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Grade D Breathing Air: What Requirements Do I Have to Meet for My Breathing Air System?
Compressed air, either through a fixed or a portable system, can be used to supply air to employees as they perform tasks that could not be done using an air purifying respirator. Supplied air respirators are respirators that supply the user with breathing air from a...
What is PSM?
Process Safety Management, or PSM, is an OSHA regulation that is concerned with processes at your facility that use highly hazardous chemicals. PSM provides a compliance framework to evaluate each process with the end goal of no spills, fires, explosions, reactions,...
OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Due March 2
OSHA's final rule on electronic injury and illness reporting that passed in 2023 took effect on January 1, 2024. The new rule added some new companies and increased some of the reporting requirements. Electronic reports for 2023 injuries and illnesses are due March...
Which Annual Environmental Training Should You Add to Your Calendar?
Recently we covered the required annual OSHA safety training requirements your company should be scheduling each year. What about the most common annual EPA or environmental training requirements? RCRA Hazardous Waste Training is required for anyone handling or...
Which Annual Safety Training Requirements Should You Add to Your Calendar?
Annual safety training is a best management practice and is most often required when conditions in the workplace change. However, the OSHA standards don’t specifically require annual safety training for all of its topic areas, just a handful of them. Employee Access...
State, Regional and National Safety and Environmental Conferences for 2024
We exhibit and speak at many different safety and environmental conferences throughout the region. What's the schedule look like for 2024? Here is a list of some upcoming state, regional and national safety and environmental conferences that you may want to add to...
Hazardous Waste Biennial Reports Due March 1
Every even-numbered year, large quantity hazardous waste generators must submit their Biennial Hazardous Waste Reports by March 1. The rule is part of EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste regulations. It requires facilities to report the...
Christmas Safety
Christmas can be a wonderful time of the year, but it can also be a time for accidents. Keep Real Trees Watered: The combination of shorts in electrical lights and a tinder-dry tree can be deadly. Keep your tree well-watered. Water levels should never get below the...
Inspection Data Shows Common Hazardous Waste Violations
We decided to take a look at some of the EPA enforcement sites to review hazardous waste violations issued across the U.S. within the past couple of years. We wanted to see if there were some common themes that readers should be on the lookout for because sometimes...
Are You Required to Have IMDG Training?
Recently one of our clients had a shipment of their product rejected at a port in Europe. They had been sending it there for years without incident, but this time was different. Inspectors chose to verify their paperwork and they were missing crucial IMDG dangerous...
Safety Boots: What You Need To Know
Many types of jobs require the use of boots for safety purposes. Some jobs just need regular boots while others require steel or composite toes. Toe Composition Steel toe boots have a steel cap over the toe to prevent your feet from being crushed by objects falling...
The One Where You Must Post the Whole Standard
iSi’s consulting team recently provided a presentation to the annual Kansas Safety and Health Conference about OSHA’s top poorly written regulations. We gave the audience a chance to vote at the end and one of the top vote getters was found in standard 1910.95. This...
What’s the Difference Between OSHA’s General Industry and Construction Standards on Asbestos?
With so many entities regulating asbestos – EPA to OSHA to State Governments to even City and County Governments – we see a lot of confusion. These regulations cross over and intertwine with each other and it’s sometimes difficult to remember which rule is required...
EPA Looks to Add Air Emissions Reporting Items
EPA has announced a several changes to its Air Emissions Reporting Rule, or AERR that would make reporting of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) consistent from state to state, add electronic reporting of stack tests, decrease and standardize emissions thresholds, create...
OSHA Issues New National Emphasis Programs for Warehousing, Distribution Centers and Certain Retail Stores
OSHA’s latest National Emphasis Program (NEP) is targeting warehousing and distribution center operations, mail/postal processing and distribution centers, parcel delivery/courier services and certain retail stores with high injury rates. An NEP is a temporary...
OSHA Issues Final Rule Which Updates Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting, Adds Industries and More Requirements
OSHA has issued a final rule changing some of the requirements for electronic injury and illness reporting, adding some new companies and increasing some of the reporting requirements. What’s New Companies with 20-249 employees whose NAICS codes were listed on...
iSi Summer Toolbox Topics: Fireworks Safety
One of the favorite events of the 4th of July holiday for many people is shooting fireworks. Contrary to what we may have seen and done in our teenage years, fireworks can actually be pretty dangerous. Here are some tips to remember and share for a safe holiday:...
Forklift Top 6: Common OSHA Compliance Pitfalls for Powered Industrial Trucks
We have been seeing more and more issues regarding OSHA powered industrial trucks (forklift) compliance. OSHA currently has a number of powered industrial trucks local and regional inspection emphasis programs in several states. This means if you have an OSHA...
OSHA’s Heat-Related Hazards National Emphasis Program
OSHA has issued a new NEP on heat-related hazards. In this article, we’ll discuss what it includes, which companies will be targeted and what OSHA inspectors will be looking for in their inspections. What’s an NEP? A National Emphasis Program, or NEP, is a temporary...
What the Haz?
A Deeper Dive Into the “Haz” Words in OSHA, EPA and DOT and Where They Can Crossover Every once in a while, we will get a call from someone looking for “Hazmat” training. To you, the word hazmat may mean one thing, but we guarantee to someone else it probably means...
CSB Issues Safety Alert Regarding Emergency Pressure Relief Systems
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued a safety alert regarding emergency pressure relief systems as the agency is continuing to see them playing their part in major chemical incidents. Who is the CSB? The CSB is an independent federal agency who investigates the...