Optimizing EHS Programs

By Amanda Morton, VelocityEHS Consultant The hierarchy of controls is the framework that safety professionals use to determine the most effective improvements to reduce exposure to hazards in the workplace. Exposures include chemical hazards, physical hazards, biological hazards, and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk factors such as heavy lifting and repetitive motion (OSHA). One of the […]

By Greg Duncan, MELP, ASP, Sr. EHS & ESG Content Manager, VelocityEHS Compliance with US EPA air emissions regulations is complex, to put it mildly. Depending on your facility’s industrial operations and processes, locations, dates of construction or modification, and potentially numerous other factors, you may be obliged to comply with dozens of air emissions […]

Manual material handling (MMH) is one of the most prevalent types of work performed across industries. It involves the spatial manipulation of objects (raw materials, product, etc.) and is a basic form of work that requires minimal qualifications or experience.   MMH Tasks Expose Workers to All Primary MSD Risk Factors MMH requires the body to […]

We recently published a case study sharing the story of how Corning, one of the world’s leading innovators in material science, achieved its best-ever safety record in 2022. Corning took a three-step approach to safety and health, through employee respect and engagement, visual management, and a leadership-supported strategy. In order to achieve this, Corning implemented […]

There are so many possible workplace hazards to assess, analyze, identify, and get controls in place for, both physical to psychological risks, that having the systematic approach of an operational risk management program is essential. With an operational risk management program, you’re better positioned to identify workplace hazards and get controls in place to mitigate […]

Is your organization one of the more than 160 organizations that joined the National Safety Council’s MSD Pledge since its inception in 2021?   The goal of the pledge is to be, “a global movement of employers across industries to transform workplace safety and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), the most common workplace injury.” […]

by Rick Barker, CPE, Principal Solutions Strategist I’ve been doing ergonomics for the last 3 decades. It would be easy for me to conclude that I’ve “seen that and done that” whenever I do an ergonomics job assessment. However, one lesson that I have learned over that time is that there is no substitute for […]

By Phil Molé, MPH OSHA’s been busy over the last couple of years, and most discussion of their activity has focused on their rulemaking. But OSHA’s mission encompasses enforcement as well as regulatory action, and National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) comprise an important part of their strategy to plan and conduct enforcement inspections. OSHA has also […]

By Claire DeMarco, Events Marketing Intern I recently interviewed VelocityEHS experts David Staples and Phil Molé about the different perspectives generations have toward Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability, and toward past, present, and future actions to address risks such as climate change and its impacts. In these discussions, I learned about three important […]

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is the gold standard in business excellence. Many companies that have invested in resources to move forward with an ESG program have gained a more secure footing in their industries and a competitive edge. However, there are just as many, or probably more companies that know an ESG program is […]