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iSi Celebrates Career of Founder Karma Mason

iSi Celebrates Career of Founder Karma Mason

On February 20, iSi held an event to salute the career of Karma Mason, iSi’s long time President, COO, and co-owner, who is retiring from full-time duties. Karma started iSi with her husband Gary Mason, iSi’s CEO, in 1990.  They built iSi from their dining room table...

Machine Guarding Real Focus of Renewed OSHA Emphasis Program

Machine Guarding Real Focus of Renewed OSHA Emphasis Program

OSHA has updated and renewed its National Emphasis Program on amputations in manufacturing facilities.  With this emphasis, OSHA will be targeting manufacturers and industrial facilities, with a focus on machine guarding and lockout-tagout. Who’s On the List? Machine...

EPA Rule Adds PFAS Chemicals to the TRI Report

EPA Rule Adds PFAS Chemicals to the TRI Report

EPA has added certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals which need to be tracked annually on your EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) report (below).   This rule is effective 1/1/2020, so you’ll need to start tracking and collecting...

EPA Finalizes Aerosol Can Universal Waste Regulation

EPA Finalizes Aerosol Can Universal Waste Regulation

As we first reported here in April 2018, and is now final, EPA is allowing generators to handle aerosol cans as a universal waste rather than a hazardous waste.   The rule becomes effective February 7, 2020. The final rule looks a bit different than the proposed...

OSHA’s New Weighted System for Inspection Priorities

OSHA’s New Weighted System for Inspection Priorities

News to your inbox! We cover OSHA, EPA and DOT regulations news & best practices each week.  Subscribe to our blog today! OSHA’s fiscal year has started and with the new year comes a new system for weighting their priorities for inspections. This OSHA...

Shelbye Smith Receives Promotion

Shelbye Smith Receives Promotion

iSi is pleased to announce the promotion of Shelbye Smith, SPHR to the Chief Culture and Talent Officer at iSi.  Shelbye has been with iSi for 16 years, where she primarily has served as both the Human Resources Manager and Risk Manager.“This promotion is a...

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