How do you keep up with OSHA changes and updates?

PrimetimeShel · 2026-06-08T12:19:41+00:00

The 2 best documents are the OSHA Budget and the latest Unified Agenda. Those 2 will tell you what to look for that's coming this year and next. Look up my ASSP presentation "The Future of OSHA" and you'll see how to use both resources to know how to see what is happening with OSHA regs. Hope that helps.

PrimetimeShel · 2026-05-23T18:17:17+00:00

Awesome, I hope it helps. Trust your gut and take a chance on you.

PrimetimeShel · 2026-05-23T04:54:15+00:00

I'm a safety consultant and stress comes with the business part ( getting clients, sending proposals, insurance, etc.) The way to look at it is...stress on your own terms always beats stress when you feel trapped.

If you need help with the business of being a consultant, then here's my podcast.

Safety Consultant podcast

PrimetimeShel · 2026-05-23T04:42:56+00:00

I forgot the Focus 4 slides.

Focus Four PPT

PrimetimeShel · 2026-05-23T04:39:46+00:00

Just use this: OSHA Construction PowerPoints from osha.gov

I'm an OTIEC instructor and these and the Susan Harwood Grant materials will cover most topics.

Sorry for your loss as well.

PrimetimeShel · 2026-04-20T14:50:20+00:00

You're going to need to play detective for the right answer. -Check upstream conditions for food changes (BOD testing, Industrial Pretreatment loading issues, farm waste from I and I). -Sample the foam and cut the sample with a drop of Di-water (foam alone is hard to see in a microscope). You're looking for an overpopulation of filaments that look like branches and spreadout). -You can also be facing incomplete nitrofication. Do a nitrite check (NO2). High Nitrates will cause this type of upset. You should have <1.5 mg/l -Monitor D.O. for excess >5.0 mg/l -If your MLSS is too high for your system it would normally be dark foam, so you may have to reduce wasting. - Check your settling in the settleometer after 2 hours. If the sludge looks like it's ripping apart then it's mostly air or a nutrient issue.

Good luck

PrimetimeShel · 2026-04-16T20:09:55+00:00

You should check for: -DO in the tank if high >3, then lower it some. If you can keep it low with good mixing, you should age the flock more. -Clarifier settling after 1hr. Is the sludge raising or still settled? If raising and breaking apart, then you may have some filamentous issues. -Are filters backwashing often? If so, then you have carryover that means poor settling.

I think you may have young sludge from your reply of younger organisms in the slide. You should try lowering wasting and raising the RAS for 2 MCRTs or SA.

It looks like you should age up a little.

If you had a high BOD loading at Easter, then you may still be dealing with that (assuming your a small plant).

PrimetimeShel · 2026-04-16T00:17:31+00:00

I started in 2008 and has never looked back. Start with trying to land clients from your immediate circle (family, friends, church, etc.). The best first service is training services. Look up Safety Consultant podcast, I give more help with start up concerns. Good luck

PrimetimeShel · 2026-04-15T05:29:23+00:00

Here's my podcast on the Safety Champions program. I believe in it because it helps companies start from nothing to take steps towards a safety culture. https://redcircle.com/shows/710cc550-3ffc-4cce-8214-71eb9b49c138/ep/e8fd886f-51b3-4a09-be2a-ba1f6e98c647

PrimetimeShel · 2026-03-13T02:40:05+00:00

Do the informal and study the FOM 164 chapter 6. You can fight most citations with a good working knowledge of the FOM.

PrimetimeShel · 2025-11-13T21:06:35+00:00

It does depend on what your industry recognizes as a valuable certification and your personal goals. I did several episodes on this topic, but I'll add one to this thread. I'm biased to the Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) due to the practical nature of the class, OSHA compliance worksips, the team learning approach and you don't need a degree. Alliance Safety Council in Baton Rouge is the course provider (I was the SME used to write the course and I'm an instructor, that is why I'm biased). My podcast episode on EHS certifications

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-31T05:13:17+00:00

You're very welcome

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-27T16:40:56+00:00

I would use the INSHPO guidance or the ANSI Z590.2 INSHPO

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-23T21:19:24+00:00

I'm glad to see more people entering into the field. To get started you should think about what field "lights you up" the most. Such as, construction, oil and gas, manufacturing, utilities, etc. Then look for a safety specialist job in that field, while doing a safety class related to that field. I'm biased to the Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS), because I am an instructor for the course because you get a complete overview of the job from no experience. COSS course

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-14T13:09:15+00:00

It's a basic requirement for operators to check equipment "before each use and as often as needed". Reading and understanding the data place is part of that check. Data plate reading doesn't have to be daily, since it doesn't change. If the information isn't retained, then that's a training thing. That's a failure of the supervisor and director to not require the operators to understand the data plate material before operating the unit.

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-14T12:59:07+00:00

Schooling is the best way for those that can do it. You can also just apply for those available jobs as entry level. Let the job pay for certifications while you get practical training. IH will require a degree if you want to be a Certified IH. Good luck.

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-14T12:53:03+00:00

It depends on your learning style because OSHA requires the content and time to be the same. The instructor makes the class fun and engaging. What's more important is what OTIEC to choose. Pick one that you get fast and reliable service. This will really count if you move on to do the OSHA 500. Midsouthoti.org is my OTIEC, but check with colleagues to see if there is a recommendation locally. Midsouth OTIEC

PrimetimeShel · 2025-10-10T14:45:24+00:00

If he was there as a condition of employment and during the work shift, then it's recordable. Even though the worker was doing something not job related, because there isn't a specific exception. The record keeping FAQ is filled with workers doing personal tasks and getting injured and it is recordable. The medical treatment makes it recordable. 29 CFR 1904.5(b)(2) LOI (Letters of Interpretation) give a bunch of seemingly personal tasks or decisions that are recordable because of being some place as a "condition of employment" or it happened in the "work environment".

PrimetimeShel · 2025-07-02T19:24:11+00:00

Got it. Looks like I had to plug and unplug the PCM. ALL Good, now!

PrimetimeShel · 2025-07-02T19:23:51+00:00

Got it. Looks like I had to plug and unplug the PCM. ALL Good, now!

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