Optimizing EHS Programs

The February 1 deadline for non-exempt businesses covered by OSHA’s Recordkeeping Rule to post OSHA Form 300A has passed, but recordkeeping obligations are not over. Covered employers must keep Form 300A posted in a location where all employees can clearly see it through April 30, and some must also submit Form 300A data electronically, via […]

If you’re like many EHS professionals, you’re already stretched pretty thin. Adding to the challenge is that 2021 has gotten off to a rapid start when it comes to EHS regulatory updates and enforcement priorities. Whether it’s OSHA’s proposed updates the HazCom Standard or the Biden Administration’s Executive Order (EO) on COVID safety and revised OSHA COVID-19 […]

“You haven’t done anything until you’ve changed the workplace around the employees.” Jeff Sanford, CPE, Director of Ergonomics, delivered this fundamental principle in the Planning and Deploying a Large-Scale Ergonomics Process: Year-by-Year webcast, explaining how to create and successfully deploy a large-scale ergonomics program over the course of 5 years. This was the second webcast […]

VelocityEHS is excited to announce the launch of our all-new EHS Blog series “IH 101: Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Program Management.” IH 101 is our comprehensive, seven-part study in industrial hygiene program management created and presented by our very own IH expert Dave Risi CIH, CSP and Principal Solution Strategist for Industrial Hygiene Solutions at […]

Since working from home has become the modern way of business, we’re doing more office consults with customers who’d previously disregarded home-office ergonomics, with the hope that we’d return to our offices sooner rather than later. At this point in the game, even with the rapid development of vaccines, it’s likely that we’ll return to […]

Have you advertised your office ergonomics program in several places, only to have your people say that they didn’t know about it? After using every platform available, is it possible that over-communicating, using too many channels or not communicating directly to the right people could be the problem? Does the continuous information overload become white […]

Earlier today, OSHA announced it has published a long-awaited proposed rule that will update its Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) to align with Revision 7 of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). OSHA had indicated as early as Spring 2018 that updates to the HazCom Standard were a top regulatory […]

President Biden recently issued executive orders (EOs) directed at public and workplace safety, including a mandate for OSHA to assess the need for an emergency COVID-19 standard and potentially fast-track development of the standard in the coming weeks and months. Let’s take a closer look at the background of the new EOs, the changes we […]

It’s that time of year again! Beginning today, February 1, employers in the United States covered by OSHA’s Recordkeeping Rule are required to post a signed copy of their Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses in a location accessible to employees. Despite this annual obligation, many employers forget to post their 300A or […]