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How can I calculate emissions based on an inventory of stationary fuel burning equipment on my campus? Using emissions data provided by the equipment manufacturer or a stack test is the most accurate way to quantify emissions, other than direct measurement. However, in most cases, this information is not available or does not exist. In […]
As EHSDA’s Technology Week wraps up, let’s recap the various content offerings that became available throughout the week. They highlighted how technology can help improve workplace safety today and in the future. Special thanks to Alcumus, Avetta, Cority, Intelex, KPA, and SAI360 for sponsoring the week. Monday Back to Basics | Increasing Productivity with EHS […]
OSHA has issued guidance for its inspectors to determine if makers and importers of chemicals have correctly classified products as combustible dust hazards under the revised Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard (or HCS). The recent guidance, issued as an interpretation and sent to OSHA regional administrators, affects manufacturers and importers of chemicals (“classifiers”), not users. In […]
Sometimes it’s difficult to get a problem cleared up around your workplace. Even when OSHA cites a condition, you may have difficulty tracking it down at all of your facilities or bringing all of your equipment up to standard. It’s important to try, though—if you don’t, you could be cited for either a “repeat” violation […]
Yesterday, we focused on hurricanes, a type of workplace emergency for which employers in many states must be prepared. But hurricanes don’t affect everyone and they aren’t the only potential workplace disaster you need to anticipate. Whether a workplace emergency is natural or man-made, OSHA makes you responsible for ensuring employee safety in the workplace. […]
When you think of cybersecurity the next thing that springs to mind isn’t typically environmental services or protection. After all, cybersecurity is concerned with defending against hackers, data breaches, and scam emails. Environmental services, on the other hand, are concerned with clean water supplies, safer energy provision, saving local wildlife from an ever-expanding society, and […]
Twenty-six-year-old Takita Mathieu worked as a leasing agent for Greenbriar Apartments in Houston, Texas. She was at work on February 19, 2015, when her ex-boyfriend, who had been harassing her by phone, walked into the leasing office and fatally shot her—and then shot himself in the head. Each year, there are nearly 400 stories like […]
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Peter Batrowny is an industry-leading and global environmental health, safety, and physical security executive with a progressive career history and quantifiable track record of success. After serving his country in the U.S. Army, Peter propelled his professional growth while simultaneously expanding the growth and effectiveness of environmental, sustainability, safety, and physical security programs on a […]
MDLG Inc., a Phenix City, Alabama, sawmill, faces $2,471,683 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines following a worker’s death, the agency announced February 22. A 67-year-old sawmill supervisor at MDLG, operating as Phenix Lumber Co., had climbed on top of an auger to access a difficult-to-reach area to unclog a woodchipper. The employee was […]