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January 24, 2019Technical Rescue, Training & Safety, 29, 29 cfr, cfr, contract site safety, contract site safety specialist, fall, fall protection, fall protection training, general requirements 29, general requirements 29 cfr, protection, protection 29, protection 29 cfr, requirements 29, requirements 29 cfr, safety, safety and health, safety specialist, site safety, site safety specialist

Top 10 Most Frequently Cited OSHA Standards Violated in FY 2018

Every year OSHA lists the top 10 most frequently cited (MFC) standard for the previous fiscal year. These violations are often repeated year after year for citations, but employers are still violating the federal law. Awareness of the...

By Elizabeth Davis0

December 20, 2018News, Training & Safety, cause, christmas, christmas trees, combustible materials, decorations, electrical, ergonomic hazards, fire, fire rescue, fires, hazards, holiday, holiday season, holiday time, lights, season, space heaters, time, wires, workers

Holiday Safety Tips

The holiday season is filled with fun, joy, and some stressors. It is common to see people being consumed with having to prepare for the various holiday events and decorations. Throughout the season, it is important to also be mindful...

By Elizabeth Davis0

December 14, 2018Technical Rescue, breathing apparatus, health hazards, health program, locating trapped, locating trapped miners, locating trapped miners and returning, miners and returning, property and recovering, protecting the mine property, rescue, rescue team, safety, safety and health, safety and health program, self-contained breathing, self-contained breathing apparatus, team, team safety, trapped miners, trapped miners and returning

Mine Safety and Health in America

Mining is an active vocation in the US, even in unlikely states like Florida. Miners are protected from safety and health hazards from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, which created the Mine Safety and Health...

By Elizabeth Davis0

November 30, 2018Technical Rescue, cave-in, cave-in protection, compliance letter, edge of the excavation, edge of the trench, enter a trench, enter and exit, excavation, excavation hazards, look for standing, look for standing water, materials away from the edge, never enter a trench, properly inspected, rescue team, stable material, standing water, trench, trenching and excavation, worker

Trenching and Excavation: Digging through the regulations

Trenching and excavation fatalities are on the rise in America over the previous 5 years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has stated the 2016 fatalities due to excavation hazards has double the average of the previous five years. The...

By Elizabeth Davis0

November 2, 2018Industrial Fire, Technical Rescue, body, exposed to a substance, exposure, exposure limits, ih, industrial, industrial hygiene, industrial hygienist, introduced into the body, irreversible tissue, occupational safety, occupational safety and health, period of time, safety, safety and health, threshold limit, toxic, toxic material, worker, workers

Industrial Hygiene: What you don’t know may harm you.

The industrial hygiene field has a great deal of intricacies and science intended for occupational safety. Most organizations and jobs have some elements of industrial hygiene even though the workers may not be aware it. The Industrial...

By Elizabeth Davis0

October 19, 2018Industrial Fire, Training & Safety, 29 cfr, chemical reaction, electrical standards, explosive limit, fire, fire hazards, fire prevention, fire prevention and protection, fire protection, flammability limit, general industry, hazards, life safety, nfpa, osha, prevention and protection, standards, vapor stage, workers from fire, workers from fire hazards

Fire Prevention and Protection Regulations

Workplaces of all kinds have hazards or situations where fires can start including flammable chemicals for production activities, welding operations, or even careless workers. In construction, the fire hazards can be brought to the...

By Elizabeth Davis0

October 5, 2018News, capstone, capstone fire, capstone fire safety, capstone fire safety management, equipment, fire, fire prevention, fire safety, fire safety management, incident, management, personnel, prevention, provide, public, public safety, safety, safety management, safety services, services

Official Statement Regarding AB-2380 Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources

Capstone Fire & Safety Management provides specialized critical infrastructure protection offering outsourced fire prevention crews, OSHA compliant confined space standby, and site safety services. Material benefits we provide our...

By Elizabeth Davis0

September 28, 2018Wildland Fire, action plan, action plan and fire, business continuity, chemical releases, emergency, emergency action, emergency action plan, emergency action plan and fire, fire, fire prevention, heavy equipment, occupational safety, plan, plan and fire, preparedness, preparedness level, prevention plan, wildfire, wildfire preparedness, wildfire season

Wildfire Resource Guide

Wildfire season 2018 has been raging in several states along western America; many of the fires have topped state records. As of August 30, 2018, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) the National Preparedness Level 4 was...

By Elizabeth Davis0

September 7, 2018Technical Rescue, Training & Safety, 29 cfr, confined space, emergency response, hazardous, hazardous substance, hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazwoper, hazwoper standard, involving hazardous, operations involving, operations involving hazardous, release, release of a hazardous, release of a hazardous substance, safety and health, standard, treatment storage, uncontrolled release, waste

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response: Know When to Get Help

The term HAZWOPER is short for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. This specialized response activity is regulated through the OSHA construction standard 29 CFR 1926.65 and is identical to the 29 CFR 1910.120 General...

By Elizabeth Davis0

August 24, 2018News, 5000, capstone, capstone fire, capstone fire safety, capstone fire safety management, companies, compliance, critical infrastructure, fire safety, fire safety management, inc, included, infrastructure, list, management, private, protection, safety, safety management, unique

Capstone included in the Inc. 5000 Most Inspiring Companies of 2018

Inc. magazine recently revealed Capstone Fire & Safety Management is included on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the...

By Elizabeth Davis0

August 10, 2018Training & Safety, activities, federal, federal agencies, federal osha, health, osha, program, programmed inspections, programs, protection, protection program, safety, safety and health, site, voluntary protection, voluntary protection program, vpp participants, vpp program, vpp site, workers

Voluntary Protection Program: Now is the Time

Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is a program OSHA has set up to reward companies that are proactive with occupational health and safety goals and implementation practices. VPP sites have many benefits as well as rewards internally...

By Elizabeth Davis0

July 30, 2018Training & Safety, event happens, fire rescue, fire rescue and safety, leader, leadership, leadership style, management, management system, production and quality, ready for events, rescue and safety, safety, safety management, safety management system, safety services, system, transactional, transactional leader, transformational, transformational leader

Safety Leadership: Proactive or Reactive

Leadership is talked about throughout all levels of business and there are many different types of leaders. Some leaders tend to be proactive in styles while others are reactive in style. When it comes to a safety management system is...

By Elizabeth Davis1

July 13, 2018Technical Rescue, collection system distribution, collection system distribution system, confined space, confined space entry, distribution system and treatment, distribution system and treatment plant, fire rescue services, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulfide exposure, hydrogen sulfide gases, methane gas, methane gas exposure, permit required confined, permit required confined space, permit required confined space entry, required confined space, required confined space entry, system and treatment plant, system distribution system, system distribution system and treatment

3 Hazards at your Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant

The water and wastewater treatment field is not well known in the community. Few people think about what happens in order to get water to flow through their pipes or what happens once they flush the toilet. There’s a network of...

By Elizabeth Davis0

June 29, 2018Technical Rescue, action plan, confined space, emergency, emergency action, emergency action plan, emergency response, emergency response plan, emergency response services, fire, fire prevention, fire prevention plan, job title, minimum elements, name or job, name or job title, plan, prevention plan, procedures, protect workers, trenching and excavation

OSHA Cites Workplace for Not Having Safety or Fire Rescue Services

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to have emergency response to hazardous substances being released, trenching and excavation rescues, and confined space entry rescues. Responses to such events...

By Elizabeth Davis0

June 8, 2018Training & Safety, academy graduates, cfsm, experience, fire academies, fire academy, fire academy graduates, fire agencies, fire service, graduates, jobs, local fire, members, military, military service, military service members, retiring from fire, retiring from fire service, service, service members, transitioning from the military

Fire Protection Jobs

Recently, due to demand, Capstone Fire & Safety Management (CFSM) has offered colleges and fire academies a unique opportunity to extend jobs to their candidates the day they graduate. Schools and training centers alike have...

By Elizabeth Davis0

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