The Phylmar Group

Lockout/Tagout Written Program
Lockout/Tagout Program Overview
Lockout/Tagout Skills Survey
Lockout Tagout Program Review Checklist
Lockout/Tagout Annual Verification Checklist
Lockout/Tagout Third Party Compliance Review Checklist

Confined Space Entry Written Program
Confined Space Entry Permit
Confined Space Entry Inventory Form
Confined Space Entry Supervisor Checklist
Confined Space Entry Annual Program Review Checklist
Confined Space Entry Third Party Compliance Review Checklist

The Phylmar Group, Inc.
1) Objectives
Develop a system to select and prioritize sites for environmental, health, and safety (EHS) audits
Why?
- Cannot audit all operations
- Need to set priorities based on risk management concepts
System should:
- Apply standard criteria to all sites and prioritization decisions
- Generate reproducible results
- Consider quantitative and qualitative data
2) System Concepts
System rates each audit site according to types of risk….
- Inherent risk (IR): fixed due to nature of operations
- Manageable risk (MR): changeable due to management
…..and risk control activities
- Risk control (RC): EHS programs
Audit site rating is derived from …

McDaniel Lambert, Inc.
Introduction
As the title of this paper indicates, we intend to discuss the requirement for communicating worst case scenarios under the EPA’s recent Risk Management Plan rule. Over the course of the paper, however, you’ll probably notice that we are also discussing a few things, which–at first glance–don’t seem to fit into a worst case scenario. In fact, many of the things we describe might seem more ordinary than catastrophic. What’s so bad, you might soon be asking–much less “worst case”–about a 20-year-old state law, some dead trees, and …

EORM
Semiconductor Industrial Hygiene Monitoring: New Challenges and a Few Old Favorites in the World of Hazard Identification and Exposure Evaluation
Abstract
What are the industrial hygiene concerns in a basic semiconductor fabrication facility? This paper highlights key industrial hygiene monitoring strategies for selected normal production operations and maintenance tasks. Monitoring for airborne and surface chemicals, ionizing radiation, radiofrequency and microwave radiation, ultraviolet and infrared light, static magnetic fields, and ventilation effectiveness is discussed. Areas of traditional industrial hygiene focus, such as photolithography, are addressed, with an emphasis on best available assessment approaches. …

The Phylmar Group, Inc.
ABSTRACT
This study describes a comparison of worker exposure to total and inhalable dust, inorganic arsenic, and borates using two types of particulate sampling assemblies as part of a comprehensive industrial hygiene evaluation in a borate mining and processing facility. Employees were segmented into similar exposure groups (SEG) based on work location within the facility, job classification, and type of chemical agent. Approximately 10% of the employees from each SEG wore two personal sampling devices simultaneously for the purpose of collecting total and inhalable particulate fractions using a …

INTRODUCTION
People have had concerns about indoor environmental quality (”IEQ”) and workplace-related illnesses for decades. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, the general public has become much more sensitive to these issues and much more demanding with respect to their indoor environment. At the same time, the indoor environmental quality in many buildings has declined due to the increased use of office products and building materials that emit air contaminants, the reduction of outside air ventilation for energy conservation and cutbacks in the amount of building maintenance owing to reduced budgets. …

by Judy K. Bell, CEM
Disaster Survival Planning Network
Living in Southern California means always being prepared for “The Big One”. At home, school, or work, you and your family should have a plan. Know what each of you will do, and how you will be reunited. Establish an out-of-area contact who can be called to relay information. Have each family member carry the contact number with them. Select a safe alternate meeting place in the event your home is unsafe or inaccessible.
For parents…
* Know what plans the school has made to …

by Judy K. Bell, CEM
Disaster Survival Planning Network
How effective is the hazard reduction program in your organization? Most groups discover that they haven’t maintained their program after the latest earthquake. Then everyone scrambles to order more securing devices that may or may not actually get installed, depending on the amount of time that lapses between the last shaker, the funding request, and the maintenance crew’s workload.
How can you break this cycle? Make your hazard reduction program a part of your ongoing Injury and Illness Prevention Program. In California, all organizations …

by Judy K. Bell, CEM
Disaster Survival Planning Network
In today’s business environment, communications and information technology equipment transcend all organizational boundaries. Plans to restore both need to be an integral part of every organization’s business recovery plans. Some businesses believe they cannot afford the time to create recovery plans, then find out later that they cannot continue to operate when disaster does strike. Take the time now to build an effective communications plan.
Step 1: Inventory Existing Communications
Begin by taking an inventory of all existing communications at each location, as well as …