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In addition to math, social studies, and English, some students in grades 7 through 12 will participate in an interactive teaching module titled Safety Matters. Find out who’s bringing the safety message into the classroom and why.
In an unprecedented decision, the California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board recently ruled in favor of Cal/OSHA’s 2012 citations against two employers because their Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP) failed to effectively address the hazard of indoor heat. Keep reading to learn what the decision means for California employers.
OSHA recently clarified who is responsible for recording injuries and illnesses of contingent or temporary workers when supervision is shared by the host employer and the temporary staffing agency. The clarification came through a recent OSHA letter concerning temporary workers.
The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is full of joy and celebration. But from stress and germs to distraction and overindulgence, it’s also fraught with hazards that can leave your employees ill, injured, or dispirited.
This is Thanksgiving week and as environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals, we all want to make sure employees are at home celebrating with their families and not at the hospital, or worse, because of an inadvertent exposure to chemicals on the job. Yesterday we offered three tips for preventing chemical exposure in the workplace […]
This is Thanksgiving week and as environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals, we all want to make sure employees are at home celebrating with their families and not at the hospital, or worse, because of an inadvertent exposure to chemicals on the job. Today we offer three tips for preventing chemical exposure in the workplace […]
Federalism—the cooperative legal relationship between state governments and the federal government—with regard to the Clean Air Act was addressed in a recent opinion published by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. The panel affirmed a district court finding that the right of private property owners to sue a whiskey […]
Q. Does the addition of a spent material to wastewater treatment qualify for an exclusion to RCRA’s hazardous waste regulation?
After failing the day before to collect the votes needed to approve a bill to force the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers (EPA/Corps) to rewrite their embattled June 29, 2015, Clean Water Rule (also called WOTUS for waters of the United States), Senate opponents of the rule gained the simple majority needed to pass […]
The dog days of summer have dissipated and the seasonal transition towards winter is nearing. Like the Stark family in the Game of Thrones, one could uneasily say, “Winter is coming.”