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NOVEMBER 2020

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Protecting against workplace violence during COVID

During the COIVD-19 pandemic, there have been many reports of angry arguments between people who don’t want to wear masks or practice social distance and retail staff members trying to enforce local requirements. Some of these confrontations escalate to violence. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide formal guidelines to retail businesses, offering ways for protecting workers by “Limiting Workplace Violence Associated with COVID-19 Prevention Policies in Retail and Services Businesses.” 

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Recent blogs

 
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Health & Safety
OSHA requirements for workplaces exit routes

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) generally requires employers to ensure that employees (and other occupants of your workplace) have adequate and safe routes to leave work areas during fires and similar emergencies. OSHA presents these requirements in its Exit Routes Standard (29 CFR 1910.36 – 1910.37), with tie-ins to its emergency action plan and fire prevention plan standards (29 CFR 1910.38 and 1910.39). The following discussion summarizes the Exit Routes Standard.

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Environment
California Adopts Universal Wastes Rules For Photovoltaics
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) established waste management rules for solar photovoltaic modules, to become effective on January 1, 2021. These rules are adopted under the state Hazardous Waste Control Law (HWCL), applying “universal waste” authority permissible under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RCRA regulations.
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Environment
EPA revises regulatory methodology for determining whether source modifications trigger “new” source review

When are changes to an existing system so extensive that they produce a “new” system? This question is conceptually important in any evolving organization, and can have important regulatory consequences if requirements for “existing” systems are substantially different than those for “new” systems.

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Health & Safety
Chemical Safety Board issues review of combustible dust hazards and management

The federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board – which usually refers to itself as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB -- has issued guidance on the hazards of explosive and combustible dust. The report is intended to identify the key barriers to improvement in the control and mitigation of combustible dust hazards.

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Recent updates

 

Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

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2020 EHS Audit Protocol for Ireland

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2020 EHS Audit Protocol for Alberta, Canada

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Federal Regulatory Training Requirements Compliance
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OSHA Auditing: Federal Compliance Guide: Facilities

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