When Safety Meets Humor: Adventures in Employee Sampling
This article appeared in the PSST! Linked In Newsletter on July 21, 2025 Wisconsin’s Public Sector enforcement is almost exactly the same as OSHA’s Consultation: hazard identification, Safety Manager and employee training, and abatement. We did not work in pairs, and sometimes my inspection sites were far into the backwoods of Wisconsin. While it was […]
Be sure your sampling meets OSHA’s requirements
Sampling is more than just slapping a pump on an employee to see if their exposures exceed legal limits. The expectations of sampling strategy and recordkeeping are best exemplified in OSHA’s expanded standards. First, we’ll discuss general best sampling strategies and then we will use the Methylene Chloride standard, 1910.1052, to demonstrate OSHA’s expectations for […]
The Long Term Use of Air and Noise Sampling Records
It is not unusual for an employer to be aware of the employee exposure sampling requirements of standards such as 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure, or 1910.1026 Hexavalent Chromium. However, many employers are unaware that this sampling triggers the documentation content and duration requirements of 1910.1020. The records must contain sufficient data to meet the requirements […]