OSHA Proposes National Worker Heat Stress Rule to Protect Indoor and Outdoor Workers from Extreme Heat
In what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is calling a “significant step toward a federal heat standard to protect workers”, the agency is issuing a Notice of Proposed…
What is Cal OSHA Proposed Rule for Indoor Heat?
Cal OSHA’s newly proposed indoor heat rule, “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” (Title 8, section 3396), has moved closer to approval and has potential for most California employers…
RHP’s Rod Harvey Scheduled to Speak on Occupational Dust Exposure in the Cannabis Industry at the Environmental Risk and PFAS Litigation Conference
RHP Risk Management’s Rod Harvey, P.E., CIH, CSP, CHMM is scheduled to speak at the Perrin Conferences Environmental Risk and PFAS Litigation Conference, June 11-12, 2024 at the NYC Bar…
Understanding Hazard vs. Risk in the Media: Chlormequat in Cereal Grains
How often does the average person calculate a hazard vs. risk? Further, what does risk mean across our everyday decisions? A lineman may define risk as climbing poles to repair high…
RHP’s Ashish Jachak and Frank Pagone Attend 2024 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting
At the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 63rd Annual Meeting we heard about the latest and greatest of science and technology in the field of chemical, regulatory, and academia toxicology while…
Two States Take Steps to Ban PFAS Following US EPA Publishing of Final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS
Rule Summary for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Late last year, on October 11, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting…
ANSI/ASSP Issues First Voluntary Consensus Standard for Construction Workers and Demolition Operations
As the Summer of 2024 approaches, employers in the construction and demolition industries can better prepare by following the newly published heat stress management guidance from the American National Standards…
Maximum Penalties for OSHA Violations Increase: What Does this Mean for Your Business?
The U.S. Department of Labor’s has made changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rules by increasing the maximum civil penalty amounts, and putting business owners at risk for…
RHP’s Ashish Jachak Attends 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) Conference: Highlights Regulatory Landscape of Forever Chemicals and Use of Exposures and Hazards to Guide Smarter Polymers
What I heard at the 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) conference in Washington, D.C. TSCA and Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of Phthalates Kelsey Hendrixson (Noblis) presented a new draft…
2024 AIHA Yuma Pacific Local Section Conference Highlights the Impact of the IH Profession by Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality
RHP Risk Management’s Jacob Persky, MPH, CIH, Ben Heckman, MPH, CIH, and Rod Harvey, P.E., CIH, CSP, CHMM gained valuable industry insights during their recent attendance at the 2024 American…