Diesel Fuel Contamination
Maintaining diesel fuel quality, preventing diesel fuel contamination and assuring cleanliness has never been easy. To give you an idea of how long the industry has been dealing with this issue, a...
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EPA Proposes New Rules – Hazardous Waste Management
EPA Proposes Rules to Improve Hazardous Waste Management and Better Protect our WaterwaysNew Rules Also Reduce Regulatory Burden on Businesses
Toxic Mold – Moldy, The Movie
2015 New Underground Storage Tank Regulations
The EPA has issued 2015 New Underground Storage Tank Regulations and the 2015 state program approval regulation. The revisions strengthen the 1988 federal underground storage tank (UST) regulations...
OSHA Adds Safety Hazards for Healthcare
OSHA adds key hazards for investigators' focus in healthcare inspections
Employers must post 300A injury/illness summary from February through April
OSHA is reminding covered employers to post OSHA's Form 300A, which summarizes the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2014 and were logged on OSHA's Form 300, the...
New reporting requirements go into effect January 1
Beginning January 1, 2015, there will be a change to what covered employers are required to report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Employers will now be required to report all...
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
By now, most of us have been impacted in one way or another by “distracted driving”. A commonly accepted definition of “distracted” is “any activity that could divert a person's attention away from...
Hazard Communication: Workers must be trained by Dec. 1, 2013
OSHA's updated Hazard Communication Standard provides a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information on labels and safety data sheets. The first deadline...
Safety 2013: OSHA Administrator Michaels Calls I2P2 “Highest Priority”
During a plenary session at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2013 conference, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels discussed his second term leading the agency and his hopes...