Optimizing EHS Programs

For most ergonomics process owners, ergonomics is not the only thing on your plate. Those other responsibilities can include everything from ensuring that compliance regulations are met to keeping everyone’s training on track—and those ad hoc responsibilities that come at you from out of nowhere. With so many things vying for your time every day, […]

Manual material handling has been part of hands-on work since work has existed. With wear-and-tear on the body being inherent with hands-on work, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have been around for just as long. MSDs occur when the physical and/or mental demand to the worker repeatedly exceeds those capabilities, and inadequate recovery time results in less […]

In Part 1 of our blog series on Industrial Hygiene Program Management, “SEGs: The Foundation of a Great Industrial Hygiene Program”, we learned how to create similar exposure groups (SEGs). This step of characterizing your workplace and forming SEGs is a prerequisite for performing qualitative exposure assessments (QEAs). If you haven’t already, we recommend reviewing […]

By Phil Molé, MPH VelocityEHS is pleased to announce our new guide to help you “Get on the Sunny Side of Safety.” It highlights common safety management challenges and the ways our Safety Management Solution can help you solve them. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE Being stuck in the “sad safety cycle,” as our guide calls it, […]

It’s our mission at VelocityEHS to simplify and streamline EHS tasks and be a partner to safety professionals like you. We judge our success by your success. Even still, it is nice to be recognized in the EHS industry by our peers and independent analysts. Recently, VelocityEHS was named A Leader in the Verdantix Green […]

Have you wondered how much money, time and energy are being saved by so many people working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic began? In our most recent webinar, “Working from Home: Challenges, Benefits and ROI”, ergonomics expert and practitioner, Richard Goggins of Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, joined VelocityEHS’ Director of Ergonomics […]

When COVID-19 hit the world on a larger scale and most of us transitioned to working from home, many people were excited that they “got” to work from the comfort of their home, wearing whatever was comfortable, and shortening each commute to the distance between their bed and their computer. But, a year stuck in […]

Before everyone quickly transitioned to working from home, I already had a height-adjustable desk and external mouse in my house. But that was about it – I only worked from home every now and then. At first, the items I felt I needed most to improve my workstation were a better chair, an external monitor, […]

SEGs: The Foundation for a Great IH Program For this first session of our IH 101: Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Program Management series, we’re going to take an in-depth look at similar exposure groups (SEGs) to help you understand their critical importance to your IH program. We’ll also offer common-sense guidelines for how to set […]

With conference season right around the corner, VelocityEHS’ subject matter experts will deliver valuable content on a variety of topics at these upcoming virtual conferences. Register to attend them today! NSC Safety Congress & Expo Attend our two sessions during this March 3-5 conference. Don’t miss this informative event! Addicted to Blame: 10 Steps to […]