Commercial facilities benefit from undergoing OSHA inspections regularly in many important ways. Just like residential electrical systems, large commercial systems must first and foremost be safe.
Safety and inspection services might include safety site walks followed by reports on deficiencies and solution proposals, power logging for certain periods, emergency power failure testing, megohms testing, power distribution testing, and more.
Hire A 3rd Party Safety Inspection
By having third-party OSHA inspections done on your large buildings, real estate investment, managed property, and commercial premises, you’ll come out ahead in four significant ways. The biggest benefits of having these inspections performed include:
- Improved safety and security
- Reduced costs
- Ensured compliance with local regulations
- Continued code compliance
A specifically-trained and certified commercial electrician should conduct these safety inspections to meet relevant OSHA regulations.
3rd Party OSHA Inspections Improve Safety And Security
The fact of the matter is that most people are not trained to recognize the hazards that electrical work presents, but an experienced professional electrician has been. This training is precisely why your commercial electrical inspector is a key player in your building and business safety.
A third-party electrical inspector will know what types of issues and potential hazards to look for and can help prevent them from happening. The safety of every person who enters your property must be protected, from customers to staff members and everyone in between.
Your business cannot afford electrical threats to your patrons, employees, or anyone else on your premises.
Electrical Inspections Can Save You Money
One of the biggest reasons to have OSHA safety inspections done is to recognize, diagnose, and rectify potential problems in your electrical systems before they turn into disastrous mishaps.
Just as is the case with almost anything else, it’s cheaper to deal with a small issue before it escalates. Once the damage has been done, there’s much more work, much more cost, and much more loss involved.
Making routine inspections a part of your maintenance plans will free up finances and offer your business financial flexibility, too.
Stay in Compliance with Local Regulations
Local regulations are in place to maintain safety and order within public places and commercial buildings. This reality is especially true with large commercial buildings where a lot of activity is happening at any given time across a vast amount of space.
Maintaining a schedule of OSHA inspections by a third party will ensure that your building is always in compliance with those local ordinances and regulations. In addition, you’ll ensure that the reputation of your building and your business remains protected.
Similar to local ordinances and regulations, building and electrical codes are in place to protect life and property while maintaining aesthetic appearances (to a lesser degree).
If your building is caught with code violations and OSHA violations, steep penalties can result. These penalties can be financial or legal and could damage the reputation of your business.
Building codes can change quickly and frequently. When you rely on the services of a third-party inspector who has undergone appropriate OSHA training, you will also avoid legal issues that may stem from unanticipated code non-compliance.
Maintaining OSHA Jobsite Compliance
Building owners must perform OSHA safety inspections routinely during construction, renovation, and other changes at large commercial buildings and similar jobsite locations. This responsibility includes bringing jobsite electrical safety under scrutiny, as well.
It’s critical that professionals trained in OSHA jobsite compliance be called out to your location to assess the strengths and weaknesses of your electrical systems. OSHA jobsite compliance is about staying up to code and making your projects more profitable, efficient, and safe.
Jobsite Safety Inspections on Large Construction Projects
A team that offers a wide range of inspection services should do OSHA safety audits to ensure that proper, relevant audits are done. Some of the top companies that provide third-party OSHA inspections also can perform OSHA training for your electrical staffing teams as well as your safety staffing members.
Electrical safety is everyone’s job, and you want to make sure your business is protected in every way by having a professional perform a complete inspection of your commercial electrical work.
The licensed electricians who own Electrical Safety Solutions have over 25 years of industry experience under their belts. The staff at ESS can perform the full array of required OSHA audits, safety walks, and inspections for large commercial buildings as a third party. Our team members are all OSHA trained.
Your building, your business, and the people who frequent it are far too important to not have third-party OSHA inspections done. Trust the leaders in electrical safety solutions and contact ESS today.
