6/14/2021 Well, it looks like the Summer months have arrived. We passed the unofficial beginning of Summer on Memorial Day and the official beginning is one week away, and now extreme heat has gripped many parts of the Nation. One of the industrial hygiene tools used to assess worker heat Read more…
2/7/2011 Bbbbbrrrrrr! “But baby it’s COLD outside!” Is that ever an understatement! That line from the famous Christmas song (performed by such greats as Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Elle Fitzgerald and Bart’s sister, Jessica Simpson) was never as true as this past week. It was COLD – dangerously cold. Temperatures Read more…
7/6/2020 Make sure we have plenty of water available and if anyone feels a little exhausted or dizzy, let your team lead or fellow employees know and seek some shade and rest. Heat stress is nothing to fool with. Every year we hear about unfortunate outcomes of people not taking Read more…
1/14/2019 Many years ago, I found myself working outdoors in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan (aka the UP) in the middle of Winter. At this time in my life I was living in Southern California and hadn’t experienced snow or cold weather since my youth in New York. What a shock Read more…
11/30/2015 Many years ago, I was working at a remediation site when the first cold weather that announced winter hit us. We had our tailgate meeting and, of course, because of the obvious changed weather, we discussed the importance of staying warm. Topics such as wearing appropriate clothing (wearing layers Read more…