by Bill Taylor, CSP | Sep 29, 2016 |
Last year, OSHA issued the confined space standard for the construction industry (1926 Subpart AA). With a few exceptions, the standard is nearly identical to the general industry standard (1910.146). After all, why re-invent the wheel? But out of necessity, there had...
by Bill Taylor, CSP | Sep 20, 2016 |
Since 1993, I have been a student of OSHA’s confined space standard (29 CFR 1910.146) and it seems that with every passing day, I discover something new and intriguing. We all know that the OSHA definition of a confined space is: A space large enough and so configured...
by Greg Lathan | Sep 15, 2016
Health hazards associated with airborne asbestos exposure were originally known to impact workers involved in building trades, the maritime industry, mining, and the manufacturing/processing of products which contained asbestos. Three of the major adverse health...
by J. Lindsay Cook, CIH, CSP | Sep 8, 2016 |
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has been an issue for literally hundreds of years. In fact, Ben Franklin was an early air quality expert. Franklin once wrote, “I am persuaded that no common air from without is so unwholesome as the air in a closed room that has been often...
