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3/5/2013
The Challenge of Fall Protection
For the past twenty years, fatalities related to falls have consistently ranked in the top four causes of workplace deaths. The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to protect their employees from recognized hazards that may result in death or serious physical harm and to comply with OSHA standards. So which standards might the employer need to consider in addressing workplace fall protection....
2/26/2013
Managing Hazardous Waste as Used Oil
In general, the EPA does not consider used oils to be hazardous waste. In establishing proper management standards for these wastes, the EPA presumed that recycling, from re-refining to burning as fuel, would occur. The used oil rules at 40 CFR 279 are less burdensome than the hazardous waste regulations (40 CFR 260-270). In some circumstances, the EPA even allows...
2/19/2013
How to Classify Hazmat That Changes Its Characteristics
2/12/2013
Greenhouse Gas Reports Due March 31st!
The 2013 submission deadline for 40 CFR 98, more commonly called “the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule,” is fast approaching. Unlike 2011 and 2012, in which the reporting deadlines were pushed back to September due to technology issues, this year the EPA requires reports be submitted by...
2/5/2013
Transitioning to OSHA’s New GHS Rules
1/29/2013
Understanding Your Generator Status
Any person who produces hazardous waste or causes hazardous waste to become subject to regulation is a generator of hazardous waste. Waste can be produced by industrial processes or through recycling and waste treatment. Wastes can become subject to regulation without actually being produced through the closure of a process or facility or the cleanup...
1/22/2013
New Requirements for Limited Quantities & Consumer Commodities
1/15/2013
Prepare Your Tier II Reports Now: March Deadline
1/8/2013
OSHA’s Yearly Summary of Injury and Illness
EHS managers nationwide have just three more weeks to complete and post their organizations’ annual OSHA 300-A Summary Forms. Formally known as the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, this form must be completed no later than February 1 and posted in...
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