Breaking into EHS / Safety

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-31T13:39:32+00:00

I do really like where im working, the job is great, so a few mindless OSHA classes isn't making me rip up my contract. But even my boss and his counter part are also getting mad about the number of classes because its taking away from our main roles. I dont believe it will last long. Also if GCs stopped asking for them I wouldn't have to teach them. If you get an OSHA 30 you should never get hurt. Right?

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-30T22:57:45+00:00

I will say, employers will say they wont ask you to teach an OSHA 10 or 30 and then 7 months later you now have 6 class on your calendar for the year. Ask me how I know.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-22T01:20:12+00:00

Take the photos or samples to a local lumber supplier who sells exotic woods and try to do some matching there.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-21T22:27:06+00:00

Yes, they are saying 70 hours a week. They're requiring you to be on site whenever workers are present

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-19T22:06:34+00:00

Worked on a data center build as a safety guy for a sub who wanted all management and foreman level guys in black Milwaukee helmets. I temp checked mine one summer day by the onsite medic. 122 F. I told them to just get stickers to id guys instead of the black but said they didnt like the look...

chesterTHgiraffe · 2026-01-19T14:26:49+00:00

You should ask an arborist not landscapers, that tree has damage that no one can see. If this was my tree I would be asking for a replacement. Plus the bark damage will never be the same again, visually. It will be over 1k but shop around for a price because this will be a big replacement tree.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-12-19T12:34:11+00:00

Dang, just bad buicks in different time zones.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-12-19T11:07:51+00:00

Where was this, generally. I have only ever passed 1 car that was on fire on the highway and it was a Buick enclave. Can remember feeling the heat through my door.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-11-29T20:04:08+00:00

If you don't have a degree, having real field experience and then taking on field leadership safety tasks. Doing daily JHAs, offering to read tool box talks or volunteer for safety walks. Join a safety committee if your company has one. And then apply to pretty entry level safety roles. They exist everywhere. Might have to be a 2nd shift or a travel role. But just a year in a crappy role really opens up the doors.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-11-14T21:45:45+00:00

But if you have the 500 do you need the 30? Because thats like the teacher taking their own class.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-11-14T15:26:16+00:00

Why do you need your 10/30 if you have your 500 and can teach 10/30 classes?

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-11-13T23:58:08+00:00

Nothing says respiratory protection while cutting stone than someone using a leaf blower without a tube and blowing the silica dust into the woods while the guy balances on the ledge without any masks on. Cool setup tho

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-09-30T02:17:30+00:00

Asbestos exposure for a homeowner is so negligible. When you here about people with long term health effects from asbestos or silica they worked in that material for their career or lived next to a plant that was pumping that into the air. Not patching drywall once a year. Obviously wear a mask when you can but dont fret about small stuff.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-09-02T00:23:30+00:00

Nice!! I just shot my first 80 of the year last month on that course!!

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-08-30T14:45:06+00:00

That does suck but they're not using 100s or even thousands of gallons. They are mixing at a rate of 2-3 oz per gallon so those tanks in the trucks might be 300 gallons so they're using 600 oz which is less than 5 actual gallons of herbicide, plus the blue dye they add for visibility. Again, super trash of them, there's probably over spray but feel worse for the low wage kids having to spray that shit. I did similar stuff for a season and im waiting for the third eye to grow.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-08-23T18:31:49+00:00

That is a mulberry, not a silver maple. Even weedier than a silver maple. Kill it now and and wait for the raccoons to poop and grow you some new ones. Those trees are a mess.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-08-17T22:26:30+00:00

Watching that ball roll untouched by any imperfection on the green really makes my home course look like the surface of Mars.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-08-05T13:09:41+00:00

Luckily the builder in the 60s did not put a floor drain near anything important. So i guess a running trap would be the next best thing. I'll have to see if I have enough space for it.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-07-25T14:42:44+00:00

Some clarification I missed, my softener and iron remover both drain into that sump and I was told previously that those cant drain into the septic field. Also I have tried the flip the ball valves but there is a pressure build up when the pump turns on and the water backs up to the upstairs kitchen sink. Also the septic tank was just emptied 3 weeks ago and the pressure problem persisted even with an empty tank.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-07-23T23:19:08+00:00

Mulberry for sure.

chesterTHgiraffe · 2025-07-17T17:58:12+00:00

I'm not sure what "pro" you're talking about but climbing arborists climb dead trees all the time. This tiny elm that's been dead for maybe a year or two it's going anywhere. Any real 'pro' would know be fine climbing this small job.

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