Life and Safety is happy to welcome back Bobby Olsen to head up our Arc Flash services with the assistance of TC Gore.

Robert Olsen

Robert Olsen started with Life and Safety Consultants, Inc. back in 2009 and after a brief hiatus last year returned to us earlier in the year. He has experience in industry, construction, all trades/crafts with a focus in the electrical field. Robert’s industrial experience includes small shops to national and international companies across the United States and Canada. Robert’s construction experience consists of equipment ranging from hand held tools up to heavy construction and mining equipment. Robert has functioned with all trades during all phases of construction and is familiar with trade specific processes. Robert has assisted companies with implementing Arc Flash and electrical safety programs and training at over 100 locations throughout the continental United States and Canada. He gained experience helping people in medical emergency situations while working with the largest EMS system in South Carolina. He is now focused on training employees how to respond to and act during an emergency.

TC Gore

Life and Safety is proud to welcome T.C. Gore who brings 27 years of medical experience to the team. TC began his career at the age of 15 as a Junior Fire Fighter for a small fire department outside of Atlanta where he learned the skills necessary to provide first aid and CPR. At 16 years old he was awarded the certification of medical first responder. At 18 he joined the United States Navy and worked as a hospital corpsman for 4 years active and 4 years reserve. During that time, he earned his paramedic license and was a technical rescue specialist and dive team leader. After completing his time with the Navy TC moved to Greenville and started working for city of Greer fire department and Greenville County EMS where he also acted as an independent duty paramedic.

With this type of medical experience, TC brings a unique perspective to safety and compliance which allows us to utilize his skills as a certified flight paramedic of which, at this time, there are only about 6000 in the world. With these skills combined we can now provide our clients with expert level knowledge on aviation safety and how it complements and applies to OSHA compliance.

Become compliant with our online services and follow the requirements for 1910.134 or 1926.1153 by taking our respirable crystalline silica competent person training online.

The rule took effect on June 23, 2016, after which construction and general industry have one to two years to comply. Construction must comply by September 23, 2017 and General Industry has until June 23, 2018.

To meet this new requirement you must provide the appropriate level of training and protection to your employees. We now offer both employee and competent person online training for the new respirable crystalline silica standard. You also have the option to complete the medical evaluation online.

TRAINING
Our respirable crystalline silica competent person training comes with all the tools you will need to create and maintain a successful silica program. When you sign up for this course you will have access to training documents, forms, files, and templates that you can use to create your silica program and successfully train your people.

Training topics include:
Respirable Crystalline Silica
OSHA General Duty Clause
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Hazard Communication with GHS
Respiratory Protection
Respirator Fit Testing for Supervisors

Sign up here!
http://lifeandsafety.com/enroll/#!/Respirable-Crystalline-Silica-Competent-Person/p/95094025/category=4405370

MEDICAL CLEARANCE AND FIT TEST
Before being fit tested and able to effectively use a respirator a medical evaluation must be performed. Life and Safety is able to offer doctor reviewed online medical evaluations with approval often available in less than 24 hours. The medical evaluation is an optional add on for the training.

Once the medical evaluation has been successfully completed each person must be tested on the respirator(s) they are to use. This fit testing can be performed at our home office located in Greenville, SC or one of the 5000 partner clinics located across the United States.

For fit testing in the Greenville, SC area please call our office at 864.297.4521. For all other areas please contact our partner Occu-Med.

http://www.occu-med.com/how-to-reach-us/

As you all know, on Monday the 21st there will be a total solar eclipse that will cross the entire country and SC is in the path of totality.  If you decide to watch the eclipse we want to ensure you do so safely.  We hope you have fun watching the eclipse but most importantly, keep your eyes safe by wearing the protective glasses.

Instructions for safe use of solar eclipse glasses:

• Always inspect your solar eclipse glasses before use; if scratched, punctured, torn, or otherwise damaged, discard it. Read and follow instructions printed on the solar eclipse glasses.
• If you normally wear eyeglasses, keep them on. Put your eclipse glasses on over them.
• Stand still and cover your eyes with your eclipse glasses before looking up at the bright Sun. After looking at the Sun, turn away and remove your filter—do not remove it while looking at the Sun.
• Do not look at the Sun through a camera, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses—the concentrated solar rays could damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury.
• If you are inside the path of totality, remove your solar filter only when the Moon completely covers the Sun’s bright face and it suddenly gets quite dark. Experience totality, then, as soon as the bright Sun begins to reappear, replace your solar viewer to look at the remaining partial phases.
• Outside the path of totality, you must always use a safe solar filter to view the Sun directly.

Life and Safety will be attending the 2017 Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference in Greenville, SC next Wednesday August 23 at the Hyatt Regency.

True Sleep Diagnostics

Life and Safety president, Don Snizaski, joins the editorial board for South Carolina Manufacturing magazine.

As a leading safety professional in South Carolina Mr. Snizaski has over 25 year of industry experience. Once an OSHA Compliance Officer, Don has led the field in providing companies in the Upstate and beyond with expert environmental, health, and safety regulatory compliance, risk management, and comprehensive safety management systems.

Founded in 2015 South Carolina Manufacturing is the only trade publication and website dedicated to providing content, news and information exclusively for the manufacturing community in South Carolina via print and electronic communications.

Manufacturing is a critical component of the South Carolina economy. South Carolina Manufacturing provides insight and perspective not available in other places. The magazine is supported by an editorial board that encompasses many aspects of manufacturing including:

• Workforce Development and Education
• Economic Development
• Manufacturing Lending
• Manufacturing Programs and Advancement
• Aerospace
• Manufacturing and Patent Law
• Private Equity and Investment for Manufacturing

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After finding that it was not very productive to have a safety manager at each of their locations because of the internal comradery and level of available talent, the company decided to look at third party options for safety programs. “First we went to our insurance company and asked what do you recommend for a third-party program. And two years ago, we actually ended up hiring a third-party, Life and Safety, to do our safety program for the whole company. They do site visits on a schedule and after each one, they’ll give recommendations, discuss any deficiencies and put programs in place to take care of them. They will also give us daily training tidbits and hold weekly training at our safety meetings. It really puts us ahead of the curve for a company of our size to have a resource like that at our fingertips. They are constantly coming to us with ways to improve our safety and it has helped us a lot,” explains Begley.

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