# Forensic Analytical Consulting Services

## Core Content

- [Silica Exposure and California’s Permanent Silica Standard](https://facs.com/blog/silica-exposure-and-cal-oshas-silica-emergency-rule/): In 2024 alone, more than a quarter of California’s inspected engineered-stone shops were hit with stop-work orders, and fines reached five-figure territory for “routine” violations. Now the emergency rule that triggered those shutdowns is permanent—no sunset clause, no grace period, no excuses.
- [NYC Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak and Cooling Tower Risk](https://facs.com/blog/nyc-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-and-cooling-tower-risk/): On July 2, 2026, the New York City Health Department began investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Within three weeks, the community cluster had grown to 82 confirmed cases and five deaths.
- [Lockout/Tagout Training: Turning Hazardous Energy Procedures Into Field Discipline](https://facs.com/blog/lockout-tagout-training-turning-hazardous-energy-procedures-into-field-discipline/): Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) is the structured safety practice designed to prevent accidental injury by a machine or system. It gives maintenance and servicing personnel a clear sequence for identifying hazardous energy, isolating it, securing it, verifying that energy has been controlled, and restoring equipment safely when the work is complete.
- [Chicagoland Safety Health & Environmental Conference 2026 - Let's keep in touch!](https://facs.com/chicagoland-safety-health-environmental-conference-2026-lets-keep-in-touch/): Reach out today or give us a call at (888) 711-9998 and our environmental health consultants & industrial hygienists can assist you in your incident response. Our mission is to create experts, both staff and clients, who improve public health and the environment.
- [Society of American Military Engineers Sacramento 2026 - Let's keep in touch!](https://facs.com/society-of-american-military-engineers-sacramento-2026-lets-keep-in-touch/): Reach out today or give us a call at (888) 711-9998 and our environmental health consultants & industrial hygienists can assist you in your incident response. Our mission is to create experts, both staff and clients, who improve public health and the environment.

## Key Topics

- [Environmental Health & Safety Management](https://facs.com/blog/category/environmental-health-safety-management/)
- [Construction/General Contractor](https://facs.com/blog/category/construction-general-contractor/)
- [Hazardous Building Materials](https://facs.com/blog/category/hazardous-building-materials/)
- [Exposure](https://facs.com/blog/category/exposure/)
- [Building Management](https://facs.com/blog/category/property-management/)


# Last updated: 2026-08-15T01:31:44+00:00