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Shhh! Do Your Workers Need Wellness Training on Weight Loss?
Take a look around your workplace. Notice anything different? Do some of your employees seem a bit, um, bigger? Wellness training that helps workers deal with weight problems will improve their health—and your organization’s productivity. It’s the first week in February, so some of your employees’ New Year’s resolutions to lose weight may be starting […]
Inspection-Prep Tips for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
8th Graders Getting the Message About Safety and Health
They may not yet have a job yet, but eighth graders in one school district are learning valuable lessons about occupational safety and health. Get details here about an innovative partnership.
Six Tips for a Successful LUST Closure
Six Tips for a Successful LUST Closure Tip #1: Understand how the UST program works. Because of the number and diversity of underground storage tanks (USTs) in use nationwide, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized early on that state and local governments were in the best position to oversee UST programs. To ensure state programs […]
OIG Recommends Controls to Improve Self-Disclosure Screening Process
In a report issued June 30, 2022, the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Agency does not have adequate internal controls in place to ensure that its screening process of self-disclosure violations reported through its eDisclosure system is effective and that significant concerns, such as criminal conduct and potential imminent hazards, are […]
Oil Company Indicted on Alleged CWA Violations
A federal grand jury has indicted Houston-based Phillips 66 on several charges related to alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations. Phillips is charged with two counts of negligently violating the CWA and four counts of knowingly violating the CWA in incidents that allegedly discharged thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater from the Phillips Carson oil […]
Is ‘Paid Volunteer Training Time’ an Oxymoron?
In today’s Advisor, we receive guidance from one of BLR’s experts on when volunteer training should or should not be paid. Here’s the question: Do you have to pay employees for time spent in a voluntary training session offered during their lunch hour? And here’s how our expert responded: Lunch-and-learns are used by some employers […]
Con Man Sentenced in Fraudulent Waste Disposal Ploy: Don’t Fall for Nondelivery Schemes
In August, our Daily Advisor covered the story of Welch Environmental Group—a South Carolina company indicted for Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) violations after the company was caught melting spent ammunition from firing ranges in open cauldrons in the South Carolina woods. Prior to his indictment, company president Glenn […]
Agencies Warn Employers of Heat, Smoke Hazards
On July 7, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Atlanta regional office warned employers in the Southeast of the dangers of working in hot weather, both indoors and outdoors. The agency explained that incorporating water, rest, and shade into the workday can make the difference between ending it safely or suffering serious injuries or […]