Administrator of Property and Casualty, Workers' Compensation.

February 2, 2022

Supreme Court decides to block Federal Vaccine mandate for 100 employees or more!

Steve Thompson Senior Vice President, Aspen Risk Management Group/ERGOhealthy a TRISTAR Company

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February 1, 2022

Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks; and CO2 levels during N95 use

Steve Thompson Senior Vice President, Aspen Risk Management Group/ERGOhealthy a TRISTAR Company

According to the CDC, increased BMI and obesity is a "common, serious, and costly disease" in the US, affecting 42.4% of the adult population. Following the science, I have...

January 28, 2022

California and Cal/OSHA Forges Ahead with Different Rules than CDC on Quarantine, Isolation, and Testing. Adds Caveat for Boosted Employees

Steve Thompson Senior Vice President, Aspen Risk Management Group/ERGOhealthy a TRISTAR Company

To encourage employee "booster" shots, unvaccinated and vaccinated employees in California will be treated similarly for quarantine, isolation, and COVID testing purposes. On...

January 21, 2022

Curious that N95 OR KN95 is now the new COVID "acceptable" mask

Steve Thompson Senior Vice President, Aspen Risk Management Group/ERGOhealthy a TRISTAR Company

Curious that N95 OR KN95 is now the new COVID "acceptable" mask. In early 2020 I wrote an article on the potential medical consequences and dangers of having employees wear N95...

January 19, 2022

Cal-OSHA - New Fines and Rules

Steve Thompson

California has signed into law SB 606, which becomes effective January 1, 2022. The regulation creates two new Cal/OSHA citations categories: “enterprise-wide” and...