EHS Professionals

New Webinar Focuses on Regulatory Updates EHS Leaders May Have Missed in the Last Year As businesses return to “normal,” EHS professionals may need to catch-up on some of the key updates and trends they missed during this time. Our new webinar, “What EHS Leaders May Have Missed During the Pandemic,” takes place August 11, 2021 at 11:00 […]

Becoming a certified professional ergonomist is no easy feat.   The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics breaks down the pathway to becoming a certified professional ergonomist (CPE) into four simple steps—education, experimentation, experience, and an exam.   In truth, it takes years of studying, practicing, experimenting, and building a career in ergonomics to reach the point […]

The National Safety Council (NSC) is celebrating 25 years of National Safety Month during the month of June, and to celebrate we have been helping them spread awareness of the importance of workplace health and safety. As National Safety Month’s exclusive sponsor, VelocityEHS is also devoted to providing educational and valuable content to help employers […]

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month, the National Safety Council is inviting you to recognize a safety professional – or anyone who inspires you to be safe – with a donation. In the spirit of honoring our safety heroes, VelocityEHS will match each donation up to a total of $25,000! In addition, […]

by Phil Molé, MPH National Safety Council (NSC) designates June of each year as National Safety Month (NSM), and as part of NSM this year, they’re inviting us to name our safety hero: the person who most inspired us by their example. For me, that’s an easy one. My safety hero is my dad, the […]

The meaning of “workplace safety” has expanded in the last few years. Pandemics aside, many people don’t feel safe at work for reasons that may not be obvious—they fear that being their true selves at work, whether it’s in relation to their sexual orientation or personal identity, will negatively impact their professional persona and relationships. […]

VelocityEHS is proud to be the exclusive sponsor of the National Safety Council’s National Safety Month 2021. National Safety Month (NSM) is a time for everyone, from EHS professionals and managers to frontline workers, to renew their focus on how we can help build a safer workplace. At the same time, we’re reminded that for […]

Many EHS professionals know they struggle with managing workplace risks, whether it’s accurately assessing them, controlling them, or getting the entire workplace involved in the process. In our new series, “The Bowtie Analysis Blog,” we’ll tell you about how a risk assessment tool called bowtie analysis can help. In this first installment, we’ll talk about […]

Ask most safety professionals, and they’ll tell you: Our goal should be to prevent incidents before they happen. But ask them how, and you’ll probably get many different opinions. It’s fair to say that in the absence of a coherent strategy, many fall back on the reactive approach of addressing risks only after incidents have […]

Opioid misuse and addiction is an epidemic in the United States. But what does the opioid crisis have to do with ergonomics? National public health officials are responding to the opioid crisis by focusing on pain management and recovery services. But, VelocityEHS Director of Ergonomics Blake McGowan, CPE, said “There is a missing element to […]