Spotlight on Clients
This list reflects some of our newer customers. They exhibit an ongoing desire to ensure that their workplaces continue to be as safe as possible for their employees:
Aspen Industries
Lockheed Martin - Coherent Technologies, Inc.
ConMed
Coors Brewing Company
GE Johnson Construction
Hydro Construction
New Belgium Brewery
PrimeStar Solar
Protogenic
Sorin Group (formerly Cobe Cardiovascular)
Strategic Real Estate
Tectonics
Hellman
& Associates can be reached at rhellman@ehscompliance.com
or
303-384-9828
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President’s Corner
by Ryan S. Hellman
This issue brings light to a few critical elements of your
health and safety program. We at
Hellman & Associates are continuously monitoring the “temperature” of
OSHA’s attention and those areas under potential scrutiny.
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Stormwater Management Awareness
by Craig Snyder, H&A Principal Consultant
Stormwater Management
Programs
Recent emphasis on Stormwater Management by the State of
Colorado requires your immediate attention if you are a light- or
heavy-industry facility. Direction from
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has increased inspections and
established significant penalty schedules for non-compliance.
In Colorado, Stormwater Management programs are administered
and enforced by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
(CDPHE), Water Quality Control Division.
In 2006, CDPHE made modifications to the light-industry and
heavy-industry general permits and as a result, many businesses have had to
reapply for a permit and submit a Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) to the
State.
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CDPHE Small-Quantity Generator Survey
Are you a Small Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste?
If you are, H&A has learned that the Colorado Department
of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will be sending a comprehensive
compliance survey out for mandatory completion in early August. This survey is intended to provide
information about compliance status of all Colorado Small Quantity Generators
and will be used for directing enforcement inspections.
It is critical that you are in full compliance with all
requirements under this regulation and to be sure and answer all questions on
the survey to demonstrate your compliance.
An inappropriate response on this questionnaire could result in an
enforcement inspection by CDPHE.
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Tools for Organizing your Personal Protective Equipment Needs
Every employer in General Industry that is regulated by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is required to conduct a
Hazard Assessment to determine the need for personal protective equipment (See 29 CFR 1910.132). While this specific requirement does not
apply to the construction industry, these employers are required to have
employees use appropriate PPE when there are hazards that cannot be controlled
through other means such as engineering and work practice controls. It would be advantageous to complete a
hazard assessment in construction also.
General Industry employers must certify that they have completed a
Hazard Assessment in their facilities.
Have you completed your Hazard Assessment and Certification and
implemented your program?
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No-Cost Safety Briefing Session
In conjunction with Patton Boggs, LLC
SAVE THE DATE
September 18, 2007
Once again, Hellman & Associates will pair up with
Patton Boggs, LLC for a no-cost Briefing Session the morning of September 18,
2007 from 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. with breakfast included.
If you attended our earlier session, you know that this is a
unique opportunity to get up-to-date information at no cost. Our topic will be announced – watch for it
in upcoming communications from Hellman & Associates.
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Final Showcase Lecture Presentation in Northern Region
The third and final 2007
Showcase Lecture Series in northern Colorado (Loveland) will be held on September 21, 2007.
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Lumbar Spine Surgeries
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Who gets better?
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Who gets worse?
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What is a typical work-up?
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What are some of the different surgeries
offered to patients with
lumbar spine pathology?
There is no cost to participants
and a lunch is provided.
Hellman & Associates is a
cosponsor for this event along with:
Workwell Occupational Medicine
Colorado Rehabilitation &
Occupational Medicine, LLC
Orthopaedic Center of the Rockies
Please RSVP by calling Deby
D’Amico at 720.858.6487 or register online at
http://www.workwelloccmed.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/site.survey/
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Spotlight on John Cunningham
If you are one of our construction clients, you surely have
had the pleasure of working with our capable and affable Consultant, John
Cunningham. John has been with Hellman
& Associates almost one year, but arrived with vast experience with the
construction standards and the trade in general.
John is a scientist with a
chemistry background and knowledge in the disciplines of industrial hygiene and
regulatory compliance. His experience includes construction compliance, environmental
compliance, air sampling and contaminant research. As an instructor, he
developed curriculum and taught health and safety courses to a variety of
students including first responders and clients’ workforces.
As you see from the photo above,
which is of a sockeye salmon caught on Quartz Creek on the Kenai Peninsula, John
is an avid outdoorsman. His family
reigns from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his interests in the outdoors, fitness,
and his family fill his leisure time.
As a compliance specialist, John has conducted hundreds of
regulatory compliance audits for Federal Government agencies and facilities
(including U.S. Forest Service, BLM, and VA). He developed and maintained
programs and manuals based on his proficient knowledge of protocols from established
EHS regulatory agencies. John has
experience in residential and large- and small-scale commercial
construction. His experience in the
private sector includes environmental risk management, air and water quality
consulting and permitting, various types of indoor and outdoor sampling,
environmental site assessments, detailed compliance audits, and project
management. John’s expertise has allowed him to train and instruct in areas
required by OSHA, DOT, and NFPA.
Emergency response and industrial incident personnel have benefited from
John’s instruction.
Hats
off to John Cunningham!
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