I'm a house keeper for a lady who lives in her RV she recently has a flood from her black water tank the bathroom the hallway the kitchen and the lower cabinets. She wants me to clean this and continue working there as she claims it's my fault it happened. Is this safe? I'm in no way certified to clean bio hazards but she claims she just emptied the tank before it happened and it's not black water. I also don't clean with bleach as I hate it and I'm told it's the only thing for this?

I'm looking to replace a first aid cabinet in a retail deli which is a high moisture environment the standard painted steel ones rust rapidly.

We tried one of the few plastic ones that are available but they require specially ordered supplies from a particular company to fit in the cutouts that hold the supplies.

I've been looking around and can't seem to find anything that fits the need ideally would be two shelf and wall hangable with the first aid symbol on the box. Needs to be available for order in the USA.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Hey everyone, I am in a unique situation where I need to use a forklift to move something for work, but I am not forklift certified. As I started looking into certifications, I realized that the only person who can certify is an employer, but I work for a law firm so none of us can certify. I was planning on renting a forklift from United Rentals or a similar company, but I am trying to minimize any liability. Do I need to get a certification or some sort of insurance? I know how to operate a forklift and have before but not in a work setting where there is actually possible liability. Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

Occupational Health & Safety or Health, Safety & Environmental Sustainability!!

Hey all! Got a Bachelors in Earth Sciences & a Masters in Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System along with EHS certifications like OSHA 30 hrs., NEBOSH IGC, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and few others as got the recent major chunk of my experience in Occupation Health, Safety & Environmental role in middle east (not from there basically). Just wondering, what is the field's scope in the western world and where you are from, what else can be done to secure a job there. Any input would be greatly appreciated!!

Sorry, I don't know where to asked, but I've been asked how to protect ourselves from GRE?

which GRE i meant? the Glass reinforced epoxy, we have this project where we removing abundant oil tank, and inside have GRE, and there questioning how we protect ourselve from GRE?

I've been searching at google and failed to understand and how harmful it is to us? what sort of PPE should I give to our employer in order to do the job?

I do a part time job where I get paid to go into an apartment by a landlord, formerly rented out to a diagnosed horder and clean it out. Recently, a new tenant has moved in with a dog and we've introduced ourselves. Today, I went in and realized that the lady was not there, but when I went to clean some of the bookshelves, the dog attempted to attack me and I ran.

Is there anything I can do?

I got a forklift certification from compliancetrainingonline.com yesterday. The certificate says it doesn't expire. Is this normal?

Would the authorities consider this practice as unsafe? What is your opinion?

From ages 17-21, years 2015-2019, I worked for my moms boyfriend in residential construction in Utah. I used to frequently wear the 3M 8210 dust masks, I would try to wear safety glasses with them but they would fog up and I eventually stuck to the “run outside for a little bit if there’s too much dust about to go in your eyes” tactic. I didn’t know about anti-fog safety glasses for some reason (laziness because it’s a Google away) and I didn’t wear a serious respirator although I did wear the 3M dust masks with the small filters at the end as well. To make matters worse, I kept a beard because I wanted to seem older and get treated as an older person on the job side (lol.) I definitely was exposed to some level of asbestos, with a good amount of exposure to silica dust, Sheetrock dust and wood dust. My vision was never injured by projectiles or anything like that because I wasn’t doing a lot of work that caused projectiles to fly into my eyes but I was wondering if there can be any lasting effects on my eyes from 4 years of various kinds of dust getting into my eyes. I should add that I always rinsed my eyes out greatly in the shower when I got home from work and not all my jobs consisted of a ton of dust. There were many days when I was just carrying heavy 2x4’s or materials around, digging holes, cleaning up the outside of job sites. I feel pretty stupid for not wearing better masks for certain jobs and not wearing anti-fog safety goggles as I simply didn’t know about them. 5 years after leaving that job, I don’t notice any particular vision or lung problems, but I’m just wondering, based on my frequency of exposure to dust and irritants, what the likelihood of future problems with my lungs or eyes is.

Just dropped a new video on my channel about OSHA inspections:

https://youtu.be/90g0Kh08WFU?si=4CyG7OS7WojFjDgu

Pay wasn't in yet since it's the middle of the month

Hello safety experts,

I need some guidance. I understand that during the closing conference, the inspector will discuss any apparent violations they’ve observed. My question is, after that point, how long does it typically take for the citation to arrive by mail?

I know there’s a 6-month deadline for OSHA to issue citations, but I’m wondering if there’s a general timeframe or pattern to when citations are usually sent. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

in for example the residential alarm industry where you are working with a cordless drill with drill bits and screwdriver bits should toe protection be mandatory? working with ladders means defined-heel is a no brainer requirement but i'm struggling to understand steel toe/composite toe requirements for a field where a cordless drill or impact driver is the heaviest thing you'll ever handle, other than 12-14' collapsible ladder.

is this normal or taking things a bit far? i think one person dropped a drill on their toe and fractured a toe, so i get where it came from, but if an apple employee drops an ipad or macbook on their foot and breaks their toe does that then mean every apple store employee needs ASTM F2413-11 rated safety toe footwear?

hi i hope this is the right sub to ask this in lol. i work at a pizza place (local chain, corporate) and management has repeatedly failed to address a dangerous issue with one of the company cars. basically, there seems to be something wrong with the AC that makes the defroster not work. it spits out moisture instead and sometimes you can actually see the steam coming out of the vents (i don’t really know anything about cars if you can’t tell lol) but this is obviously incredibly dangerous

tonight, i was driving on an unfamiliar, one lane, 50 mph highway with no street lights and no shoulder to pull over due to the steep drop off beside the road. it began to rain a tiny bit and my windows started to fog. i turned on the defroster, and suddenly, my entire windshield was obscured. i had to rip off my cardigan and try to wipe off the condensation so i didn’t get in a head on collision.

what’s worse is i used to work at a different location and i realized it’s the same exact car that we had the same exact problem with at the other store almost a year ago. they just moved it to another store instead of fixing it. it’s obviously not as much of an issue during the warmer, drier months when it doesn’t even get dark until the shift is almost over, so i guess that’s how they’ve gotten away without fixing it so long. but even then, i’m apparently not the first person to mention it at my new location either. multiple employees and the store manager have all asked to get it fixed, but i was just informed that the area manager said he needed “video evidence” of it malfunctioning before he would take it in to the shop.

i’m incredibly angry about the whole thing and i feel like it’s a pretty flagrant disregard for employee safety but i’m not sure if i should bother reporting it or not. i’m obviously gonna refuse to drive it until it’s fixed and the area manager did say he would take it in asap after what happened tonight, but i feel like i want somebody to get in trouble for this even tho i didn’t crash lol. any advice is appreciated. sorry for the long post

tldr: management refuses to fix dangerous issue with company car despite numerous warnings from employees

Looking for anyone that might have an answer.

I am 47 and looking to make a career change. I've been in pest control for 18 years and burnt out. I'm four classes from receiving my Occupational Health and Safety Cert. Am I making the right choice by leaping into the safety field with only a certification? I live in Seattle and the prospects seem promising, but I am hesitant to switch careers if my qualifications are not enough.

I live in Maryland Elkridge City. Any ideas on how I can get into Osha? I want to work as a safety office. What do I need? What classes do I need to take?

I have always been told bleach is not to be mixed with anything other than water. I recently saw this posted at work and am wondering if this is safe or not.

Hi guys,

UK member here. I am a qualified HSE trainer with accredited courses I deliver. I have the necessary teaching and assessing qualifications. I'm wanting to deliver IOSH Working safely, and was under the impression you needed to be TechIOSH for this. However, I have been informed that for working safely, as I have accreditation in the field and a teaching qualification that's nor the case. Be greatful for clarification?

Tia

I own a small business (Missouri, USA, 14 people) where we make signs, do laser engraving, etc. We often use chemicals to clean, coat, paint etc.

The chemicals include spray paint, lacquer thinner, acetone, isopropyl alcohol, paint thinner, lighter fluid and a few others.

We store most of the bad stuff (like acetone) in a metal cabinet designed and labeled for such chemicals. We have a small paint spray booth that exhausts thru a built-in exhaust fan to the outdoors. We also have paper masks and masks with breathing filters.

Once in a while , the various chemicals can be smelled in the shop. We have one particular person who seems especially sensitive to the smells and is also especially worried about them. Once this person says something, a couple of others chime in and agree they can also smell the fumes, even when others cannot. Whether they can, or it's the power of suggestion - I don't know.

Today the main sensitive smeller had everyone leave the building due to smelling "agent X", and called the fire department. Nobody knows what it was, and some folks didn't smell anything. I was away and found out later. The fire department was called. They didn't smell or detect anything, but said we should probably do a better job of storing some of our chemicals and paints.

Here are my questions:

1. I'd like to buy either a handheld or wall mounted noxious vapor detector of some sort. I 've searched Amazon and elsewhere and don't see a catch-all detector. Any recommendations for something like this?
2. Having a simple procedure for what to do if you think you smell something would be good. If you can share one or point me to one online, that would be great.
3. Any other advice about how to prevent fumes and/or how to prevent over-reacting would be appreciated.

Of course safety is our top priority. I'm hoping to find a good way to keep the place safe but at the same time making sure we're responding appropriately to the occasional smell of chemicals we routinely use.

I work in small lab with a fume hood ten feet from my desk. Every couple of weeks, they do flammability testing of plastic films, which involves burning the films with the fume hood OFF. When they first did this, it got very smelly and made me feel sick, and I told the tester they couldn't do this testing while I was in the lab. I do not know what plastics they are burning, and my company is not investing, afaik, in a flammability testing chamber. For a while, they did this testing Friday nights when the staff leaves the space early, but today, I found out they are switching to mornings before my shift. This will not allow adequate time to remove the fumes/smoke particles from my workspace. What should be my next step in this issue? I have yet to send any emails, and I have only told the tester they should not do this while people are in the lab, and it makes me feel like my safety concerns are ignored if they just do it right before my shift leaving me to work in fume and smokefilled space :(

My sibling is being asked by her employer to sit outside all day in temperatures that are 10 degrees Celsius at the moment, but that are going down (she's in British Columbia in Canada). It is a sedentary position, and the only safety precaution being offered is a roof tarp to keep rain off her. Her shifts are 8 hours long with a 30 min lunch break halfway through. She is feeling very chilled as the day goes on. At what point does long sedentary exposure become a health and safety issue?

Hi all, I have finally decided to take a master's program in safety. But I am in a tight spot regarding programs available and would appreciate some advice on possible options.

Country: Canada Province: Ontario City: Waterloo

Does anyone know if any of the master's program in safety in canada can be taken online? I am located in ontario, and the closet program to me is UofT and Toronto metropolitan university which are roughly 2 hours away. I can not uproot my family and this is where my predicament lies.

Does anyone know someone who took any safety master's program from distance, what how did they do it?

Absolutely last option: what are my options in terms of US schools online and affordable please. How will a master's from a US school look like?

For context, I have certificate in Health and Safety from a university in canada and I have my crst.

Goal: goal is to be able to achieve corporate positions like director of health and safety & vp positions in Health and Safety.

We work in a hospital and currently one of out areas has a broken radio leaving us unable to hear code calls. I feel like this is a major safety violation since we are unable to hear if there are any codes that require us to take action or that put us in danger. Examples being our codes for fire, combative patients, Rapid response codes, codes for infant abduction, combative patients, weapons, missing patient etc. We've been trying to get it fixed but it's been over a month and no one is taking it seriously. Is this something I can report to Osha or another agency?

A while ago, during a shift at my most recent job, I overheard one of my managers remark that the emergency exit door was blocked by cardboard earlier that day, and that it prevented them from being able to open the door. I told them that it sounded like a safety issue, and they responded that they might bring it up with the store manager.

I followed up with them a couple weeks later, and they told me they had not talked about it to the store manager, nor had they contacted the coworkers supposedly responsible for the cardboad blocking the door(closing shift workers apparently, according to my manager.)

Looking back, I absolutely should have went to the store manager myself after learning that the person I talked to didn’t bring it up or mention it to them. I should have made an effort to try to let them address the situation instead of instantly jumping to “oh man, do I have to file an osha report on my place of work?”

This place would often have cardboard leaning up against product, as well as sometimes some trash bags, in the hallway leading to the emergency exit door. The cardboard would sometimes fall over flat onto the ground since it’s not exactly shaped to lean against things. I remember just kind of stepping around it or on it to get past if I needed to.

We normally had multiple wheel-carts to place the cardboard on after opening, but ultimately people would put cardboard at the end of the hallway for some reason. Probably because sometimes boxes would be opened in said hallway, and they didn’t feel like bringing the cart through? Idk. The hallway could be a pretty tight squeeze on busy days where there would be a lot of boxes and product taking up space. The carts would also get full pretty fast, but looking back I should have just volunteered to take the carts wherever I needed to take them in order to empty and remove the cardboard to make space for more, which could have helped with the hallway situation.

Around that time, I ghosted my place of work and just kind of stopped coming in due to anxiety and stress, and probably some cowardice since I tend to run away from problems and anxiety, which is very immature of me. So I no longer work there. In two days, it will be 6 months since the day I overheard my manager’s remark about the cardboard blocking the emergency exit door. From what I understand, after 6 months, OSHA will not investigate reports.

Should I file an OSHA report? Would OSHA have an issue with the fact that I didn’t make enough of an effort to notify my superiors about the situation while I was working there? As I said in my post, I told my manager-in-training (the person who I overheard make the remark about the exit), and followed up with them, but I still should have done more and brought it up to the store manager one it became clear that they didn’t really do anything to address it.

I feel kind of guilty about potentially getting my old workplace in trouble for something that could have been resolved if I took responsibility and spoke up more, but the reality is that it could potentially still be an issue if it wasn’t properly addressed.

I’ve been a coward, I know.

Did I wait too long to notify OSHA, or should I still file a report?

Edit: Country is USA.

Hey everyone,

I recently received a job offer for an Industrial Hygienist Field Tech entry-level position, and while I’m excited about the role and company, the pay is lower than I expected. I’m still waiting on responses from other applications, but I would consider accepting this offer if the compensation was better.

Does anyone have tips on how to approach negotiating for a higher salary in an entry-level role? I want to be professional and reasonable, but I’m unsure how to navigate this, especially with it being my first post-grad job offer. Any advice or successful negotiation stories would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Retail grocery store... workplace security cameras and telephones have been out of service for months, owner shows no interest in repairing. Would this be a reportable safety issue? Los Angeles, California