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Kauai Beach Resort faces $50K in fines for safety violations - Thegardenisland.com: Local Courtesy of The Garden Island , a Kauai hotel (Kauai Beach Resort) received 14 safety and health violations from the OSHA Honolulu office. Several of the violations were classified as serious, involving storage/handling/labeling of propane tanks, electrical wiring, electrical work practices by untrained maintenance personnel, and training and use of personal respiratory and electrical personal protective equipment (PPE). The hospitality industry is one of the local emphasis programs in place for the Hawaii OSHA office, and they like to focus on the "behind the scenes" areas of the hotels and resorts. This was a routine inspection, not based on any specific complaint. In April, the OSHA Honolulu office cited the owner of a Waikiki hotel , giving Halekulani Corp. 17 safety violations , 14 of which were classified as serious. These serious violations involved PPE use and availability, fire ...

June is National Safety Month! The Industrious Hygienist will be very busy in June. I'm scheduled for a four-day Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) 501 General Industry Outreach Trainer class ; this will allow me to provide 10-hour and 30-hour General Industry training to my clients and my future graduate students at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott . Thanks to the Arizona Safety Education Center for holding the class. The instructor will be the *illustrious* Harold Gribow .  I'm also super-excited to attend Safety 2013 in Las Vega s. I've signed up as a moderator for three sessions. This conference is through the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) , and I am stoked to meet the other members of the Industrial Hygiene Practice Speciality (IHPS) and the Healthcare Practice Specialty (HPS) .  The National Safety Council (NSC) chose the theme " Safety Starts With Me " and has four focus areas for each week in June.  Week 1: ...

Since moving to Prescott, Arizona, I have noticed a decrease in scorpions in and around my home, but an increase in spiders. Walking the mighty dog-beast this morning, I chanced upon a flowering prickly pear (lovely) that was draped in spider webs. These webs are all over our neighborhood and mighty spouse has conquered at least four spiders since we moved in. The webs appear to be from funnel weaving spiders , and apparently funnel weaving spiders get nice and busy in the Spring, specifically, in May. So it is nice to know that the spiders in my neighborhood are following the natural order of things. In the vein of safety, I offer you the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tips from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) re: venomous spiders. Venomous spiders in the U.S. include: black widow, brown recluse, and hobo spiders. Spiders easily get inside buildings and present a risk to indoor workers as well as outdoor workers. Accordi...

Special thanks to the vlogbrothers (John and Hank Green) for teaching me something new today. Spouse and I have been watching vlogbrothers for a few months now and stumbled on the embedded video this morning. It's a great introduction to nerdfighteria.  Apparently there's a difference between acronyms and initialisms .  An initialism is a group of letters strung together, where each letter stands for a word (i.e. CIH = Certified Industrial Hygienist, NRR = Noise Reduction Rating, ASSE = American Society of Safety Engineers, DFTBA = Don't Forget to be Awesome ). An acronym is an initialism that you pronounce as a word (i.e LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, HEPA = High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance).  So in honor of learning something new, I wondered if the word "acronyms" could be an actual acronym. So here's my attempt: Ambiguous Confusing Relatively Obscure Nonessential Yammering (Yucky?) Meaningless Syllables Enjoy, post y...

I have my reasons for registering as an organ donor, which I will share with you shortly, but I thought I would cross-post the " 5 Reasons You Should Become An Organ Donor" from the U niversity Hospital and Medical Center blog from 2011.  From the UHMC blog post (linked above):  "Here are five top reasons why you should register to become an organ donor on National Donor Day: 1.  You can save a life.  One organ donor can save up to eight lives, and statistics show that many people live long and healthy lives after receiving a transplant. 2.  The demand is high.  Over 100,000 people are waiting for an organ at any given time. 3.  It�s free for you.  There is no cost associated with becoming an organ donor. Your family will not be charged for the medical procedures involved. 4.  Minority need is high.  Certain blood types are more prevalent in ethnic minority populations such as African-Americans, Asians, Native Americans, and Hispanics....

Howdy, loyal readers! Today is Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day . I'll tell you how I am celebrating, but first I want to let you know what this day is all about. About NAOSH The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) started this recognition day in 2006. It is held in the middle of North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week , which is this week, May 5 to 11, 2013. Here's a NAOSH marketing poster for the week-long celebration of safety and health in workplaces and homes. ? Image courtesy of NAOSH promotional materials website. ? They have the slogan "Safety and Health: A Commitment for Life" and the website has events (mostly in Canada, since it is "North American" and includes Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.), resources, partners, and promotional materials for communities or companies. My favorite promotional item is the Safety Checklist , which is written for Canadian regulations but can be easily modified for U.S. reg...

I love to read blogs as much as I love to write them (and draw mangas!). Here's two of my favorite industrial hygiene and safety blogs. They post frequently and have useful information.  Industrial Hygiene: Industrial Hygiene in Construction Safety: OSHA Training Blog If you know of any other ones to add to my reading list, post a comment. FYI I have enabled the "approval" of comments before they are posted. Some of them became "spammy" and I had to delete them.