EHS Professionals

By Phil Molé, MPH Throughout Q3, VelocityEHS hosted a variety of events designed to help EHS professionals stay ahead of regulatory changes, explore emerging technologies, and enhance their safety programs. Covering topics like OSHA HazCom updates, AI in EHS, safety, incident management, ergonomics, contractor safety, and operational risk, these webinars provided practical insights and actionable […]

How to Make Internal Audits More Risk-Based, Objective, and Useful for Continual Improvement By Shannon Major, STP ComplianceEHS and Phil Molé, MPH, VelocityEHS An internal audit program should be more than a calendar of audits or a requirement to satisfy before an external assessment. At its best, it is a planned and systematic way to […]

By Phil Molé, MPH   A chemical label packs a lot of important information into a small space. Under OSHA’s Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard, shipped container labels help workers quickly identify a chemical and understand its hazards. But chemicals don’t always stay in the containers they arrive in. Many times, you need to put them […]

By Phil Molé, MPH Getting a contractor approved is an important step toward safer work. But it’s only the first step. Prequalification is important because it helps you determine whether a contractor meets your organization’s requirements before they’re brought onsite. It can give you greater confidence in who you’re working with, ensure that contractors have […]

By Phil Molé, MPH You may know every chemical product in your inventory. But do you know every regulated or hazardous ingredient inside those products? That distinction matters. An organization can maintain an up-to-date safety data sheet (SDS) library and an accurate list of product names, manufacturers, quantities, and locations, yet still struggle to answer […]

By Phil Molé, MPH HazCom 2024 affects all users of hazardous chemicals throughout the chemical supply chain. Chemical manufacturers have work to do as the compliance clock keeps ticking. So do importers and distributors. And as updated hazard information makes its way downstream, employers who use hazardous chemicals affected by the final rule have many […]

By Phil Molé, MPH For many organizations, chemical management has traditionally been viewed through the lens of compliance. Do we have an up-to-date safety data sheet (SDS) for every chemical? Are containers properly labeled? Is our chemical inventory accurate? Are we meeting applicable reporting requirements? Those are important questions. But they aren’t the only questions […]

By Phil Molé, MPH Organizations today have access to more risk data than ever before. Incidents, hazards, inspections, job safety analysis (JSAs), bowties, corrective actions, audit findings, training records, and other operational activities can all generate valuable information about where risk exists and how it is being managed. But having risk data isn’t the same […]

By Phil Molé, MPH Keeping your safety data sheets (SDSs) organized is an important part of chemical management. But as we discussed in a recent blog, it’s only one part. Knowing what a chemical is doesn’t automatically tell you where it is, how much of it you have, how much you’ve used, or whether quantities […]

Every mature Operational Risk Management program is rooted in a simple question: Do you truly understand the risks involved in every job your employees perform?  The answer to this question begins with Job Safety Analysis (JSA).  Many organizations focus heavily on incident management processes: reporting, investigations, and corrective action planning. While each of these activities […]