Knowing what to expect should assist in determining the current compliance status with any applicable environmental policy. This is generally accomplished by conducting a baseline compliance audit. The audit involves evaluating the various applicable environmental regulations (CAA, CWA, RCRA, SARA, CERCLA, and EPCRA) as previously mentioned. The goal of the audit is to evaluate compliance and deficiencies with respect to permitting, reporting, monitoring, record keeping, and limitations...
Read More »Two of the criteria OSHA used to identify these workplaces are the facility’s Days Away, Restrictions and Transfers (DART) rate and Days Away from Work Injury and Illness (DAFWII) case rate.
A facility manager’s first reaction should be to calculate both rates to see if OHSA will potentially be showing up at the facility. The DART rate calculation is N ÷ EH * (200,000): N being the number of cases involving days away and/or restricted work activity and/or job transfers; EH being the total number...
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there more than
500,000 “serious” hand, finger and wrist injuries in private
industry each year. These types of injuries can be categorized in
several different ways: abrasions, lacerations, sprains, strains,
skin irritations, fractures, thermal burns, chemical burns,
contusions, avulsions or amputations. It is important from the
recordkeeping perspective to understand how to classify hand and
finger injuries. The...
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All employers are required to instruct workers on health and safety
(H&S) regulations and the hazards each employee may face while
on the job. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) has promulgated H&S standards that have an effect on
employers and their employees within the United States.
Employers are required to have a comprehensive safety program that includes site-specific safety information, if the program is applicable to the workplace....
Read More »Is your facility prepared to maintain its environmental compliance throughout the year? Many manufacturing companies are struggling with ways to cost costs while still producing a high quality product and meeting the needs of their employees. One area that tends to be continually looked at from a cost-savings perspective is environmental, health and safety (EH&S). Often times, it is common for facilities to cut EH&S costs to save on overall operating expenses with the hope they will not be...
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articles:
Hazardous material regulations are often found to be confusing and
dense, and in our experience people often are not even clear on the
delineation between a hazardous material and a hazardous waste. In
response to the frequent questions we receive on this topic we have
prepared a brief primer on hazardous materials management.
First, a few key words need to be defined:
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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to wake up one morning and not be able to hear birds singing, music playing or the voices of your children and/or grandchildren? Unfortunately, there are more than 22 million Americans who are at risk each day for just such a situation. Their exposure to noise at work can rob them of this indispensable sense.
Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent “injuries” that occurs in our workplaces each year. It is difficult to look at this condition as an...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for assuring safe and healthful working conditions for workers in the United States. One tool in achieving this objective is to develop and enforce regulatory standards. Subsequently many regulations have been promulgated which are required to be fulfilled by businesses and employers. One such regulation is the development of a Fire Prevention Plan under the requirements (29 CFR 1910.39) for general industry.
If a facility...
Read More »The former tire collection facility is situated on 140 acres located in Sycamore, Ohio. The scrap tire facility started collecting tires in the 1950s and, at the time of the fire, contained an estimated...
Read More »Abandoned sites can be damaging to the environment and can lead to expensive cleanups. Take for example the former Dayton Tire and Rubber Facility. In 1987, vandals entered the closed tire and rubber plant to recover salvageable materials. While removing cooper cores from electric transformers remaining at the facility, the vandals drained the Askerol (PCB containing) transformer oil onto the ground. The oil ended up making its way into a nearby creek costing more than $8 million in cleanup...
Look around, everything we do today is done electronically. In the eWorld, we can find the answer to almost every question in minutes rather than hours, days or weeks. However, with all of this information available at our fingertips it is becoming harder and harder to discern what information is valuable and what information is not. This task is even more cumbersome for those individuals responsible for managing environmental, health and safety (EH&S) functions for their company because these...
Read More »There have been few regulatory items that have caused more frustration than a facility managing their MSDSs. The monthly, weekly, and daily commitments that it takes to properly acquire, distribute, and maintain MSDSs has grown over the years. The problem is compounded because multiple regulatory agencies (EPA & OSHA) rely on data that is (or is supposed to be) found on the MSDS. For detailed information on our MSDS management program, contact Kyle Forsythe in our Dublin, Ohio office at 614.798.99...
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