Identify Your Risk and Liability

Dental laboratory owners are finding offsite services as an opportunity to develop stronger relationships with their dental clients. However, dental laboratory owners and dentists should identify the risk and liability issues before these services are performed.  If your dental lab performs the following chairside assistance services now or plans to perform any of these dental lab offsite services in the future, then you need this important information.

• Dental shade taking/Dental shade verifications
• Set-ups – implant and conventional
• Scanning of C&B cases, provides a crown – same day concept
• Guidance on implants
• Consulting capacity
• Intraoral verification
• Dental immediate conversion (All-on-4 / All on Fours)

This Checklist for Dental Laboratory Owners Providing Offsite Services and the Offsite Services Dental Standard Operating Procedures including Infection Control as mentioned in the November 2016 issue of JDT magazine will assist you in:

• Staying compliant and reducing risk
• Ascertaining adequate liability insurance coverage
• Identifying state law verification
• Recognizing contractual arrangements between the dental facilities
• Understanding proper Dental Standard Operating Procedures / Dental Infection Control SOP

Your business’ public image, workers’ safety, and bottom line are all important.  Having a valid and robust brewery safety program can ensure a positive vision, prevent work downtime, increase production, and reduce costs.  It takes countless hours to research and implement the OSHA requirements for your business which can be challenging.  Let SafeLink’s team of safety professionals save you the time. In 2015, OSHA visited 62 breweries in NAICS 312120 classification code, cited 89% of them, and issued fines as high as $77,000.  These brewery citations included:

• hazards for confined spaces,
• lockout/tagout,
• walking/working surfaces, and
• powered industrial trucks

The items in the Brewery Safety Checklist is a reflection of what an OSHA inspector would be looking for during an inspection.  If you answer “no” to any of the items on our checklist, then your business is at risk of non-compliance with OSHA Standards.  Contact SafeLink today for assistance in writing your brewery safety compliance program, implementing workplace safety training, and auditing your OSHA compliance.  SafeLink’s OSHA compliance consultants are ready to help!