by Greg Lathan | Sep 24, 2020
The pandemic has disrupted life as we know it and caused restrictions on public gatherings. How can Environmental, Energy, Health & Safety professionals learn from each other, and exchange ideas? For 2020, The North Carolina Manufacturers Associations (NCMA) is...
by Greg Lathan | Sep 17, 2020 |
by Greg LathanPresident This article is the third in The EI Group’s blog series which has focused on field lessons learned during six months of occupational COVID-19 screening of over 145,000 employees as they arrived to work in their vehicles at manufacturing,...
by Greg Lathan | Sep 10, 2020
by Greg LathanPresident This article is the second in a three part series which focuses on field lessons learned during 6 months of screening over 140,000 employees from their vehicles as they entered work. EI’s vehicular screening process is modeled after the New...
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Sep 3, 2020 |
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-APVice President, Energy and Environmental ServicesTesting wastewater for the presence of pathogens as a surveillance tool has been used by for many years (Poliovirus and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as an example). This public...
by Greg Lathan | Aug 27, 2020
Greg LathanPresident When news was released in January that Wuhan, China was impacted by the coronavirus, EI immediately launched a series of weekly educational blogs highlighting specific occupational health (OH) and industrial hygiene (IH) measures aimed at...
by Jonathan Poole | Aug 18, 2020
by Jonathan PooleSenior EHS Consultant There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic deserves the attention and resources it continues to receive in the American workplace. Numerous EHS managers who built their careers on anticipating the unexpected wonder how...
by Phillip C. Fincher, CIH, CSP | Jul 23, 2020
by Phillip C. Fincher, CIH, CSPSenior Vice President, Health & Safety EI continues to closely monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and provide our clients and the general public with current, relevant guidance based on our experience with Occupational Health,...
by Eric Cureton | Jul 7, 2020
Beginning this month, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will launch a new statewide lead hazard reduction program. This $5.6 million grant award will provide lead paint remediation services to income-qualified families across the...
by Bill Taylor, CSP | Jun 23, 2020
On April 10, 2020, OSHA issued a memorandum which relaxed the rules for recording cases of COVID-19 on the OSHA 300. EI first reported on this topic back on April 15, 2020. More recently, OSHA issued another memorandum intended to provide guidance for compliance...
by Greg Lathan | Jun 17, 2020
Greg LathanPresident In the early 1970s, OSHA was established by the Federal government to prevent work related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Given the comprehensive nature of OSHA compliance and the lack of familiarity by manufacturing company management...
