Tag: training materials

Back to Basics: Keep Up With Fall Prevention

By Jay Kumar, Editor, EHS Daily Advisor Aug 2, 2021 Back to Basics

Updated: Aug 9, 2021

Back to Basics is a new weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine falls in construction and how to prevent them. Falls are a major safety issue in any industry, but especially in construction, where they are the leading cause of death. According […]

Pesticide safety

EPA Changes Position on Pesticide Training Materials

By William C. Schillaci Jun 21, 2018 Chemicals

Updated: Jun 22, 2018

After being hit with two lawsuits that claimed it was unlawfully delaying a key training requirement in its 2015 revisions to the Worker Protection Standard ((WPS), November 2, 2015, Federal Register (FR)), the EPA announced that it intends to change its position, thereby—and tentatively, at least—conceding to the demands of the plaintiffs.