Notwithstanding the claims promoted by many companies of their million upon millions of hours of work done without a loss time incident, we are all very much aware that accidents happen. (If interested on my thoughts on the incident reporting scam please read this blog post – Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Loss Time Injuries).Accidents […]
Category Archives: Worker Safety
Out-of-Site, Out-of-Mind – Leaks from Buried Concrete Structures
In my last blog post I discussed the issue of vapor instruction into buildings from subsurface sources, namely contaminated underlying soils and groundwater. In the article, I want to go into a bit more detail on one of the more common sources of site soil and groundwater contamination – that of leaks from underground structures […]
Vapor Intrusion in the Workplace
I have previously discussed volatile compounds that are generated in the workplace from day-to-day activities and the hazards that they can pose to workers –Volatile Compounds in the Workplace: Part 1 VOCs. But, there is another less obvious source of volatile compounds in the workplace, and from my experience a source that is seldom considered […]
Wacky HSE Regulations from Around the World – Part 2: Growing Pains
In last week’s blog post I discussed, what I term, HSE first-world problems – regulations that are overly complex that feed an industry of consultants, lawyers and bureaucrats with no approachable benefits to worker health or safety or environmental protection.Unfortunately, these overly complex HSE regulations are not a characteristic of only developed nations; there are […]
Wacky HSE Regulations from Around the World – Part 1: First-World Problems
In this blog post I want to explore some of the more interesting, strange, and downright wacky HSE laws and regulations that are in effect in various countries around the world.But, at the outset. Let me state that I have a lot of respect for the people involved in developing HSE regulations. I have had […]