Workplace Culture

Workplace EHS training is serious business, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun and engaging for workers. In fact, numerous studies have shown that gamification is proven to boost training effectiveness, participation and retention compared to more traditional training formats. Register now for our upcoming live webinar “Training Gamification: Putting the “Fun” in Workplace […]

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 […]

Calling all EHS trainers! Join us tomorrow, June 30 at 11:00 AM CT for our latest VelocityEHS webinar “EHS Training Management: A Comprehensive Guide.” Greg Duncan, MELP and EHS Expert at VelocityEHS will take you on a detailed tour of the training program management process and give you a systematic framework you can apply to […]

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 […]

The theme of the third week of National Safety Month (NSM) can sound a bit ambiguous at first—psychological safety. How can safety professionals create a safety program that sufficiently covers something that can seem abstract? With the risks and issues of psychological safety not as easily visible as physical ones are, this aspect of safety […]

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 […]

A structure fire that erupted yesterday at a chemical product manufacturing facility in Rockton, Illinois prompted a mandatory evacuation of surrounding communities, and resulted in the destruction of the facility and confirmed injury to at least one first responder at the time of this writing. According to local reports, multiple area firefighters received calls reporting […]

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 […]