Tactical Chemical Agents Use by Law Enforcement
Do We Need to Warn or Not? Article courtesy of Mike Forbes, SDSD The Issue is what duty do we have as a law enforcement agency after we used tear gas in a structure to clean up the residual agent? The...
View ArticlePolicy and Procedure According to Cal OSHA
By John Gargiulo, EIA Senior Loss Prevention Specialist I recently attended a seminar hosted by the Sacramento Valley Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and one of the subjects...
View ArticleFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Smartphone App
With the recent storm related activity on the East Coast of the United States we should all take pause to evaluate our own state of emergency preparedness. It is that preparedness effort that may make...
View ArticleReporting a Serious Injury, Illness, or Death
Many of us know that as California based employers you have a responsibility to contact Cal/OSHA to report any serious injury, illness, or death (Title 8, Section 342). Even though Title 8, Section 330...
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Implementing New Global Harmonization Standard Changes
The United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) has been adopted by Fed/OSHA. Cal/OSHA has not yet changed its standard, but it is an item on the 2013...
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App Turns Smartphone into Sound Level Meter
Smart Tools Co. had developed a suite of tools that may be useful to the Loss Prevention/Safety professional. One of the most interesting is the Sound Level Meter (SLM) application for Android devices....
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Cal/OSHA Adopts New Global Harmonization Standard Changes
As the EIA reported in March, the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) has been adopted by Fed/OSHA. On May 6th, Cal/OSHA also adopted the...
View ArticleHealth and Safety: Smartphone and Tablet Applications
From time to time the Health and Safety professional may find themselves in need of converting units of measurement. The use of these smartphone and tablet applications may be useful to accomplish that...
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OSHA Releases Revised Hazard Communications Training Fact Sheet
In June, the EIA reported that the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) had been adopted by Fed/OSHA. On May 6th, Cal/OSHA also adopted the system...
View ArticleOSHA Increases Focus on Outdated Permissible Exposure Limits
In what has to be the first sign that the federal government truly recognizes the problem of outdated Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs), Federal OSHA has begun an effort to provide more guidance and...
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