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Back to Basics: OSHA’s Process Safety Management Enforcement

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine compliance with OSHA’s Process Safety Management standard. Is your workplace covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) standard? Application of the PSM standard was covered […]

EHSDA Song of the Week: So Lonely

EHS Daily Advisor this week wrote about keeping lone workers safe. In a recent report, the National Safety Council estimates that there are 53 million lone workers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. With that in mind, the Song of the Week is “So Lonely,” a 1978 single from the Police. A few years before they became […]

Regulation Behind the Lens: Demystifying EHS Compliance with Visual Guides

Staying in compliance with the complex world of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulations is a formidable yet crucial task for companies across various industries. Failure to adhere to standards and guidelines issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other regulatory bodies can result in substantial fines and damage […]

NIOSH Observing Road Work Zone ‘Stand-Down’

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and its partners will observe a National Work Zone Awareness Week from April 15 to April 19 focused on the safety of road construction workers, Director John Howard announced March 4 in the institute’s eNews newsletter. The event aims to encourage safe driving through highway work […]

Georgia Contractor Facing $308K OSHA Fine for Trench Collapse

Macon, Georgia, plumbing contractor Pyles Plumbing and Utility Contractors Inc. faces $308,125 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties following a fatal trench collapse that claimed the life of a 20-year-old worker and hospitalized another, the agency announced February 29. OSHA investigators learned that on August 10, 2023, two employees were installing sewer-line piping […]

A Guide to the New OSHA Electronic Reporting Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor has introduced a new final rule. Effective January 1, 2024, specific employers in high-hazard industries are required to submit injury and illness information under a new OSHA electronic reporting rule. This article discusses who must follow these new OSHA recordkeeping requirements and how to navigate this critical development with specific […]

Back to Basics: Lone Worker Safety

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to protect lone workers. If you have workers working alone or in remote areas, you need to ensure that they’re safe on the job. Lone workers include people who don’t work […]

‘Demonstrated’ Argument as an Element of BACT Rejected by 5th Circuit

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) defense of “demonstrated” as an element of imposing best available control technology (BACT) in prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permitting. CAA regulations The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes the EPA to establish nationwide air pollution standards, including standards for emissions […]

EHSDA Song of the Week: Pain

Unfortunately, workers more often than not have to deal with assorted aches and pains (and worse) due to on-the-job injuries. This Song of the Week deals with the subject of pain courtesy of Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs. “Pain” is the second song on the band’s 2017 album A Deeper Understanding. Led by singer-guitarist Adam […]

EPA Proposes New CAA Standards for LMWCs

On January 11, 2024, the EPA announced a proposal to strengthen Clean Air Act (CAA) standards for large municipal waste combustors (LMWC) that burn municipal solid waste (MSW). LMWCs are incinerators that combust greater than 250 tons per day (tpd) of MSW. “If finalized, the updated standards would reduce emissions of nine pollutants, including smog- […]