerations if there are more widespread, community outbreaks of COVID-19.
Glorianna Corman, risk management consultant for KPA, outlines what OSHA inspectors are particularly focused on as well as areas that many businesses overlook when it comes to safety.
Natalie Higgins, vice president of government relations and general counsel for the Equipment Dealers Assn., provides an analysis of the case in which Deere & Co. was ordered to pay $5 million in a civil suit following a tractor-related death.
Attorneys for the plaintiff said John Deere’s manufacturing failed to add additional weight to the rear of the tractor to counterbalance the almost 700-pound front-end loader, before it left the Deere plant in Georgia. The weight was also not added at the local dealership.
The statistics for the 2019 year show that there has been a notable increase in the number of OSHA inspections and a record number of compliance assistance for keeping workers safe.
Here's a post from the U.S. Department of Labor focused on younger workers. Check out the rules to make sure dealership is in compliance with regulations.
Lee Rogness, owner and manager of Interstate Equipment of Fergus Falls, Minn., shares his story in the hopes of helping fellow dealers cope with crises and plan for unknown crises.
Alyn Brown of Level Up Development, who is also a technology contributor to Rural Lifestyle Dealer, highlights products that stood out to him at the 2019 GIE+Expo, including equipment from Mean Green, Ariens, Bad Boy and Ferris.
Yanmar was founded in 1912 and developed the world's first commercially viable small diesel engine in 1933. The diesel engine has continued as our core business ever since, our key tool in the rationalization and modernization of agriculture, fishing and industry.
Virginia Beach-based STIHL Inc., produces a full line of high-quality, handheld outdoor power equipment including blowers, trimmers, brushcutters, and multi-task tools, as well as the number one selling brand of chainsaws worldwide. STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world.