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Faces of EHS: Austin Kiddoo on Valuing Employees Over Profits
Austin Kiddoo attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Safety and Health. After interning at Orbital Technologies Corporation, he took a position working third shift within the City of Madison Police Department as a parking enforcement officer while searching for safety positions. He then landed a safety […]
Keep Those PowerPoints Short and Sweet
Today our Safety Training Tips editor shares some suggestions for making your PowerPoint® presentations as compelling as they can be. Think carefully about scope and training points. Before you sit down to create a PowerPoint, give some thought to how much of the chosen topic you want to cover. In most cases you won’t have […]
Corporate Survey Finds ‘Dramatic Increase’ in Sustainable Building Initiatives
Greater energy efficiency, better indoor air quality (IAQ), and meeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) guidelines are three objectives currently prioritized by multinational organizations as they face increasing pressure to incorporate their building operations into their sustainability plans. These are among the key findings of a new report released by Honeywell and Reuters, which surveyed senior […]
OSHA Provides Trenching Compliance Assistance Resources
In a recent news release, OSHA announced the development of a series of compliance assistance resources to help keep workers safe from trenching and excavation hazards. OSHA’s goal is to increase awareness of trenching hazards in construction, educate job creators and workers on safe cave-in prevention solutions, and decrease the number of trench collapses. These […]
SPCC Diagrams and Descriptions – The Devil is in the Details
Electrical Safety: Let No Question Go Unanswered!
You should never be in any doubt about a safety issue. The result could easily be an accident and injury. Just make sure you get your information from a source you can trust. Many of our Safety.BLR.com subscribers turn to the website when they have safety questions for which they can’t find answers elsewhere. They […]
Six Reasons Why Hazmat Transporters Need to Know about Heat
The “dangerous evolution of heat” sounds like a climate change issue and not something hazardous materials transporters need to worry about in their day-to-day operations. But, here is a recent example of why you need to take this concept into account if you are in the business of transporting hazardous materials that are regulated by […]
Supreme Court Declines to Rule on WTR
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule on a January 2017 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which upheld EPA’s 2008 Water Transfers Rule ((WTR), June 13, 2008, Federal Register).
