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Today’s workplace uses thousands of chemicals, many of which are hazardous. The resources in this section will help guide you in the safe and legal identification, storage, transport, and use of these chemicals, and in making sure that your employees right to know how to be safe around such substances is provided, as required by law.
It’s official. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has officially made a recommendation to limit the exposure of workers to flavoring compounds. And don’t think it’s just for microwave popcorn plants! Today we will review the recommendations and who’s affected. Tomorrow we will see what the future holds for controlling worker exposure […]
Asbestos—a known human carcinogen the EPA was virtually powerless to regulate under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—is the most noticeable member of the Agency’s list of the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amended the 1976 law. Other well-known chemicals […]
In one of its major end-of-year actions, the EPA on Wednesday released its final renewal fuel standards (RFS) for 2017 and, for biomass-based diesel, for 2018. The Agency increased the RFS percentages across all categories of biofuels, an action that was welcomed by RFS advocates and criticized by the petroleum industry as burdening consumers with […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and methylene chloride for risk evaluation as part of its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Work Plan for Chemical Assessments. The Agency recently sent a proposal to restrict the use of these chemicals in paint coatings and strippers to the Office of Management and Budget […]
The EPA has reissued its Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for point source discharges of pesticides to waters of the United States. Authorized under the Clean Water Act’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, the PGP was first issued in 2011 and was effective for a 5-year period.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is suggesting that you use metrics to analyze and improve your Process Safety Management (PSM) program. Can that idea work for you? Yesterday we will looked at the idea of metrics for environmental, health, and safety (EHS) programs and OSHA’s suggestions for using lagging metrics. Today we will […]
Recently, a subscriber asked the following question: The NFPA 704 had us label the outside doors of our facilities so that first responders are aware of the dangers of HAZMAT in our facility. With the requirement of GHS now in full effect, should those labels be removed and replaced with GHS placards?
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), an independent federal agency that investigates serious chemical incidents, has announced an updated mission that will guide its activities going forward. Keep reading for details.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is suggesting that you use metrics to analyze and improve your Process Safety Management (PSM) program. Let’s see if some of these ideas will work for you. Today we will look at OSHA’s suggestions for using lagging metrics, and tomorrow we will review how leading metrics can help […]
Yesterday we looked at steps to take when planning the triennial audit required by the Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard. Today, let’s take a look at the audit itself.