EHS Professionals

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 […]

By Phil Molé, MPH Are we done with another quarter of virtual events already? Time flies. Throughout Q2, we 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 such as OSHA HazCom updates, AI, safety, incident management, ergonomics, contractor […]

By Phil Molé, MPH Welcome to the third and final part of our blog series on EHS in Transition, based on the 2026 EHS 360 Benchmark Report. In Part 1 of this series, we explored the promises (and pain points) that EHS professionals are facing during this era. You learned that EHS professionals are optimistic […]

For EHS and Operational Risk leaders, standardizing risk assessment processes is only half the battle. The greater challenge is ensuring those processes are applied consistently across every facility, every team, and every worker for a standardized view of risk. Without this consistency, it becomes difficult to compare risk across sites, identify trends, share best practices, […]

How QR Codes for Incident Management Expand Access, Increase Visibility, and Empower Organizations to Act Faster Across virtually every industry, frontline employees, contractors, and temporary workers are elevated risk for occupational injury and illness, yet they are often the least connected to incident reporting systems. For example, a contractor notices a hazard, but they don’t […]