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Do you know your general service tank cars from your cryogenic liquid tank cars? Do you know your refrigerated liquefied gases from your liquefied compressed gases? If your facility handles hazardous materials in tank cars, you should!
In a final rule, the EPA has delayed by 20 months its January 13, 2017, amendments to the Clean Air Act’s (CAA) Risk Management Program (RMP).
Workers’ compensation laws vary by state—but sometimes, what happens in one state has an impact on what happens in another state. In this case, a ruling in Florida and a subsequent ruling by an Alabama Circuit Court Judge may have just invalidated the state of Alabama’s entire Workers’ Compensation Act—but, since this happened right before […]
By Rick Fineman, CSP, ARM Vice President, Risk Management Services at ICW Group Insurance Companies Risk is quantifiable. To do so, most risk models use scales for frequency, likelihood, and severity. When analyzing the risk of employee injury, this may be accessed based on the following factors:
When a worker is injured on the job, the injury is generally compensable under workers’ compensation. But what two different employment laws are in conflict with each other? A recent case in Massachusetts pitted statutes governing the termination of municipal employees against state workers’ compensation law. In May 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled on […]
Seven state attorneys general (AGs) have filed a formal objection to EPA’s refusal to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops.
A new national campaign to increase awareness about firefighter cancer is calling on firefighters to sign a pledge of safety.
A GPS fleet tracking system can improve your fuel efficiency, vehicle maintenance, and work flow. But the information provided by such a system can also be used to protect human life, enhance the safety of your personnel, and defend the integrity of your business. Here’s how a GPS fleet tracking program can make a significant […]
Just in time for the summer spike in temperatures comes an updated app to help employees stay safe when working outdoors in hot weather.
Citing his authority under section 107(d)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act, Administrator Scott Pruitt of the EPA has announced that he will extend by 1 year the deadline for initial area designations pursuant to the Agency’s 2015 national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone (October 26, 2015, FR).