EnviroMed has performed OSHA Audits on the daily work activities conducted by the employees while being accompanied by department heads to each activity and work site. EnviroMed took notes, made observations, and recommended improvements on safety when conducting work activities.

The activities included excavation and trenching, the use of jackhammers, saws, demolition saws, chainsaws, construction equipment such as backhoes, dump trucks, and vacuum trucks used to clean out manholes, confined space entry, an audit of the MSDS Sheets, how combustible and flammable materials are stored, electrical safety, fall protection, fire safety when welding or cutting into metal that creates hot slag, lockout tagout, respiratory protection use, hearing protection, and hazard communication.

During the field visits EnviroMed recommended the use of machine guarding on all rotary equipment and recommended that no machine guards be removed from rotating devices and equipment.

EnviroMed observed compressed gas tanks used to cut steel that were not tied off, laid on their side, and had no protective gage cap when moved.  The tanks would be rolled to the work activity instead of being carted and tied during transportation. With EnviroMed’s recommendation this activity stopped.

The workers while using the vacuum truck were not wearing hearing protection so EnviroMed with the use of a dosimeter measured the noise level when the vacuum truck was being operated and measured the noise level at 100dBa. This immediately put into action the use of hearing protection by employees when around the vacuum truck.

EnviroMed also inspected lanyards and fall protection devices used by the employees to assure that the lanyard and all its devices were not damaged.

EnviroMed also observed trenching and shoring activities.  EnviroMed did observe that employees were using the proper personal protection while working in a trench greater than five feet deep. This included two ways of entering and exiting the trench and workers working inside the steel trench box. Air monitoring was also being conducted by using a 4-Gas Meter that read oxygen level, lower explosive limit, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon monoxide.

During EnviroMed Services OSHA Safety Audit it was observed that the City of Danbury did not have written programs and procedures for their employees, which in turn is an OSHA violation.   Therefore, EnviroMed Services wrote the following programs, and were reviewed by the City of Danbury Department Heads and accepted with no comment or corrections made.

The programs are the following:

• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Confined Space Entry
• Electrical Safety
• Emergency Plan
• Fall protection
• Hot Works
• Lockout & Tagout
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Power Industrial Trucks
• Respiratory Protection
• Trenching and Shoring
• Noise

All of the above OSHA Safety Programs were accompanied with checklists for each program as a quick resource for City of Danbury employees and supervisors and assure that safety precautions were and will be used in the daily work activities.

EnviroMed Services also performed the following training sessions for the City of Danbury:

• Fire Safety
• Emergency Preparedness
• Fall Protection
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Confined Space Entry
• Electrical Safety
• Lockout & Tagout
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Power Industrial Trucks
• Respiratory Protection
• Trenching and Shoring
• Noise

The United Illuminating Company commissioned EnviroMed with the goal to perform inspections of more than 200 vaults around New Haven County. We assessed the sites to see if there were hazardous materials that could be encountered in the vaults. The surveys and inspections were done for materials including PCBs, asbestos, and lead. Detailed drawings were provided as part of the inspection to document location and presence of any materials that might be encountered when entering the vaults. These studies will be use for the future planning purposes by U.I. in order to upgrade customer vaults as necessary.

EnviroMed Services has provided services to many Utility Companies throughout New England and New York.

EnviroMed 24 Hour On Call Emergency Service

Utility companies must maintain 24-hour continuous service to their client. Therefore EnviroMed developed emergency respond system to provide immediate mobilization, staffing and communication systems. EnviroMed developed internal a communication system to respond to any client emergency by assigned telephone numbers and personnel. This list was provided to the client as their emergency response contact matrix.

Efficiency: The assigned staffing for all off hours were cross trained for asbestos, lead, PCBs and other Hazardous materials which will allow for maximum flexibility in responding to emergencies. Our on call monitors can sample and then analyze the asbestos fiber sample at the site location.

Sampling Equipment: The individual staff have at all times the required field sampling equipment including: four gas meters, PID, data ram, air sampling pumps, sampling media, microscope and noise meter.

Safety Equipment: All on call staff have specific safety equipment including: flame resistant (FR) clothing, hard hats, safety vest, Tyvek suit, safety glasses with side shields, safety shoes rated EH for electrical hazard, full body harness with retrieval line attached at the back of the body section at the center or higher location and respirators with approved filters and cartridges.

The accommodations provided by EnviroMed insured quick emergency response and reduced the time associated with an electrical or gas outage. EnviroMed Services is a valued partner in assisting UIL in providing the highest quality services to their customers. EnviroMed Services performed Environmental Inspections of approximately 100 to 120 customer vaults owned by UIL.

EnviroMed Services, Inc. is currently providing Independent Monitoring of Lead Paint Removal Operations at Various Locations Citywide. In this current role EnviroMed is fully aware of the NYCDOT requirements and has developed a time-tested approach to implement them successfully. We are fully knowledgeable regarding the environmental and worker protection related requirements based on the New York State (NYS) Standard Specification, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and other regulatory requirements such as the OSHA and EPA regulations governing ambient air quality standards for lead and hazardous materials management.

EnviroMed is providing services to NYCDOT Bureau of Bridges including the attendance at the pre-construction phase of the citywide projects in support of the initial kick-off meetings, review of contractor submittals and monitoring of community notifications.

We also provide on-going construction phase support by providing environmental inspectors (overseers) for project assignment and monitoring for contractor compliance with contract specifications, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations as well as providing a certified industrial hygienist for specialized services and review.

During the post construction phase of lead abatement or environmental tasks, EnviroMed provides services for monitoring the project closeout report, including on-site environmental inspection.  In our current role EnviroMed has provided both the highest quality of on-site inspections as well as detailed weekly and monthly reports to the Director.

Our current experience with the NYCDOT Bureau of Bridges has allowed EnviroMed staff to effectively respond to emergency situations including work over water, which may include visible emissions from a containment during work activities, hazardous waste storage concerns at the project sites, non-compliance to state, local or US EPA and OSHA regulations as well as the proper transfer of hazardous waste.  Safety concerns related to lead abatement and construction activities that may range from community exposure to noise to heat stress, fire protection, respiratory protection, cherry pickers and manlift operations and fall protection have also been addressed by our staff and monitored accordingly during our tenure with the NYCDOT.

EnviroMed Services has monitored more than 95 major Class 1A abrasive blasting projects within the City of New York.  These Class 1A containments were evaluated and commented on by EnviroMed’s project managers and environmental overseers for conformance to the FEIS and deleading specifications prior to their erection on the various superstructures.

During the time that these containment’s have been erected and abrasive blasting performed, EnviroMed’s certified staff have been auditing the projects and evaluating the effectiveness of the containment’s, as well as performing quality control in the form of visible emissions assessments using USEPA Method 22 and real time monitoring around openings, seams and entryways.  In conjunction to the quality control described, EnviroMed also evaluates the data collected by the on-site environmental overseers to determine if compliance to regulations and the NYCDOT deleading specifications are being met.

EnviroMed is assisting in the upgrade of the Metro North Rail Line. The upgrade is over a several year period and specifically involves the Metro North Catenary, the underground associated soil work, and bridge rehabilitation work from Bridgeport to Westport CT. Over this period EnviroMed has worked directly with the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

During this project EnviroMed’s services include; assessment of soil contamination, inspections, ambient air quality monitoring, oversight of the health and safety of workers on the job, and oversight of the lead paint abatement of the catenary.

We perform extensive environmental health and safety monitoring for the workers involved in steel work, steel erection, and steel abatement on the job. We also provided community monitoring throughout the entire remediation process and soil excavation process. Our monitoring of hazardous materials included heavy metals, chromium, lead, and arsenic.

EnviroMed is currently involved in projects that provide Construction health and safety oversight, safety training, and creating and implementing OSHA safety programs. One of our clients is a utility contractor that is currently working in New York State redesigning and placing in new gas and steam lines. EnviroMed was called upon to make daily site visits and recommendations to prevent accidents and provide a safe working environment. The activities currently on the project are excavating trenches, working around overhead power lines, heavy construction equipment such as excavators, dump trucks, backhoes, site material drop-off, and welding. EnviroMed Services also created specific safety checklist that cover specific job activities and are specific to the OSHA regulations for trenching and shoring, personal protective equipment, storage of flammable and combustible materials, slips, trips and falls, welding, and site equipment.

As the site safety officer working directly for the contractor when a safety issue is noted it is brought immediately to the attention of the site foreman and abated. Such examples were to assure that shoring is installed prior to worker entering the trench, assure that access to the trench is safe and reliable. The entrance to the trench was a ladder so EnviroMed Services site representative made sure that the ladder was three feet above the entrance point, and had a ladder replaced when there was evidence of cracked side rails and bent ladder rungs. EnviroMed Services also made sure that proper monitoring was being conducted on site and had the trench constantly monitored for the presence of carbon monoxide, lower and upper gas explosion limits, oxygen, and hydrogen sulfide.

In slips, trips and falls EnviroMed Services made electrical cords covered over with the protective rubber covers to prevent tripping and falls, we assured that all alarms and lights were properly functioning on heavy equipment, we assured that when construction vehicles were being used that the contractor had a spotter to assure that no blind spots were missed.

EnviroMed Services also assured that first aid kits were available on site, material safety data sheets, fire extinguishers were on site and properly inspected and signed off, we checked for calibration dates on hazardous atmospheres detectors, we checked the reliability of ladders, we assured that workers were wearing the proper personal protective equipment at all times while on the job. EnviroMed Services safety checklist for this particular project covered the following OSHA Regulations:

• Hazard Communication 1926.59
• Excavations 1926.650, 651, 652
• PPE and life saving equipment 1926.95,96,100,202
• Ladders 1926.105
• Fire protection and prevention 1926.150
• Slips, Trips, & Falls 1926. 21-23
• Signs, Signals, and Barricades 1926.200
• Welding and cutting 1926.350
• Welding and cutting 1926.350
• Safety related work practices 1926-416
• Motor vehicles and mechanized equipment 1926.600
• Cranes and Rigging
• Scaffolds especially suspended scaffolds.

EnviroMed Services personnel through training, other personnel, computer libraries, and company library can deal with site specific safety issues and provide sensible solutions to safety issues, create checklists that cover OSHA regulations, and always available to meet our clients goals of getting the job done in a safe and time effective manner.

EnviroMed is providing Health and Safety Monitoring and Supervision for caternary replacement and bridge replacement and demolition for areas along the Metro North Railroad corridor (Westport to Bridgeport).

EnviroMed wrote the Health and Safety Plan (HASP) for the job and trained individuals prior to the start of the work for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HazWoper).  Monitoring that EnviroMed is performing is confined space entry parameters, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) monitoring, Silica monitoring and total dust using a DataRam.

The monitoring is being done during excavation work for the bridge replacements.  EnviroMed provides monthly reports for the Health and Safety monitoring.  EnviroMed is also on-site monitoring the lead-based paint work on the steel structures (bridges and caternary towers).  Monitoring for the lead abatement work is personal and ambient monitors.   This project is a long term project with an anticipated duration of 7 years.

In addition to the on-site Health and Safety Monitoring, EnviroMed Services’ Construction Health and Safety Technicians provided the client with a daily checklist for all the site activities to insure that all contractors and subcontractors are in compliance with the OSHA requirements and to the prevent of construction illnesses and injuries including :

• Hazard Communication
• Electrical Safety
• Excavations
• PPE and Life Saving  Equipment
• Ladders
• Fire Protection and Prevention
• Slips, Trips, & Falls
• Signs, Signals, and Barricades
• Welding and Cutting
• Safety related work practices
• Motor Vehicles and Mechanized Equipment
• Cranes and Rigging
• Scaffolds

All safety concerns was addressed directly to the client’s on site supervisor, and discussed during the weekly safety meeting. EnviroMed CHST helps the client with making decisions on how to address these issues by making recommendations according with the local and federal regulations.

Construction safety inspections are the most effective means of identifying hazardous conditions at the worksite. Construction sites require constant monitoring and observations to keep ahead of safety issues. We are a proven safety resource for third party job construction site safety inspections. Our safety professionals have been successfully performing construction safety inspections on some of the largest projects in the U.S. We identify potential OSHA violations, liability issues and risk exposures while assisting clients with mitigating hazards before they damage the reputation of your company and injure employees.

An environmental audit of a site provides people with confidence as to what a site can be used for and to determine what, if any, costs may apply in managing it into the future. Planning authorities, government agencies and private businesses use the environmental audit system to determine the condition of a site and its suitability for use, or to advise what’s required to make a site suitable for use. The auditing process must clearly identify the environmental quality of a site, and any detriment to using that site.

We also provide companies with a chance to obtain a permit.

EnviroMed Services works with the removal of lead paint or other materials that lead is found in, and we make sure it is taken off in the correct way so it is not harmful to people or the environment.