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For the first time in almost 40 years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an Emergency Order to Stop the use of Pesticide Dacthal. On August 6th the EPA announced the emergency suspension of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or...
We may have already had a taste of fall weather, but high temperatures returned quickly to remind us that we're not quite finished with summer just yet. Here are some good tips, tools, and resources to help you better protect your skin from harmful sunlight while...
It was the year 2000, and what began as a nice, late Spring day, turned catastrophic quickly. The factory line was down and the maintenance workers set out to troubleshoot some problems with the robot. One of the maintenance workers, Jerry, was determined to...
Worksites with more than one employer can be chaotic and confusing. Figuring out which employer is responsible for safety violations can be complex. Many employers do not realize that OSHA has a specific policy for dealing with multi-employer worksites which defines...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that updates the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align primarily with the 7th revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the classification and labelling...
Did you know that in a home fire, residents could have less than two minutes to escape once the smoke alarm begins to sound? In the event of a fire, whether you’re at work or home, every second counts. At work, we rely on programs, procedures, training and focused...
It was a Tuesday afternoon on a construction site where exterior renovations were being made to a facility. An onsite worker named Joe grabbed a nearby grinder as he routinely did, to cut a notch on a steel beam, a task that he's done thousands of times. However, on...
In our last article, we discussed Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Systems (EHSMS). Probably the most important enabling block in the foundation is COMMITMENT. Commitment is one of the enabling elements of the Health and Safety Management...
An Environmental, Health, and Safety Management System (EHSMS) is based on a fundamental core belief that all incidents of workplace injury, illness, and environmental impact are preventable. The protection of people within the community and at the workplace is...
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