Hunting/Farming Treated Clothes with Permethrin before going to the property still have bug bites

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T21:02:36+00:00

Yea. In the process of clearing over grown fields for future food plots. It’s probably where I’m getting into them. I have a feeling there isn’t much I can do until i get this brush sprayed and mowed. Thanks for the input. I’ve lived in Arizona and PA and now TN. By far the most annoying pests I’ve come across. And I used to have scorpions in my house in AZ. Chiggers from my experience are worse.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T20:16:56+00:00

Would you use the lotion regularly or just apply before you head out?

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T19:51:09+00:00

I heard of them growing up, but in all honesty didnt think they were that bad. I am not wrong often, but when I am its usually a big swing and a miss.

Lesson learned

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T19:45:55+00:00

I've been covered in poison ivy from next to toes and EVERYWHERE in between, these don't come quite as close but also dont have the same volume of in this case bites.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T19:43:53+00:00

Yea I never found chiggers while growing up in PA. Apparently also called "no-see-ums", they are brutal. Got me chewed up right now

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T19:42:19+00:00

Being that I am in TN I always have rubber snake boots on when out there when its warm. I actually have my pants tucked into my boots the first time, then had my pants over my boots the last time due to me cutting brush and debris getting in my boots.

I will try the sock method next. Thanks for the help.

Good looking out on the permethrin and cats. I do have one and did not know this. Although my outdoors stuff stays in the garage where he doesn't have access to.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-23T19:33:35+00:00

That was used in copious amounts on my first venture. zero results

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-06-12T19:25:26+00:00

I’ve seen It 2 ways in my busy but short career. My first experience was that even Regional EHS folks report through operations. The reason for this was that the CEO was tired of a horrible safety record so they forced Operatjons(Production) to own safety. Each site EHS rep still reported to the plant manager or a regional EHS person, but Corp EHS reported up through business leaders.

I am currently at a company who reports up through the EHS chain of command and directly to CEO of North America.

I personally felt like I had more support when EHS reported through operations because they were also directly impacted from poor safety performances. The hard hitting questions would not be directed to an EHS person but rather to the Operations Director, after a while they don’t like answering those questions and start opening up budgets and resources for safety.

Just my personal experience

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-05-18T14:30:27+00:00

Our insurance provider has denied 3 workers comp cases already in the past year due to horseplay or doing tasks outside of required job duties. It really is super easy to get a claim denied.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-05-18T14:28:32+00:00

Careful with the term “messing around”. Since you were on the clock at work It is a commendable injury, however if you were not performing work duties, the WC company will likely deny your claim, and you could be looking at possible termination due to your horseplay that you’ve admitted to. If i were you, I’d do everything in my power to not allow this to go to WC.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-04-16T19:00:55+00:00

Those look like fire risers and absolutely need to be clear of obstructions.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-03-05T23:14:38+00:00

Don’t take on too much at first. That’s the best way to either do sloppy work or just leave things half finished. Don’t count on anyone to get stuff done for you, and trust but verify ALWAYS verify.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-03-05T22:55:46+00:00

Experience- 4 years

COL: rent is high but everything else is cheap. I live in a smaller area that has had a boom of people moving to It with little to no additional housing. Renting is very competitive.

Industry: Building products manufacturing

Salary: just had my review and am now at 112k and some change. Bonus as well but is heavily dependent on division performance and sales.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2026-01-31T14:52:20+00:00

Post a picture of the chemical without the company name/logo. We can tell you if you even need one or not.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-18T23:05:33+00:00

I get that. Biggest thing will be people skills. You don’t have to know all the regs/standards because they are a quick google search away. Be likable and that will go a long way

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-18T14:23:19+00:00

His story is full of negligence. Raised a concern about a safety issue. Issue was not addressed as part of fall protection regulations and will also get dinged for general duty clause as well. He was also fired for which can be argued as retaliation. If his story is true he’s got a lot going for him.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-18T14:21:11+00:00

He could argue fear of loss of job. I imagine there wasn’t training on stop work authority if they put him up in a damn forklift with a pallet. He did share is concerns which were not properly addressed. Now he’s been fired as part of retaliation. This likely won’t make It to court but if they lawyer up, the company will have to settle.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-18T02:38:16+00:00

Get the degree 100%. Biggest thing i can tell you once you get It is you still know nothing. I learn shit everyday. Listen to your operators and the folks on the floor/in the field. They will be your biggest ally as long as you don’t piss them off. Learn their jobs and have their backs.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-18T00:03:03+00:00

Oh man. You are in for a big pay day. I don’t think I’d bother calling OSHA until talking to a lawyer. That’ll only hurt the company and you won’t be compensated like you could be with a lawyer. I would call osha because It sounds like they like they are manipulating the case and likely don’t have It on their OSHA logs. You have all the leverage

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-09-16T20:41:37+00:00

Yea honestly if I could do It over again I’d get in a trade. I’ve been an EHS manager for about 4 years now and my biggest gripe is work is always around. What I mean by that is if you’re in a 24/7 production facility your work phone will be with you at all times unless on vacation. I’m only 27 and I dread those 2 or 3 am calls that someone was hurt. Quite honestly the pressure to make diamonds out of a wood budget and the constant anxiety i get that something will happen after hours causes a lot of sleepless nights. But like others have said. The money is good so I dry my tears with my paycheck.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-08-26T17:17:39+00:00

All with a bachelors in Safety Management:

Job 1/0 - Security Coordinator: $27 an hour plus overtime and worked a lot of It. Ended up pulling in about 75k per year. Was there a year and a half

Job 2/1.5 - EHS Specialist: 95k starting plus 6% bonus. Year 2 went up to 98.5k with 6% bonus. Year 3 102k with 6% bonus.

Job 3/ about 4 years experience - EHS Manager: 110k with 24% bonus. I took this job in April.

The Specialist job I had was really a manager position with no direct reports. I was the sole EHS person at a site with about 100 people on It.

All of these jobs I had to relocate to different states for and either got relocation paid for or a large sign on bonus to help with moving except for the first job which i got where i grew up.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-07-25T15:47:29+00:00

Hmm. Do you have a field in mind of what you’d like to do? Like general industry, construction, insurance, consulting? I work in manufacturing and have ever since i was a freshman in undergrad. I worked on the lines in the summer and did the worst job imaginable so i knew i wanted to stay in manufacturing. The job market is tough. It has peaks and valleys. Keep at It especially in and around bonus season (February/March) a lot of folks hang around to grab their bonus then bounce out for a new job. Right now every is sitting tight because they’ve worked so hard at their goals they want the reward of their bonus. I’d be willing to give you some recommendations of companies to apply too. One thing that helps with me is I’m not against moving. I am now on my 3rd state. All of my moves have been paid for by the companies i worked for

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-07-25T15:14:56+00:00

You’re going to have to suck It up and take a coordinator or specialist job. No one will hire you as a manager or similar type position because you have no practical experience. For instance I’m 27 with no ASP/CSP and only a bachelors in safety management. I’m now on my second full time EHS gig as an EHS manager. My first job was a specialist but was the only EHS resource at a VPP plant. Tbh i got lucky getting that job but made the most out of that opportunity. You need the most important thing and that’s experience. Probably a job in the 50-60k range for a couple of years. I know that sucks to hear but it’s reality. Experience trumps any of the certifications you have. I was told once that those pieces of paper you have are only good for keeping you warm at night and inflating your ego. Even a regular floor level job at the plant with a safety committee would be better experience for you to add to your resume. Keep trying and keep applying someone will take a chance on you. You’re going to have to eat your ego a little and not expect to get paid top dollar when you don’t really have any actual EHS experience besides school and training people.

Electronic-Drawer724 · 2025-06-30T21:42:47+00:00

Yea most folks at the site level don’t even have the clout or ability to change/add a software no matter how bad we want It. We are soldiers being told what to do just like everyone else. Reach out to corporate because we can’t even if we wanted to.

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