Washington – OSHA has created a webpage intended to help workers and employers involved with the agency’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (1910.120) for construction and general industry. The page includes links to background information on HAZWOPER and corresponding OSHA standards, as well as resources for general businesses, worker preparedness and training. The …
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Sources and Measurement of Toxic Chemicals
As we learn more about chemicals and their interaction with the human body, we find that some chemicals are even more toxic than originally thought. An example of this occurred in 1973 when the permissible exposure level (PEL) for vinyl chloride (VC) was reduced from 500 ppm to 50 ppm, then to 1 ppm, over …
Hazardous Waste Training Bundle Download
Click Here to download the FREE hazardous waste safety training bundle. HAZWOPER Handling Hazardous Materials Help employees to understand the nature and behavior of hazardous chemicals, and how to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to hazardous materials. View Product HAZWOPER Emergency Response Training Guides your employees through the OSHA HAZWOPER emergency response training requirements. …
Spill Response Bundle Download
Click Here to download the FREE spill response bundle. Dealing With Hazardous Spills DVD Help employees who seldom have to face the dangers of a hazardous spill deal with a cleanup situation. View Product Spill Prevention & Control Training Help your employees learn how to prevent and contain oil spills with Spill Prevention & …
Combustible Dust: How Crackpots Endanger Safety
Most of us know the dangers of combustible dust, how when there is a critical mass of fine explosive material—whether it be flour or sawdust—all it takes is a spark to set of catastrophe. But there is an equally dangerous situation in the world of safety, the combustible dust of thought. Combustible Dust Thought is …
Workers Exposed to Toxic Pesticide Trying to Kill Gophers
Gilbert Orchards Inc. of Yakima, WA, faces $105,000 in fines for exposing workers to toxic pesticides while trying to kill gophers. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) issued 12 serious (some also categorized as repeat) health violations to Gilbert related to pesticides. L&I investigated after receiving information that employees were hand-applying a pesticide, …
Chlorine Cloud Sends 13 Workers to the Hospital in Spokane
Some 50 employees working at Pacific Steel and Recycling’s facility in Spokane, Wash., suffered injuries ranging from minor to critical when a chlorine tank placed on a conveyer belt exploded around 10 a.m. on Aug. 12, releasing a large cloud of chlorine gas. Most employees were treated on the scene, but 13 were transferred to …
Exterminator Safety Training
Everywhere you go in the whole world, there will always be some type of bug. No matter how clean and tidy people keep their homes, offices, and businesses, spiders, cockroaches, flies, and even termites are bound to follow. Below, you’ll find a list of training topics that are required for most Exterminators. OSHA Required Training …
Connecticut environmental cleanup company faces more than $95,000 in OSHA fines
True Blue Environmental Services, a Wallingford, Conn., environmental remediation company, faces a total of $95,750 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for allegedly failing to protect employees against hazards at jobsites in Northampton, Mass., and Danbury, Conn. The bulk of the hazards were at the former …