by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Apr 18, 2014 | Industrial Health & Safety Services
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promotes industrial hazardous waste recycling and has many concessions to do so. The EPA will not however make concessions on what constitutes legitimate recycling versus sham recycling. The 2008 DSW Rule established four...
by Environmental Risk Management | Apr 7, 2014 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
Moisture in buildings and common structural problems allow mold to exist indoors. Mold creates and indoor problem that is unhealthy for it’s inhabitants. So make sure to find areas where mold is most likely to occur and if you see a problem, fix it quickly...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Apr 4, 2014 | Industrial Health & Safety Services
The OSHA SST-14 Program is and effort to place its enforcement resources in workplaces that have the highest rates of injuries and illnesses. They are targeting high-hazard, non-construction workplaces that have 20 or more workers based on last year’s OSHA Data...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Mar 27, 2014 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires that anyone who wants to manufacture or import a chemical not listed on the TSCA list of chemicals must notify the EPA at least 90 days before producing or importing the new chemical substance. TSCA also imposes...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Mar 12, 2014 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
Penalties and compliance upgrades can get really costly when an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) leads to and inspection by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the other way around. Many regulations by the EPA and OSHA...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Mar 7, 2014 | Industrial Health & Safety Services
Most accidents that result in amputation are preventable but when they happen are severe and often disabling. All it takes is a moment of inattention and you can get caught in machinery that amputates a limb. 5,260 nonfatal amputations were reported in the United...
