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Evacuating employees safely in a workplace emergency is a major issue in preparedness planning. And an important part of that planning for many employers is accounting for workers with disabilities. It’s hard enough for the average worker to make a safe escape from the workplace in an emergency. But the problem is much tougher for […]
The EPA recently unveiled its “Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities” to advance its objectives to protect the public from lead, with a renewed focus upon high-risk communities. The Agency announced the strategy during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Omaha, Nebraska, which was once home to a large lead smelter […]
On July 3, a boiler explosion just outside Dhaka, Bangladesh put supply chains back in the news: the factory made clothing for seven European retailers. Like other clothing and footwear retailers before them—brands as recognizable as Nike, Walmart, and H&M—those retailers will answer in the court of public opinion for the preventable deaths and injuries […]
Small businesses accounted for more than 60 percent of net new jobs created between 1993 and mid-2013 in the United States. In recent years, very small firms—those in the 20- to 499-employee category—have led job creation. But they face compliance challenges. Here are some resources that can help small businesses play up. The primary challenge […]
Asbestos—a known human carcinogen the EPA was virtually powerless to regulate under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—is the most noticeable member of the Agency’s list of the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amended the 1976 law. Other well-known chemicals […]
Yesterday’s Advisor presented three things to keep in mind to flex your company’s green muscle when it comes to landing top performers who take pride in your environmentally aware efforts. Today we offer three more strategies.
Q. Does changing the frequency of inspections from weekly to monthly for oil storage facilities that receive infrequent fuel deliveries (one per year or less) constitute a technical change that requires a professional engineer (PE)?
The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (agencies) have initiated what they describe as a “two-step process” that will result in a revised definition of the Clean Water Act (CWA) term waters of the United States (WOTUS). The first step is a proposed rule that would rescind the Obama administration’s WOTUS definition (June […]
The EPA possesses substantial flexibility in how it considers the costs and benefits of regulations it promulgates. That flexibility is inherent in the environmental statutes, which sometimes require that costs be considered in rulemaking and sometimes make no mention of costs/benefits, but, in any case, rarely specify how such consideration should occur. This has given […]
This content was originally published in January 2000. For the latest in safety management, visit our archives or try our online compliance portal, Safety.BLR.com. A “near miss” or “incident” is an unplanned event that has the potential for property loss or injury and prevents a task from being completed. It has been reported that 75 […]