by Dana Chang | Apr 27, 2022 | Health, Safety
IS YOUR WORKPLACE SAFE AND SOUND? Safe + Sound is a year-round campaign to encourage every workplace to have a safety and health program. PART ONE Overview According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the rate of worker deaths and reported injuries in the United...
by Dana Chang | Apr 19, 2022 | Health, Safety
When working with corrosives, drenching facilities must be readily available. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Medical and First Aid Standard 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.151(c) states, “Where the eyes or body of any person may...
by Dana Chang | Apr 4, 2022 | Health, Safety
OSHA collects work-related injury and illness data from employers within specific industry and employment size specifications. Detailed information on this data collection is available on the Injury Tracking Application webpage. Recording or reporting a...
by Dana Chang | Mar 17, 2022 | Environmental, Health
To advance critical progress on securing clean air, safe food, and clean drinking water: EPA is launching a robust, new PFAS Roadmap that will guide the agency’s current and planned activities in 2021-2024 to research, restrict, and remediate harmful PFAS. The roadmap...
by Dana Chang | Mar 11, 2022 | Health, Safety
The element beryllium is a grey metal that is stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum. Its physical properties of great strength-to-weight, high melting point, excellent thermal stability and conductivity, reflectivity, and transparency to X-rays make it an...
by Dana Chang | Feb 23, 2022 | Environmental, Safety
Companies Are Not Prepared Crisis preparation and management standards are falling short in almost a third of businesses, according to a report released by Chemtrec. The survey shows that almost a third of businesses (28%) under-prioritize their chemical emergency...
by Dana Chang | Feb 15, 2022 | Environmental, Health, Safety
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a global non-governmental organization with a membership of 165 national standards bodies. ISO’s mandate is to gather experts to develop International Standards designed to ensure quality. ...
by Dana Chang | Feb 7, 2022 | Environmental, Health, Safety
What is “indoor air quality”? Indoor air quality (also called “indoor environmental quality”) describes how inside air can affect a person’s health, comfort, and ability to work. It can include temperature, humidity, lack of outside air...
by Dana Chang | Feb 1, 2022 | Health, Safety
Learner characteristics, training design, and work environment predict training effectiveness. Training factors that have the strongest, most consistent relationship with learning and application of knowledge and skills in the workplace is known as transfer of...
by Dana Chang | Jan 24, 2022 | Environmental
Myth #1: Electric vehicles are worse for the climate than gasoline cars because of the power plant emissions. FACT: Electric vehicles typically have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging. Electric...
