Thursday, July 21, 2016
online (e-learning) RRP Refresher Lead Safety Training Course - Planning Ahead
Per EPA Renovation Repair & Painting Rule, an US EPA accredited training provider is not allowed to provide the online (e-learning) RRP Refresher Lead Safety Training Course certificate to students whose Certified Renovator certificates have expired.
If planned correctly the online (e-learning) RRP Refresher Lead Safety Training Course without hands-on will save contractor(s) money and time. However, as several students found out, PHS is not able to issue the Certified Renovator certificates without a current previous RRP Initial or Refresher Lead Safety Training Course with Hands-on. More information for registration is available on how to register for online (e-learning) RRP Refresher Lead Safety Training Course by clicking here.
We look forward in sharing our wealth of experience and knowledge in the lead safety training in this e-learning RRP Certified Renovator course.
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PHS online Lead Safety Training (e-learning Certified Renovator Refresher Course)
Public Health and Safety, Inc. online e-learning Certified Renovator refresher course is available online. Students may take the course on their time schedule. Based on the experience of the students that took the class, the lessons learned are summarized on this webpage presented here.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
OSHA Announces New Silica Rules
The final rule comes in two parts: one for the construction industry, which takes effect on June 23, 2017, and another for general and maritime industries, which kicks in the following year. In addition to limiting exposure to dust, employers will also be required to provide medical exams once every three years for some workers, and to keep records of instances in which workers are exposed to silica.
The revisions have been years in the making. Silica dust, which can scar lungs and cause diseases such as silicosis and cancer, is produced in a variety of ways in the construction industry — by workers cutting stone and masonry products, for example, and by those working in some manufacturing jobs that use sand. More than 2 million workers in the U.S. are exposed to silica dust, and Labor Secretary Tom Perez said that scientists have known for decades that rules established in the early 1970s were too lax. "We've known for over 40 years that it needed to be strengthened, and it has taken 40 years to strengthen it," Perez told NPR of the exposure limit. "Many people who are going to work right now and breathing unacceptable levels of silica dust are in for a brighter future."
OSHA says that most employers will be able to limit exposure to dust by using widely available equipment that uses water to prevent dust from becoming airborne or ventilation equipment to capture it. The agency also said that it made a number of revisions in the proposed regulation that lessened the burden on employers. The final rule requires employers to:
Provide engineering controls (such as ventilation or water) and adopt work practices to limit exposure
Provide respiratory protection when controls are not capable of limiting exposures to PEL.
Limit access to areas where exposure to dust is likely to be high.
Train workers and provide medical exams to workers who are exposed to high levels of dust.
OSHA added that "a table of specified controls" is included in the rule to make it easier for construction employers, especially small employers, to comply with the regulations without having to monitor exposures. This information is contained in what OSHA calls Table 1 in the final rule. For example, when the employee is using a stationary masonry saw with an integrated system that continuously feeds water to the blade (such as a wet saw for tile), no required respiratory protection is required.
The rule also spells out requirements for workers using handheld saws to cut fibercement board, walkbehind saws, and a variety of other tools and equipment. OSHA spokesman Brian Hawthorne said that the agency heard employers "loud and clear" when they said that they wanted an uncomplicated means of compliance, so OSHA compiled a list of common tasks and how workers should be protected. That list became Table 1.
Hawthorne also encouraged employers to contact their local OSHA offices, where they would find staffers "briefed and available" to help them be ready when the rule takes effect in June 2017.
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Mesothelioma Resources Page
HOW MESOTHELIOMA AFFECTS YOUR BODY
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Chicago Tribune Lead Poisoning Article
We are enclosing this article that Ran in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, December 31, 2015.
When Lanice Walker moved in 2012 from public housing to a private rental in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, she thought she finally had secured a safe, cozy place for her family to live.
apps.chicagotribune.com
Lead poisoning is still common among children in some parts of Chicago, though the city's overall rate has plummeted. See how your neighborhood rates.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Our Training and Consulting Services on our E-Store
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Asbestos Worker Refresher
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Asbestos Contractor Supervisor Refresher
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Asbestos Management Planner Refresher
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Polish Asbestos Worker Refresher
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Renovation Repair and Painting Refresher
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Renovation Repair and Painting Refresher (Hands-on & Final Exam Portion)
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Renovation Repair and Painting Initial - EPA Sponsored (Free) - NOT AVAILABLE
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OSHA 30-Hr Training
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OMEGA Green HEPA Abatement Vacuum
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
EPA TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT PUBLIC FROM HARMFUL LEAD EXPOSURE
Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC Settlement
Release Date: 04/17/2014
Contacts: EPA Press Office Contact Information, General Information: (202) 564-4355;Julia Valentine, Press Officer, valentine.julia@epa.gov, (202) 564-0496
Program Contact Information, Morgan Rog, Attorney, rog.morgan@epa.gov, (202) 564-7109
(WASHINGTON - April 17, 2014) – Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform work minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The company will also pay a $500,000 civil penalty, which is the largest ever for violations of the RRP Rule.
This announcement is linked by clicking here.
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