OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has been working to reduce workplace injuries and fatalities since the 1970s through training and safety standards. OSHA has a summary of the training requirements, and through the OSHA 10-Hour and 30-Hour Training classes, you or your team members can complete the training. So, who has to take OSHA Training?...
Read MoreThere are several factors that come into mold starting to form, one of those being warm temperatures. This is why it is important to keep an eye out for mold during the summer months, and even more important to try to prevent it from even having the chance to grow. Let’s take a look at some ways you can prevent mold in your home or office: Use your air...
Read MoreLead Paint – Know the Laws Recently Magnolia Homes, the parent company for the stars from HGTV Fixer Upper, were fined $40,000 by the EPA for mishandling lead paint. In some of their episodes they conduct renovations in homes that have lead paint without adequate lead paint protections. This violates the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Lead Renovation, Repair,...
Read MoreEverywhere you look from television commercials, to magazines and even Facebook, there are articles on weight loss. Some of these diets you’ve probably tried at one time or another. Some of these diets may have seemed to work at first but then you gained the weight right back, even with going to the gym and running each week, So why isn’t anything...
Read MoreIt’s been in the news…harmful levels of mercury vapors have reportedly been released into the air from some athletic polymer floors. From 1960 to 1980 mercury was used in the polymer mixture, as a catalyst, to form a solid rubber flooring mixture. Specifically, it was Phenyl-mercuric-Acetate (PMA) that was used to spread and level the liquid flooring. Known...
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by India Edouard from ZackAcademy.com Earlier this year, OSHA issued a final ruling on its Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Standards. The ruling encompasses revised provisions for fixed ladders, rope descent systems, the design and implementation of fall protection systems, and training on fall hazards. The ruling increases consistency between general...
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