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Note that Maryland's OSHA program applies to public sector employees, too. (I'm assuming that the school is a public school.)

Joe

The cadence of the last poem reminded me of one of my father’s favorites.

TOMMY
by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an'...

Edinburgh’s a great place. I was there once, but not for the Fringe. Like John says, make your travel plans soon. Unless you plan to tour the countryside, don’t bother with a car rental. (Driving...

Is there any way to reduce the water circulation rate? Smaller streams may be less noise and less splash.

(I suspect that it's too "cheap" to pinch the pump output [and it might damage the pump],...

(I type too slowly..)

It is possible that there is a school level policy that prohibits sexism, racism, etc for any business or activities conducted by the school. It may not have the legal teeth...

This may repeating what's already here but:

The need for lists sounds like a stage manager’s mantra. You might check over at SMNetwork.org for lists that may fit what you are doing.

For the...

Just my initials plus my fraternity pin number.

Joe

Another resource that is overlooked these days is your local library. With regional inter-lending agreements, you may have a great deal of information close at hand. Also, check the wiki...

I think you need to go back the original source of the list. As in the telephone game, that last item looks like it’s been garbled. (As it would seem the first and second items).

[How about...

Some additional information that you need to collect:

The exact dimensions of the tent, with the poles taken into account. Your actual space may be closer to 9.5 feet by 19.5 feet.

Is there a...

Perhaps there is concern about getting losing Indoor Environmental Quality credits. Platinum is the highest rating, and if the building is on the border line, with the loss of a point or two, the...

There are numerous contributors to this site from houses of worship, and I would defer to their experience. But in the meantime, I’ll weigh in with a few comments/considerations.

My instincts are...

Can you clarify that? The introduction to the Standards (below) would indicate otherwise:

"Introduction
The Department of Justice published revised regulations for Titles II and III of the...

Make sure the room has plenty of light. Some sort of rack will be needed to hang the finished and unfinished costumes.

As stupid as this sounds, make sure the sewing machine users are trained and...

The ADA regulations appear to be here:
2010 ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN
2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

There are links for two sets of documents:
2010 ADA Standards for...

A comment about my experience remote control toys. We used a radio controlled car to “power” an effect, and it worked fine for years at several venues, until we used a different venue. There,...

The other issue with liquid carbon dioxide (as opposed to cryogenic carbon dioxide) is that the pressure is about 800 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). There are safety issues that must be...

Strictly speaking (by IUPAC) (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), kilowatt is kW. But I can find numerous texts that use kw. (For some reason, Joule and Newton, get caps for their...

Not to go too far off topic, but some ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) plastic pipe is suitable (and marketed) for compressed air.

One example: Compressed air piping, the Air-Pro system...

To re-iterate Van’s point, PVC should not be used for compressed air systems. PVC pipe manufacturers provide this warning in their catalogues and product data sheets (see the Nibco example below,...

Do cheaper wireless come at a cost of increased potential for interference or activation from similar devices? For example, we used a radio controlled car to “power” an effect and it worked fine for...

Bear in mind that the pressure in compressed gas cylinders is high: carbon dioxide is around 800 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). I had trouble finding compressed breathing air cylinder...

Perhaps the above quote was for a local administration or government authority.

The US OSH law and regulations are specifically applicable only to private industry employees and employers. If...

Another aspect of fluorescent lamps (and other lamps that contain mercury) is that businesses must manage and dispose of these types of lamps according to the USEPA Universal Waste hazardous waste...

I dove back in and found OSHA’s general definition (from their website):

The term "Competent Person" is used in many OSHA standards and documents. An OSHA "competent person" is defined as "one who...