Scary Fact #3 (CPR)

Hi, it’s Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! Okay, so now we finally arrived at Scary Fact #3 or the third major reason why trained people like you and me don’t want to help out in an emergency. The third scary fact is because people think they might...

Scary Fact #2 (CPR)

Hi, it’s Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! In my previous post I spoke about how you don’t ever have to worry about liability when helping in a First Aid, CPR or AED situation. Now I want to put to rest what I call Scary Fact #2: Infection! This is...

Scary Fact #1 (CPR)

Hi, it’s Steven St. Laurent, the Spanish OSHA Guy! Okay, so in my First Aid, CPR and AED training, I open up exactly where many emergency management trainers (CPR Trainers) fall short: I talk about the scary facts of why people don’t want to help in an...

Should I use a GFCI in Industry?

In my OSHA 10-hour trainings, I often get questions about GFCI’s in General Industry. So I went to one of my go-to mentors, Martha Catevenis, and I got a very clear answer. Finally! Below is the question I posed to her: QUESTION Below is a question I often run...

How thick are you? 6 MIL. 4 MIL.

This question was posed to me in an RRP Lead-safe Training: QUESTION What does the EPA and also the State of Massachusetts require (or are they different) for the mandatory thickness of your poly? Does it have to 6 MIL? Or can it be less? What is the rule? ANSWER...