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Ever get an email from a customer that stopped you in your tracks? Read this one…. Date: Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM Subject: CPR training To: scott@leadsmarttraining.com Hi Scott, I was in your CPR training yesterday sitting in the front desk. The reason for this email because today when I was at work I got a call from my Manager that a person drop to the ground in front of the building. I ran there and [...]

2024-03-25T14:11:06-04:00March 25th, 2024|Quick Hits|

Court decides Sub-contractors are your workers….They really are just like your family

Have kids? Want them safe? Ever have to be the bad parent to keep them that way? Ever been told the homework is all done…..when you know better? Have you ever had to be that parent and discipline them – for their own good? Have Subcontractors? Want them safe? Ever have to be the bad parent to keep them that way? Ever been told the work is all done…..when you know better? Have you ever had to [...]

2019-01-07T16:54:36-04:00January 7th, 2019|CSL NEWS, LEAD PAINT NEWS, MA Building Code, Quick Hits|

JLC Online: Working Lead-Safe

A recent article in JLC Online, “Working Lead-Safe,” by Tom O'Brien, is hitting the ’net. If you’re not a subscriber, click here to read the full article. It quotes one of your favorite trainers, Peter Lawton. An excerpt: None of us are getting any younger. And for some remodelers, the years seem to have taken a heavier toll; High blood pressure, kidney trouble, memory problems, mood disorders, and erectile dysfunction are all age-related maladies. But each is [...]

2016-05-27T10:45:37-04:00May 20th, 2016|LEAD PAINT NEWS, Quick Hits|

EPA Begins Effort to Reduce Children’s Exposure to Lead Paint in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine Area

..... MAINE CONTRACTORS: The EPA has announced that will begin “an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning” in the Lewiston/Auburn, Maine area. This includes “steps the Agency is taking to increase compliance... with the federal lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule.” The press release notes that the Lewiston/Auburn area “has the highest number of incidences in the state of children under the age of six with elevated blood [...]

2016-05-19T09:42:51-04:00May 18th, 2016|EPA, MAINE, Quick Hits, RRP|