Is your Health & Safety training up to date? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), here are the top 10 most frequently cited standards that were violated by companies in fiscal year 2019. Fall protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) Hazard communication standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.14

Most storm water permit holders have permits that are for “Storm Water Discharges Not Associated with Special-Use Areas.” However, others have a stormwater permit for “Storm Water Discharges Associated with Special-Use Areas.” The difference is that the latter has provisions for completing a Short Term Storm Water Characterization Study (STSWCS). The STSWCS is additional monitoring requirements for a facility that requests authorization to discharge storm water from designate

Individuals with hearing loss constitute the single largest disability group in America and noise is the number one cause of hearing loss. Nearly 30 million workers are exposed to noise levels that are potentially hazardous to their hearing. The most common effect of sudden and very high noise levels is chronic damage to the inner ear that results in a gradual hearing loss. The damage is permanent and may not be noticed until the loss of hearing is severe. Although not as dr

Amendments to the generator hazardous waste rules were officially filed with the Michigan Department of State in late July and these new hazardous waste rules became effective on August 3, 2020. So what are these changes and how do they affect you? These revisions address the following subject areas: Generator improvements rule (GIR) (81 Federal Register (FR) 85732, November 28, 2016) Exports/imports (81 FR 85696, November 28, 2016 and 82 FR 60894, December 26, 2017) E-manif

Some bulk gasoline terminals and most all pipeline breakout stations have emergency relief tanks that are only used when there is over-pressurization in a pipeline that needs to be relieved. Also known as surge control tanks, these emergency relief tanks typically do not store product very often (if ever), so why are they regulated the same as a gasoline storage tank that receives product from a pipeline? Well, actually they are not regulated the same way. The gasoline distr