Now that Cal/OSHA and the Board have moved on from the two-year COVID-19 regulation, the focus is now on the development of an Infectious Disease rule for General Industry. Stakeholders were surprised to hear at the November 2022 Board meeting that the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has already developed a draft which …
By: Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
Many of you are likely among the more than 30 million users of the global phenomenon ChatGPT (which gets roughly five million visits a day), an artificial intelligence chatbot released free to the public last November 30 by the small San Francisco AI company OpenAI. Try it out at …
On March 4, 2022, the Board published the first set of proposed revisions to the First Aid in General Industry and Construction standards. On October 12, 2022, additional changes were published in a 15-Day Notice of Proposed Modifications. Revisions to First Aid requirements were originally prompted by a Board decision in 2011 to grant …
By Dave Johnson
EHS professionals have gotten the word for years in books, articles, conferences, webinars, podcasts and social media platforms. Build up your people skills and professional networks. Go out of your way to make contacts. Get exposure. Collaborate more. This is how the profession gains visibility and credibility.
Pros have been schooled in …
“The PFAS issue is analogous to climate change,” says Nathaniel Sponsler, director of the Apparel and Footwear International Restricted Substances List Management Group (AFIRM). AFIRM is one of three Phylmar Group® www.phlymar.com professional forums that bring EHS and sustainability professionals together to share best practices in workplace safety and product stewardship. AFIRM www.afirm-group.com was established …
By Dave Johnson, ISHN Editor-at-Large
“Americans sure are angry these days,” states a 2021 article.in Mother Jones magazine.
Another talks of the country’s “collective rage.”
Anger is on the rise across U.S. society. The Covid-19 pandemic is an obvious contributing factor. A 2020 global study found healthcare professionals were roughly 50 percent more likely …
Filing a lawsuit is supposedly as American as a Big Mac®. The Seventh Amendment enshrines the right to a jury trial,” …where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved….” American culture is full of depictions of civil suits, from Judge Judy’s reality TV courtroom to …
On November 2, 2021, the EPA announced a proposed rule aimed at reducing methane emissions from oil and gas sources. The proposed rule is part of the Biden Administration’s U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan, which was simultaneously unveiled by the EPA …
The wide-ranging package of Democratic social spending priorities that passed the House in November and is pending in the Senate would increase the maximum penalty to $70,000 for a serious workplace violation and to $700,000 for a willful or repeated violation. The current top fines for those …
California considers ranking heat waves after investigation of extreme heat deaths |
| California could become the first state in the nation to adopt a ranking system for heat waves, much the way meteorologists categorize hurricanes. Legislation announced by state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara would create a system to warn communities of potentially deadly heat and encourage |
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