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 …
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Worker dies After Being Sprayed with Heated Chemical
OSHA has issued 23 violations to Haverhill Chemicals in connection with a worker’s death at its Ohio plant. Many of the violations involve OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standards. The employee, identified as 61-year-old Jim Morrison according to WSAZ-TV, suffered fatal injuries on April 4 while clearing a blockage in a drain line to a reactor. An …
Silicone Wristbands Used To Monitor Exposure To Environmental Toxins
With millions of chemicals and hazardous substances in use around us every day, with flame retardant chemicals sprayed on our curtains and furniture, with toxins in the air that we breathe do you ever wonder exactly how much of this stuff you’re actually being exposed to? Well the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology and …
You decide: Lung infection caused by employer’s chemicals or 30 years of smoking?
An employee’s doctor says his lung condition was caused by chemical exposure when he was power washing a roof. His employer’s doctor says it was infectious pneumonia and had more to do with the worker’s two-pack-a-day, 30-year smoking habit. Will the employee get workers’ comp? No doubt workers’ comp cases involving respiratory problems are tricky. …
VIDEO: Controversy Surrounds Cancer Causing Flame Retardants In Most Furniture
California’s change may help end use of fire retardants nationwide For decades, U.S. manufacturers have filled upholstered furniture with pounds of toxic chemicals to comply with a flammability standard set by a single state, California. The obscure rule, known as Technical Bulletin 117, brought flame retardants into homes across the country. American babies came to …
Video Shows Dramatic Reenactment Of Chemical Burn
HazCom GHS: What You Need To Know Helps you comply with the training requirements of OSHAs new HazCom GHS standard. View Product Dealing With Hazardous Spills DVD Kit Designed to help employees who may have to face the dangers of a hazardous spill and how to clean it up safely.View Product Hazmat Training Made Easier …