Personal Experience Inventory

Stinchfield, R., Winters, K. C. (1997). Measuring change in adolescent drug misuse with the Personal Experiences Inventory (PEI). Substance Use and Misuse, 32, 63-76. 

Experience has shown that when OSHA conducts a compliance audit of a plant, facility, and/or other workplace, the auditors routinely seek out and document any container containing hazardous materials. When they find one (and more), they usually write down the brand name of the product and later ask to see an MSDS for each product found. Again, based on personal experience, it is at this point in the audit process that the property owner or manager gets into trouble with OSHA compliance (if not already there). We have found that it is not unusual for the in-house facility compliance manager to forget the Hazard Communication Standard requirement for the facility to produce and maintain a current inventory of all chemical products within the workplace. 

Fill out a personal inventory that encourages you to mine your life and experiences for the raw material you will draw on to write your essay. 

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