1/25/2021 Often, I have been asked about the noise designations of A-Weighted and C-Weighted measurements. What do these two classifications mean and how do they each relate to our exposures to occupational noise? A-weighting began with the work of two scientists, Harvey Fletcher and Wilden Munson in the 1930’s when Read more…
7/10/2017 It is said that safety doesn’t happen by accident. I know; cute little play on words. The fact is, this is a common safety slogan that can be seen on hard hats, on the door of project trailers or even as a banner as one enters a construction site Read more…
6/19/2017 While there are millions of traffic accidents every year, only a small percentage can be classified as serious; that is, those that result in severe injuries or fatalities. According to data published by the United States Census Bureau, there are generally over 10 million vehicular accidents every year! And Read more…
6/12/2017 Coffee has become big money. Companies like Starbucks and Peet’s (made famous by Judge Ito during the OJ Simpson Trail) are Bullish on the NASDAQ stock market. It’s almost like a Renaissance. Communities in South America, Africa and Indonesia, where the coffee plant thrives, now have viable economies where Read more…
6/12/2017 Coffee has become big money. Companies like Starbucks and Peet’s (made famous by Judge Ito during the OJ Simpson Trail) are Bullish on the NASDAQ stock market. It’s almost like a Renaissance. Communities in South America, Africa and Indonesia, where the coffee plant thrives, now have viable economies where Read more…
6/5/2017 We generally think of fall protection for industrial settings. However, many of the real-life visual effects we marvel at during a theatrical performance may also require fall protection: specifically full body harnesses, lanyards AND anchor points. Without this equipment, along with training and inspections and maintenance, persons that dazzle Read more…
4/10/2017 Antimony – during remediation and environmental investigations, it is one of those metals that is frequently on the list of “contaminants-of-concern” or COCs : Yet most of us know very little about this material. Antimony is a chemical element with the atomic number 51. It’s chemical symbol Sb, which comes Read more…
3/27/2017 Earlier this month there was an article in US Today that told of the dangers of many products on the market that have caused more than 66,000 children – toddlers – to go to the emergency room. These products are nursery products, and, based on the latest injury statistics, Read more…
6/27/2016 We all know that there are a lot of flying, stinging creatures out there in the summer time. Bees (all varieties), hornets and wasps are the most notable. And while we all acknowledge their stinging capabilities, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions regarding their sting and our Read more…
6/16/2016 I would imagine that when most of us think of fire extinguishers (F/Es), we automatically picture that red cylinder which we can pick up in our hands, tear off the plastic tie that secures the metal pin, and when removed, allows us to squeeze the handle (gently and firmly), Read more…