Ever-changing regulations certainly keep engineers on their toes and companies scrambling to remain in compliance. The latest example is the addition of 1-bromopropane (1-BP), also known as nPB, to the Clean Air Act (CAA) List of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP). Which industries are impacted by 1-BP’s addition to the CAA HAP? The chemical is a […]
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Life Safety Basics for Business and Industrial Occupancies (Part 1)
“Life safety” refers to the design and operating features of a building that provide its occupants a reasonable level of safety during fires and other emergencies. It includes design features such as building construction type, compartmentation, fire alarms, fire protection (suppression) systems, exits, fire barriers, and more. It also includes operational elements such as fire […]
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The EnSafe Memphis Office Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Service Project
The EnSafe Memphis office honored Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a service project to support the Wolf River Conservancy (WRC), a non-profit local land trust that protect lands along the Wolf River in Southwest Tennessee as a public natural resource. Not only is the WRC an EnSafe client, but the organization’s mission aligns with […]
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Is EHS Staff Augmentation Right for You?
Top five benefits to outsourcing EHS services “I just wish I could concentrate on business objectives while leaving the difficult tasks of protection, enforcement, and health to someone else.” If you’ve ever felt this way, you’re not alone. Many of the clients who outsource short-, mid-, and long-term environmental, health and safety (EHS) services to […]
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Mike Palmer Named as Board Member of Tennessee OSHA Review Commission
EnSafe’s Mike Palmer is often heard quipping with staff, “We’re not done yet!” as we recounted in our January 2020 Passing the Torch article. That’s true of Mike still, in his revised role as a senior mentor at EnSafe, and now, as a newly appointed Board Member of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health (TOSHA) […]
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