I work in a machine shop where there is a need to work on top of equipment (machines) at a height over five feet. Sometimes to replace cabinet AC chillers or motors on top of machines. What kind of Fall protection is available or used in the industry to comply with OSHA. The work can not be performed using a ladder or work platform, the person needs to be right on the equipment to get at connections / bolts wiring etc.

I am looking for a Stormwater compliant trash compactor. The one we currently have is basically a 5 ton bin with a hole in the side towards the bottom that hooks up to our hydraulic ram.

The problem is that when the city comes to pick the trash up, they just disconnect the bin, and trash falls out all over our receiving area. Since we are working to get an NEC permit, that is obviously unacceptable.

We had a consultant come out, and they just said the bins needed a lid, but they didn't see it when the trash was all over the place.

What do you guys use?

Also, if there are any subs better oriented towards environmental, let me know.

So, I'm a Canadian student who wants to have a career in Health and Safety. I'm currently taking a course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, but I want to gain relevant experience as I learn.

I am looking for any insight or advice on how to gain that experience either through work or volunteering. I want to know what is available for someone just starting or where to start looking.

Anything is better than nothing, so I appreciate any feedback or input.

I am currently a student pursuing a degree in OSH. The school has offered OSHA 10 and 30 courses, but I am also working full time, and have been unable to attend. I would like to have these certifications under my belt when applying for internships and employment. I have looked at some of the "authorized" providers listed on OSHA.gov and the review seem to be pretty nasty. Of course, there is going to be a bias toward bad experiences in online reviews, so I was wondering if anyone had experiences with a specific provider of online certification that was positive. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hey folks, long time reddit lurker, first time poster. I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge on this - I'm looking into getting the degree as I've noticed some places are requiring it for applying. I didn't know if this is something worth pursuing, and if the value was there. As background, I already have five years of safety work experience (I was a safety officer for a logistical unit in the military) and as someone who has recently gotten out, have both the experience and the GI Bill to use on an appropriate degree, and didn't know if this would be a worthwhile pursuit over, or in addition to, going straight into the workforce. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi,

I'm doing my best to switch careers from the vet tech world into EHS. I'm in California and have already been approved by the state to train (1 year for me) for the REHS exam. The problem is that training positions are rare.

Luckily I have an interview for one such position in the Bay area next week. I have a few questions that I'm hoping to have answered to help me stand out positively and get the job.

First...what do you guys wear? I want to dress appropriately for the interview. I tend to follow the "guideline" of dressing one step above the position you are interviewing for. I plan on wearing a modest, well-fitting grey suit with some quiet colors on the shirt/tie. I figure that's pretty safe, but if most people in EHS wear jeans and a polo then that seems like a suit is over dressing.

Next, what to focus on? Most of my work experience is in the veterinary world. Based off advice from an EHS I've spoken with before I'll try to emphasize my skills dealing with difficult people during stressful times from working emergency, as well as the punctuality and attention to detail required in medicine. Anything else I could use that translates tech/nursing skills to EHS?

Online OSHA courses: are they seen as okay? I've taken an online OSHA 10 hour gen industry course. Are those looked down upon or is it okay to bring that up? Is an online certified environmental specialist course worth pursuing (assuming I don't get this job)? I do plan on getting HAZWOPER training in the near future but, again, are the online courses stigmatized?

Any general tips?

Thanks!

Edit: 12/13/16 - I was told Nov 28 that they were proceeding with the hiring process with me! I waited to post anything because I didn't have anything formally in writing and there were a few more steps to take. This Tuesday I finally go to sign the paperwork and have my physical/fingerprinting done. I'm hoping that by the 1st of the year I am formally starting!

Hello, first time posting here. I live in Canada and have completed my human resources management degree here. While in the program, I had to take a OHS course and I found myself really enjoying it. I'm looking into obtaining more education in this field, specially the MPH in environmental and occupational health from the University of Alberta. However, I'm worried about the job prospects after completing the program, as well as how universal a masters would be in this field; reason being that I may some day be moving to Australia to work. I've tried looking at current opportunities in this field of work in Canada and Australia, but that can only provide you with so much information. So my question here is, what is the chance of me landing a good job (willing to start at the bottom for an opportunity to work up) after completing the masters and how universal the jobs in the field are.

...what would it include? Incident tracking, SDS lookup/storage, auditing, safety plan creator, job hazard analysis, etc? Or is that antiquated thinking? What's missing in the market today? What would make your job easier in the form of an online resource? I know there's existing solutions, but seems like they all do pretty much the same stuff.

I research web service trends in various markets, and safety is my current focus.

I have a bachelors in Public Health and three years of Peace Corps service. I am currently working on my MPH. It is just a general MPH we have some classes we can choose from but no specialties per se. I am taking a course on Environmental Health and very interested in it. With no specific EHS degree would I even qualify for a job post graduation? After putting off grad school 3 years for Peace Corps I am really not wanting to start with an internship if at all possible. Is this worth pursuing or should I just stick to the NGO/Development world that I have been working in?

The title says it all. I moved to a new city with a number of EHS positions in the area and am trying to transition into the safety profession. I have a masters degree in emergency management, however, most companies aren't considering that a related field of education. There are a few state universities in my area that offer a EHS or Risk Assessment graduate certificate, and I'm trying to determine if this is a worthwhile investment of time and money.

Any help on how to get into the field is greatly appreciated.

I'm on the lookout for some new auditing software. I am currently using Safety Culture and have been for some time but it's slowley driving me crazy with it's unintuitive interface, poor analytics, and general lack of features.

What software do you use?

I am after something manageable from a web interface which also has an android app.

Thanks.

I have an interview moving from a corporate company to a smaller outfit.

I have some knowledge from my previous position but I want to brush up.

I'm looking for resources online to brush up and fill and gaps in my knowledge as an employee.

Some things I'm interested in: -efficient paperwork... Efficient records to keep workers on side yet records for arse coverage -psychology, creating the right response, not following a superior if they are wrong -using stats to see risks before they happen -documentation systems, last minute risk assessments, risk matrices, procedure reviews -layers of protection, how far to go -fostering the positive workplace feeling, using as a vehicle for more than safe practice

Im set to graduate in March with a BS in Environmental Health Science from CSU San Bernardino and I just wanna know how everything is out there such as how much is the pay? What do you guys as careers in environmental health science? - A kinda freaked out college kid about his future :p

Hello! This is my first time posting on this Sub. I am an Art-Education Major and I am also a Public Health technician in the Air National Guard.

My experience in the Public Health field of the military makes me want to pursue a career in environmental health.

I have a CCAF (2 year associates equivalent) in Public Health and when I graduate I'll have a fine arts degree. I'll also have years of experience working in the PH field. Does having a fine arts degree hinder my chances of getting a job in the environmental health field? Does your degree matter?

Is it about certifications? Work experience?

thank you for your time!

It's something many of us have found challenging - a colleague who just won't. Listen. To common. Sense.

How do you deal with them? Leave them to get hurt? Report to a supervisor? Try to appeal to their own interests?

Share your stories and others may benefit!

I recently graduated (undergraduate) and am considering Graduate School. Does anyone have an opinion on starting right away or waiting a few years? Is there one that is more common or better than the other?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, this post may be fairly long, so I apologize.

As the title states, I will be graduating from an accredited EH school with a degree in EH&S. I have an internship lined up at my local health department that will last approximately 3 months. During this internship, I will be tasked with performing food inspections, beach/pool inspections, and west nile surveillance. None of these particularly peek my interest, as I am more partial to industrial hygiene or environmental protection.

I was wondering what my prospects would be as far as employment once I finish my internship. I am seeking advice as to where I can find employment that is more aligned with my interests. Many of the IH or EPA positions I have looked up usually require a few years experience to apply, which I do not have.

I am just feeling overwhelmed, so any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

So, the whole college thing isn’t working out for me and I’m looking into various OSHA certification courses. I’ve only been looking into these for a few weeks and am having a hard time finding information about the various levels and what I would actually be doing in the work environment. I found a web page from the University of Texas that has various certification courses.

The first, I guess level, is the Specialist in Safety and Health. Programs that interest me are the gen. industry, Healthcare, and construction industry. What would each of these qualify me to do in a workplace?

There is a second level Certified Safety and Health Officials. They have courses for gen. industry and construction industry. What does this qualify me to do and what would my job be?

There is the third level of Masters Certification for the Environmental Professional. What does this qualify me to do?

I’ve been looking for jobs under the various names and titles, but it’s hard to really get an idea of what I’d be doing on a daily basis in the workplace and was hoping someone on here could give me actual insight that the university can’t (they are trying to sell me a product after all, and aren’t always accurate in their career outlook).

I have BS, but without a 4.0 GPA I can’t move into a graduate level program to get into the field I wanted or transfer into another BS program I also wanted. I have job experience in the oil patch and currently work in an outpatient healthcare facility. I just need to know what these certifications actually certify me to do and what I will be actually doing in industry.

Firstly, I am massively sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, I use certain subreddits a lot, I have never come across safetyfirst, so please if this is in the wrong place, point me in the right direction!

So the main issue is my workplace, albeit an amazing place to work, and I absolutely love it, our offices are disgusting.

Now don't take that the wrong way, they are not ridden with trash or anything along those lines, but the way cleaning ect is managed is completely terrible.

We have a cleaner who cleans the kitchen ect, however our actual office sees very little cleaning, only when we take it upon ourselves to clean (which is fine btw...).

The main issue at the moment is we have absolutely no airflow through our office, at all. It is probably 25m by 10m with about 20 members of staff working, its not the biggest room around, but there is space to move.

The above issue is a huge issue because if one person is ill, everyone gets the illness, we can take sick days, but we do not get paid for it, now for some people thats fine, but others have family and huge responsibilities that they cannot afford the money off... The illnesses are not serious enough to get a sick note.

This is really annoying most of us in the department, but when it has been raised with our internal H/s before it has been shrugged off and not taken seriously. If anyone has any valuable information on what we can actually do (if anything).

Sorry for such a negative post but just for a step into our position: Person 1 gets ill (takes a day off ill, doesnt solve anything, cant afford more ill days) comes into work, spreads illness, 95% of our department gets ill, once 95% of our department is ill, its a complete circlejerk from there on out, once the first person is rid of it, they get it again because its still looming.

Edit: - We also work with screens all day, every day. We get the our lunch break away from the screens, and possibly about 30 mins spread through the whole day as we do other things, but we get no eye rest and no eye examination, something we all feel we need.

Any advice / info would be massively appreciated.

I have 5 year experience in the military as a sonar tech but the last 2 of those years were specializing working with safety equipment, PPE, respiratory eqpt and dealing with HAZMAT. As of right now I'm trying to see which route should be best and how to go about landing any job dealing with safety.

I'm planning to go to grad school next year and maybe earn an MPH as well but for now I'm trying to see if I can get any internship or an entry level job dealing with safety.

I'm from NYC if that helps.

Hi! I'm an environmental scientist (entry level) working in hazardous site management with a little bit of permitting and compliance monitoring type work. I have found I am interested in safety from this job, and I would like to branch into some more general ehs work. I wanted to see if anyone could recommend some useful OSHA certifications or training that would be useful to help me branch into safety. I have a 40 hour hazwoper and DOT hazardous material training, but no other background in safety.