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The Reserves Network was featured on Fox 8′s morning show “New Day Cleveland”. In this video veteran entertainment reporter David Moss interviews TRN’s Director of Communications, Brandon Thimke, in regards to The Reserves Network’s company identity and the current climate for employment in Northeast Ohio.

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Proud to partner with WJW Fox 8 and CareerBoard.com, The Reserves Network has great job opportunities now available throughout Northeast Ohio! Visit us online at www.TRNstaffing.com or contact one of our area offices today!

This video is also available on our TRNstaffing YouTube Channel! Apply for a job online – Click Here! For more information on The Reserves Network visit www.TRNstaffing.com or follow us on Twitter!

Located at 8105 Georgia Street, the new office will serve as a Recruit Center for TRN’s Matteson, IL office, providing a recruitment and business development base in Northwest Indiana.

With the opening of the new office, TRN now has three office locations in the Hoosier State, including Indianapolis and Tell City.

The Recruit Center will be overseen by Matteson Branch Manager Lora Avecillas.

“We’re very excited about the opening of the Merrillville office,” Avecillas says. “This move became a necessity to help us better serve our growing customer base in this region.” She adds that location was a key factor in opening the new office. “The town is minutes away from the Illinois border. It provides easy access to nearby cities throughout the area, allowing us to expand our service offerings to current and potential employees and customers.”

The Reserves Network charges no fee to job seekers. Candidates and companies can contact the Merrillville office at (219) 680-4269 or email merrillville@trnstaffing.com.

About The Reserves Network

The Reserves Network is a regional staffing service for the office, industrial, professional and technical markets. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Fairview Park, Ohio, the provider of ‘Total Staffing Solutions’ has won multiple honors for outstanding sales growth and management excellence. System-wide, the company expects to place nearly 20,000 employees annually at its more than 30 office locations in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin. This includes temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct-hire placements. For more information on The Reserves Network visit www.TRNstaffing.com or follow TRNstaffing on twitter!

For additional information on this news release, and all other media inquiries on The Reserves Network or its affiliates, please contact the Communications Department at comm@trnstaffing.com.

From Cliff Gerbick, ASP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety)

OSHA has released its annual list of the top 10 workplace violations for fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011). Annually the list contains mostly the same standards, only switching positions, and this year is no exception.

The Top 10 Citations for FY 2011 are…

1. Fall Protection – General Requirements
Standard 1926.501
Total Violations: 7,129

Top Sections Cited

1926.501(b)(13) – Fall protection requirements for residential construction.
1926.501(b)(1) – Requires fall protection for walking/working surfaces 6 feet or higher.
1926.501(b)(10) – Fall protection requirements for roofing activities on low-slope roofs.

2. Scaffolding – General Requirements
Standard 1926.451
Total Violations: 7,069

Top Sections Cited
1926.451(g)(1) – Fall protection on scaffolds higher than 10 feet above a lower level.
1926.451(b)(1) – Requires each platform on all working levels to be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.
1926.451(e)(1) – Access requirements when platforms are more than 2 feet above or below a point of access; prohibits use of crossbars as an access means.

3. Hazard Communication
Standard 1910.1200
Total Violations: 6,538

Top Sections Cited
1910.1200(e)(1) – Requires a written Hazard Communication program.
1910.1200(h)(1) – Requires informing employees of hazardous chemicals, and training employees on protections form the hazards.
1910.1200(f)(5) – Requirements for labels on hazardous chemicals.
1910.1200(g)(1) – Contains requirements for Material Safety Data Sheets.
1910.1200(g)(8) – Requirements to maintain copies of Material Safety Data Sheets that are easily accessible to employees.

4. Respiratory Protection
Standard 1910.134
Total Violations: 3,944

Top Sections Cited
1910.134(c)(1) – Requires the employer to develop a written respiratory protection program.
1910.134(e)(1) – Sets the minimum requirements for the medical evaluation required to determine if an employee is fit to use a respirator.
1910.134(c)(2) – Requirements for voluntary use of respirators.
1910.134(f) – Requires fit testing and specifies the types of fit testing allowed, procedures for fit testing and how the results must be uses.

5. Lockout/Tagout
Standard 1910.147
Total Violations: 3,639

Top Sections Cited
1910.147(c)(4) – Requirements in energy control procedures.
1910.147(c)(6) – Requirements to periodically inspect the energy control procedures.
1910.147(c)(7) – Training and communication requirements.
1910.147(c)(1) – Energy control program requirements.
1910.147(d)(4) – Requirements for the application of Lockout/Tagout devices.

6. Electrical – Wiring Methods
Standard 1910.305
Total Violations: 3,584

Top Sections Cited
1910.305(g)(1) – Concerns the use of flexible cords and cables.
1910.305(b)(1) – Requirements for conductors entering boxes, cabinets and fittings.
1910.305(g)(2) – Covers identification, splices and termination.
1910.305(b)(2) – Requirements on covers and canopies.
1910.305(a)(1) – Requirements for temporary wiring.

7. Powered Industrial Trucks
Standard 1910.178
Total Violations: 3,432

Top Sections Cited
1910.178(l)(1) – Safe operation of industrial trucks.
1910.178(l)(4) – Refresher training and evaluation requirements.
1910.178(l)(6) – Employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required.
1910.178(p)(1) – Requires industrial trucks in need of repair to be taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition.
1910.178(q)(7) – Requirements for examining industrial trucks before they are placed into service.

8. Ladders
Standard 1926.1053
Total Violations: 3,244

Top Sections Cited
1926.1053(b)(1) – Requires ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet above an upper landing surface, or be secured at its top to a rigid support.
1926.1053(b)(4) – Use of ladders is restricted to only the purpose for which they were designed.
1926.1053(b)(13) – Prohibits using the top or top step of a stepladder as a setup.
1926.1053(b)(16) – Requires defective ladders to be marked with a “Do Not Use” notification and withdrawn from service until repaired.
1926.1053(b)(22) – Prohibits an employee from carrying any object that may cause the employee to lose balance and fall.

9. Electrical – General Requirements
Standard 1910.303
Total Violations: 2,863

Top Sections Cited
1910.303(b)(2) – Requires listed or labeled equipment to be installed and used in accordance with the instructions included in the listing or labeling.
1910.303(g)(1) – Sufficient access and working space is required for all electric equipment to allow safe operation and maintenance of the equipment.
1910.303(g)(2) – Guarding live parts.
1910.303(b)(1) – Requires electrical equipment to be free from recognized hazards likely to cause death of serious physical harm.

10. Machine Guarding – General Requirements
Standard 1910.212
Total Violations: 2,728

Top Sections Cited
1910.212(a)(1) – Requirements for guarding to protect employees in the machine area from hazards.
1910.212(a)(3) – Requirement concerning the point of operation guarding.
1910.212(b) – Requires the secure anchoring of machinery for machines at a fixed location.
1910.212(a)(5) – Specifies requirements for guarding blades.
1910.212(a)(2) – General requirements for the location of a machine guard.

Cliff Gerbick is the Director of Safety for The Reserves Network, a provider of “Total Staffing Solutions” in the office, industrial, professional and technical markets. To contact Cliff, email cgerbick@trnstaffing.com.

From Cliff Gerbick, ASP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety)

One of the many frequent misconceptions regarding Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) has to do with operator training. OSHA requires business to train, observe and certify all PIT operators. With that said, it needs to be restated that businesses must train, observe and certify all PIT operators and not rely on the training from an employee’s previous employer. Here are some of the reasons operators must be certified internally.

1. Forklift Certifications do not transfer from one company to another.

Each company is required to develop and implement a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Written Program. PIT is an OSHA term for forklifts, powered pallet jacks, etc. The Program must outline: How that company will oversee the usage of PIT’s; the maintenance of PIT’s; and also provide training and certification of operators. OSHA does not state that companies must use the same program, only that companies must develop a program that covers certain items. Therefore, if an employee was Forklift Certified at ABC Company, it does not certify them at any other company because all companies should have written programs specific to their needs. As a result, when a company hires an employee who was certified at ABC Company, it does not make them certified at the new company.

2. OSHA has specific requirements for training.

OSHA has outlined in the Powered Industrial Truck Standard (CFR 1910.178) which topics need to be covered in the classroom portion of the training.

Highlights of the truck-related requirements are:

• Operating instructions, warnings and precautions for the types of truck the operator will be authorized to operate
• Truck controls and instrumentation (IE: Where they are located, what they do and how they work)
• Fork and attachment adaptation, operation and use limitations
• Vehicle capacity

Some workplace-related requirements include:

• Surface conditions where the vehicle will operate
• Pedestrian traffic in areas where the vehicles will operate
• Ramps and other sloped surfaces that could affect the vehicle’s stability and performance
• Other unique or potentially hazardous environmental conditions in the workplace that could affect safe operation

These topic requirements are specific to each individual employer, and one of the primary reasons PIT certifications do not transfer from company-to-company.

3. Trainers have to be knowledgeable on the subject matter.

Since the training topics and requirements are so specific, the trainer needs to have first-hand knowledge of both the Powered Industrial Truck and the operational environment of the PIT. Typically this is information that is only known by employees of the company, therefore third parties would not be sufficient trainers unless they knew all of the ins and outs of the company they are training for.

4. Trainers must observe the operator in regular working environment.

Another training requirement is that instructors must observe and evaluate the operator’s performance in the workplace. Most safety and health professionals know that they must observe PIT operators during their initial certification process, but they should also be continuously observing operators in order to make sure they are following all rules and procedures after they have been certified. This ensures that the operator was not only operating the PIT correctly during the certification phase, but has continued to operate it safety thereafter.

There is a lot of time, knowledge and detail required in providing OSHA compliant training – particularly Forklift Certification. Make sure that you are following all of the requirements of CFR 1910.178 to give your employees all of the knowledge and skills to operate a Powered Industrial Truck safely in your facility.

Cliff Gerbick is the Director of Safety for The Reserves Network, a provider of “Total Staffing Solutions” in the office, industrial, professional and technical markets. To contact Cliff, email cgerbick@trnstaffing.com.

The Job Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Festa Food located at 3590 West 58th Street (Off Denison) in Cleveland.

The company is currently seeking applicants for Packing, Production and General Labor.

Representatives will be on-hand to discuss employment opportunities. Job seekers are asked to bring a current copy of their resume and at least two forms of ID.

Questions? Contact our Cleveland office at (216) 227-3600 or email cleveland@trnstaffing.com.

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About The Reserves Network

The Reserves Network is a regional staffing service for the office, industrial, professional and technical markets. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Fairview Park, Ohio, the provider of ‘Total Staffing Solutions’ has won multiple honors for outstanding sales growth and management excellence. System-wide, the company expects to place nearly 20,000 employees annually at its more than 30 office locations in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin. This includes temporary, temporary-to-hire and direct-hire placements. For more information on The Reserves Network visit www.TRNstaffing.com or follow TRNstaffing on twitter!

For additional information on this news release, and all other media inquiries on The Reserves Network or its affiliates, please contact the Communications Department at comm@trnstaffing.com.

From Cliff Gerbick, ASP (The Reserves Network Director of Safety)

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) for chemical facilities. The NEP is focused on protecting workings from the risks associated with catastrophic releases of highly hazardous chemicals.

The new NEP replaces a 2009 pilot Chemical Facility National Emphasis Program which covered certain regions across the United States. The new program is a nationwide program that establishes updated polices and procedures for inspecting workplaces that are covered under OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. The PSM standard covers employees who have threshold quantities of highly hazardous chemicals in their workplaces. The purpose of the new NEP is to give inspectors better tools to conduct inspections of facilities that are likely to have highly hazardous chemicals in quantities covered by OSHA.

For further information on the National Emphasis Program and Process Safety Management, please visit www.osha.gov.

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Cliff Gerbick is the Director of Safety for The Reserves Network, a provider of “Total Staffing Solutions” in the office, industrial, professional and technical markets. To contact Cliff, email cgerbick@trnstaffing.com.

VIDEO: Proud to partner with WJW Fox 8 and CareerBoard.com, The Reserves Network has great job opportunities now avilable throughout Northeast Ohio! Visit us online at http://www.TRNstaffing.com or contact one of our area offices today!

This video is also available on our TRNstaffing YouTube Channel! Apply for a job online – Click Here! For more information on The Reserves Network visit www.TRNstaffing.com or follow us on Twitter!

VIDEO: Job Interviews – they can be stressful, but also pretty exciting, especially if it’s your first one! Whether you’re new to the job interview process or it’s been a while since you last interview, it’s important to keep some “best practices’ in mind.

In this video, The Reserves Network offers “10 Interview Blunders” that you’ll want to avoid during your next big interview!

This video is also available on our TRNstaffing YouTube Channel! Apply for a job online – Click Here! For more information on The Reserves Network visit www.TRNstaffing.com or follow us on Twitter!