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What is a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

What is a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

If your company plans to purchase, manage, lease, or sell a piece of commercial property, the phrase “Phase I Environmental Site Assessment” is bound to come up, and if it doesn’t, it should, because it’s key to limiting your risk with the transaction. What’s a Phase...

2020 ERG – Emergency Response Guidebook Updates

2020 ERG – Emergency Response Guidebook Updates

Don't miss upcoming EHS news!  Sign up to receive our blog via email weekly! Download a pdf copy of these changes that you can share with your team!Purchase a copy of the 2020 ERG from our online store!The new 2020 version of the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is...

DOT Hazardous Materials Registrations Due July 1

DOT Hazardous Materials Registrations Due July 1

If your company ships or transports hazardous materials, including hazardous waste, you are required to register for a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) number. These registrations are due for renewal annually and the payments are due before July 1. DOT...

iSi Summer Safety Toolbox: Staying Hydrated

iSi Summer Safety Toolbox: Staying Hydrated

Dehydration can be a common cause of heat illness. Maintaining hydration is important, even if you don’t feel thirsty. Drinking water or electrolyte drinks are highly preferred to sugary and heavily caffeinated drinks. OSHA recommends drinking small amounts of cool...

COVID-19: A Potential OSHA Recordable Illness

COVID-19: A Potential OSHA Recordable Illness

UPDATED 5/22/20 Recently published guidance from OSHA clarifies that workplace-contracted COVID-19 can be a recordable illness.  That is, a recordable if it was contracted as a result of work duties. Illnesses such as the flu and colds have always been, and continue...

COVID Complaints: Will You Be Inspected by OSHA?

COVID Complaints: Will You Be Inspected by OSHA?

​Updated 5/22/2020 With tensions somewhat high about the COVID-19 pandemic, OSHA has experienced quite an increase in the number of whistleblower complaints from workers. As a result, OSHA has published some enforcement guidance to their inspectors on how to handle...

Return to Work Building Issues: Stagnant Water

Return to Work Building Issues: Stagnant Water

Legionnaires, Heavy Metals Among the Hazards That Could Affect Your Building's Water System Safety As we all prepare to return to work, we may find additional hazards lurking in our buildings if they have been closed up or have had limited occupancy due to stay at...

Bleach Safety

Bleach Safety

With the spread of COVID-19, businesses and households are looking for ways to clean and sanitize surfaces, and bleach is one of those cleaners that experts have deemed acceptable.  Before you begin, please review these bleach safety tips to ensure you and your...

12 Tasks for Safety Managers Working From Home

12 Tasks for Safety Managers Working From Home

Many in the U.S. are under stay at home orders, encouraged to work from home where possible. Although many manufacturing facilities are considered essential and still open, safety managers and their support staff do not always need to be onsite. With your routine...

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