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Hi! We’re having a contractor install vinyl sheet flooring at our bathroom, and it’s time to pick one. With the exception of homogenously colored ones (which the wife detests) there are no PVC free alternatives. So I’m left with choosing the least harmful ones. Anything I should look out for? They’ve all seem to have opted out of phatalates, and use stuff like DINCH. I’m still afraid this could migrate to dust / skin / toys, and that those phatalate substitutes are just as bad as the original chemicals in hindsight. Which PVC “green flags” should I look for in manufacturers of vinyl sheet flooring? Maybe I exaggerate my fears here, but we have a toddler basically living on the floors so I want to be sure it’s safe.

Unless I'm mistaken there is a rule about a room always having to have some lighting even when the main light is turned off.

At my work we had a new cooler installed and in our other coolers when you turn off the main light switch one of the lights stays on to provide emergency lighting, in the new cooler it just goes completely pitch black.

I'm pretty sure there's a regulation saying that's not supposed to do that I just can't find the right combination of keywords to bring it up.

I would like to have the actual citation to bring up to actually get it fixed

In the USA here

I work in the state of Tennessee if that is relevant.

The company I work for is a major paint manufacturer.

Corporate sends employees a series of "classes" to take periodically and one of them just happened to be about transporting hazmat. According to this class, no one is to transport more than 1,000lbs of hazmat unless they have a license with a hazmat certification. No one here has that and we haul 3,600lb containers of hazmat several times a week.

I brought this to my boss's attention and he was defiant about it saying that latex paint isn't hazmat, but I went to the SDS and showed him that the paint we deliver definitely is. Also, the weight limit on our delivery truck is 3000lbs. You almost have to stand on the brakes to get it to stop when we take these containers out for delivery.

And we're also doing pour-offs with this paint that has an exclamation mark and a health hazard placard on the cans. I've been in this industry a very long time and I've always been told that it was illegal to transfer hazmat to a different container.

Management, all the way up to the district manager, knows that these things are going on. I'm not sure if I need to call OSHA, the EPA, or both, but I'm already looking for better work.

What do you guys suggest in this situation?

Hey everyone,

I work in a very large maintenance garage as a supervisor (Canada) and I've been tryin to address concerns my techs and I have about getting the floor jacks and jack stands replaced. I've push these concerns up but management wont take it seriously due to cost and nothing has "happened" yet.

Jack stands::

-At least 30 years old that have been painted over multiple times (including capacity limits).

-Due to negligence of getting these replaced, many tech must mix and match different jack stands.

-Saddles are chipped/peened over

-No inspection cycle has been implemented

Floor Jacks:

-Many are 30+ years old.

-Painted over.

-Chipped/bent saddles.

-Chipped castor wheels.

-No inspection cycle implemented

I'm fed up with the inaction over this and I know that these issues will lead to an eventual accident but I cant find any specific laws or regulations that I could use to force management to address this.

So if anyone out there could help me find actual safety regulations (preferably Ontario/Canada but any recognized standards) I and my techs will greatly appreciate it!

Thank you,

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I work in a foodservice warehouse, we ship lots of chicken. Some of the boxes we receive from vendors have a tendency to leak, and recently one of our machines hit a patch and slid into a rack, causing significant damage. Any recommendations for containment in slots? Looking for something that would contain the leak and prevent it from pooling in the aisle

I work for the county and I'm curious to know if there are any laws relating to safety. For reference, I am in the state of PA. The office environment is extremely dirty! Some issues are:

Floor outlet plates (the covers that go over outlets in the floor) are not set in properly, it's a trip hazard, I've stepped on them a few times when I started and nearly tripped. No hot water in the bathroom Broken office chairs (arms are wobbly, wheels won't move, backs go way back when you sit in them, ripped material) No drinking water available (unless you use the bathroom sink!) Microwave/toaster in one side of the office next to desk and close to areas where mice can come in contact No first aid kit available Electrical wires and extension cords running everywhere, some look frayed The carpet never gets vacuumed or cleaned and has staples embedded in it.

Believe it or not, they're all remote employees, therefore ideally we will complete this electronically/online.

Not only are safety guides poorly implemented, they are totally useless.

You are just required to teach the workers the basic concept of ability vs load and adaptation to it, that if the activity requires more endurance than you actually have (repeated stress), tissue damage will occur, and that if activity requires more strength than you actually have (high stress), tissue damage will occur. If the activity is slowly pushed towards where the strength/endurance ends, adaptation will occur, if done too fast too soon, tissue damage will occur. And then you could go onto how to increase strength, like by musculoskeletal adaptation, or having a proper posture etc and that The adaptation property also depends on the amount of sleep, diet, and mental health.

From these basic laws, workers will automatically be able to derive what activity is fine and which isn’t.

But rather than teaching the basics and then optionally getting onto its applications, some random applications are listed while basics of injury mechanism are not cleared. No structure at all.

With dumb shit like “use handles to lift, not hands”. All these applications without clearing the basics. Infact, for an individual with different musculoskeletal structure, lifting with handles might be more appropriate, it all boils down to which movement is comfortable to be perform and how much ability that person has.

I did not know any of this. I did not know repeated activity led to muscle fatigue which caused higher stress on joints and make them degenerate; and am now suffering.

All because of who?

Because of this ignorant human nature that doesn’t know “how to think”, have no structure, and have no common sense. Even govt health manuals are just like that.

It’s not even about basics, just give principles that are complete and cover almost everything rather than giving very precise application of no use. Principles can exist without being basic. A person can construct a balanced diet without knowing the basics of biochemistry or nutrition but just by the principles that it should include 4 food groups which are meat, dairy, grains, fruits/vegetables. Rather than spitting out random facts that have weightage of 1%.

I didn’t know whole body vibration while driving forklift or using my hand muscles on phone for long time without rest would cause me joint problems. I was given no manual.

Nobody is given any manual, it’s so simple, just create a health manual of 10 pages and circulate it everywhere. Put the pdf link of it on public sign boards and newspapers. It would include everything from biomechanics, diet, and mental health. Just informing on the art of CBT where a person questions his own assumptions and thoughts to get out of a suffering that does not even exist would go a long way. Would improve quality of life of people and the society. But they’d rather invest millions on projects like workplace safety live classes where they do not teach even 1% of what they could have by just giving 1 paragraph of basics and to just 0.001% of the population, rather than just circulating a pdf link worth a dollar or two to affect 100% of the population . And even when they are, in 1% of the situations where they are employed into a construction or lifting job, the quality of manual is unstructured and thus useless.

Treating the symptom won’t treat the cause, the cause is “ignorance”, and this is just one symptom of it. How ignorance causes damage to everyone in the society is an endless list, which goes out of the scope of this subreddit so I won’t include it here.

I have completed my certificate IV and considering doing my diploma next. Should i be applying for administration workplace health & safety roles? I have applied for safety officer roles that say you need a cert IV minimum but never get calls back because I have no experience. My end goal is to get a job as a safety officer. Any tips or guidance please ?

Not much to add on the title. Would be pumping insulating oil from tankers into storage vessels before it gets shipped off to the companies reclamation facilities. Stripping electrical cables, cleaning PCB contaminated electrical infrastructure and whatever else goes on in these plants. Anything I should be aware of? Besides the obvious "Don't do it!". Someone has to do it and I find it interesting.

Im looking to gain a bit of information on what my options are. Currently Im working full time as a firefighter/emt in a very big city, I also served in the Coast Guard for an enlistment. Ive been considering some different routes in my life and I keep finding myself looking into the safety industry. I feel like It could be a way to transfer my current skills into a new profession without completely starting over. I have a bachelors degree in a very unrelated field from before I joined the military in Recreation management, pretty useless but here we are. I am not opposed to going to back school, I have the GI Bill at my disposal. I also have family in the construction industry who are in the trades and a GC management position, so I have a little idea on what goes on in their world.

How am I looking for past experiences to get into these type of roles, assuming I go back to school and get a degree in lets say occupational health and safety? Is that type of degree necessary? What type of salaries can I expect starting out in this field? I get working my way up, what does a entry level role look like?

Hard to see but the water is splashing against the power outlet. This kind of leak is happening on 3 other hoses and have not been fixed for quite some time now. Is their a reason why the hose would be connected to the chemical pump over the top of a power outlet? because every single one is set up like this with the water hose running over the top of them. I also have a video but I can't seem to post with the picture.

the issue is this: we build trusses with robotics and they are placed on a vertical wall. some of these get 30+ feet high. if I have to manually adjust something I go inside a cage and a place a latter against the wall and climb up to make my adjustment.

the problem is that there is nothing other than a track for one of the robots for the ladder to set in. there is nothing anchoring either myself or the ladder to the wall nor do I have a harness. there's nothing to grab onto either. if I grabbed a piece its held on the wall with a set of small spikes attached to a tool that's placed there magnetically.

all it could take is me pulling on a piece of wood thar could cause it to pop out and send my momentum backwards causing me to fall into a bunch of equipment some of which are these jigs that have spikes that can be sticking out. how do I approach this?

I'm a former Ministry of Labour Construction Health and Safety Officer in Toronto Ontario. Throughout my time at the Ministry, I've investigated numerous workplace fatalities and injuries, often leading to legal proceedings against negligent parties.

I've recommended prosecution of both companies and individuals and spent a lot of time in court as a result of those charges.

I've been on the private side for 6 years now working as an executive for a large construction company handling OHS.

Ask me anything and I'll try to keep up.

NOTE: I will not give out personal details about deceased workers.

I work at a starbucks in a major city. When I first started, our store seemed relatively safe with minimal dangerous customer interactions, however that seems to no longer be the case.

In the last year, there’s been several (almost daily) instances where me or my partners were threaten, intimidated, and harassed. We’ve had customers threaten to shoot us and mrder us. We’ve had customers come behind the counter to steal. We’ve also had customers sxually harass our partners.

The worst part is there is a major drug issue in this area. As a shift, i’m constantly forced to deal with situations where a customer is on drugs and is being disruptive and violent, as a person with a parent who has passed from heroin use, this is especially difficult for me and our district manager is aware.

We have customers who do h*roin in the bathroom and leave their needles on the floor. I’ve had customers complain about blood and tiny holes in the toilet paper, i’ve had customers actually walk in on people shooting up in the restroom, as well as people who have actually overdosed and/or passed out in our bathroom.

Again, this is an almost daily occurrence. Management is aware. The most they’ve done is put a code on the bathroom (that we still have to let everyone into)

I am planning on quitting, but I am curious if this qualifies as an OSHA violation? Is there anyone else I can report this too? and is there anything more we can do to ensure our safety, as well as our customers safety?

Thank you!

In Canada, Ontario, is it OK to use cable covers for temporary setups? To hide extension cords, ethernet or long USB cables, etc. and if so, how long are you allowed having them in place? We tape them down and while used to hide cables/make it safer, you can still trip on the cable covers themselves.

Hi,

My friend is interviewing for a Safety administrator position next week. He is from South America and has a degree in Environmental engineering as well as a safety background in his country.

I’m helping him prepare and need some guidance on what types of questions they would ask for this role?

Thanks!

Looking for guidance on creating safe work practices for non-electricians repairing electrical equipment 200kw> which also involves de- energizing breakers.