Category: August 2019 Newsletter

How could things have gotten so bad at Tonawanda Coke Corp., NY, that the company would release benzene fumes and haphazardly dump coal tar sludge? Former environmental control manager Mark Kamholz couldn’t explain why – all he could do was apologize before hearing his sentence: a year in jail and $20,000 fine…

Universal waste (UW) guidelines give facilities flexibility on how they handle listed wastes. But UW is still hazardous – it can’t be dumped in landfills or burned in incinerators like it’s garbage. Case in point: A California recycler that mixed in spent batteries with curbside recycled glass is paying the state $1.2 million…

It turns out, that the days of piling into a large auditorium watching a PowerPoint, may be coming to an end. Studies have found that this form of ‘teaching’ isn’t very effective for students to absorb the information. In fact, a recent study completed on the student learning curve indicates…

Unlike most types of safety training that employees use every day, active shooter directives are the kind that you hope no employee will ever have to use. In the case of the mass shooting at the Walmart in El Paso, active shooter training saved dozens of lives. A long-term Walmart…

It is of no surprise that robots are beginning to take root in all areas of industry in the United States. Technology advancements in recent years have led to Artificial Intelligence that is able to complete multiple technical tasks at an unprecedented pace. With this increased use in robotics, employers…

Creating a safety culture in the workplace can be difficult. NASP’s Certified Safety Manager Course provides the tools necessary to implement proper safety training and an effective safety program. Students will learn how to understand and interpret regulations, avoid civil and criminal liability, increase worker morale, reduce workers comp rates…

NASP understands that training your employees in the myriad of safety regulations can be challenging; busy work schedules often make it difficult to provide classroom, instructor-led training for your workers. NASP training has become synonymous with in-depth, comprehensive training for you, but until now, we have not provided basic OSHA…

We all become complacent with the hazards we have to deal with on a day to day basis. We all know that complacency is a big contributing factor when it comes to people getting hurt. But just how big is it? How often is complacency—leading to mind not on task—a…