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ISO 14001 Overview Pt. 1: Improving Environmental Management
More and more EHS professionals are realizing that environmental management is about more than just maintaining regulatory compliance and avoiding the unpleasantries of failure, like fines and reputational risks. Increasingly, industry leaders are finding the benefits of a robust environmental management system focused on achieving positives like resource conservation and cost savings— rather than just […]
GHS HazCom: A Webinar Spotlight on SDS Compliance
An employee works 35 years for a company operating a dip tank. He spends his days washing grease off equipment parts without protection, not knowing what types of chemicals are in the solvent he uses. After performing his job function over these 35 years, he learns his short-term memory has been heavily impacted due to […]
Are You Ready for OSHA’s March 2 Injury Tracking Application (ITA) Deadline?
‘Tis the season for reporting deadlines, and a major approaching deadline is for employers that are subject to OSHA’s “electronic reporting rule” to complete and submit their electronic Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injury and Illness) data to OSHA via the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Are you ready to report? Even more fundamentally, do you […]
Guide to Hazardous Waste Management Part One: Do You Generate Hazardous Waste?
Managing hazardous waste can be a challenge, regardless of generator status. That’s partly because the regulatory obligations can be difficult to navigate, but also because many generators continue to struggle with the basics of determining if their wastes are hazardous in the first place. In this first installment of our new blog series, the Guide […]
What is Total Worker Health (TWH)?
In recent years, the field of safety has evolved from its traditional focus on preventing workplace injuries to a broader focus on protecting employee health and well-being, including their psychological safety. *The Total Worker Health® (TWH) initiative by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has emerged as a powerful framework for driving new […]
Ergonomics in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is a unique environment in a number of ways, but especially when it comes to ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk. There are the typical manual material handling (MMH) tasks like lifting and moving product in a warehouse, but many injuries in this industry are actually from lab tasks. And while […]
5 Takeaways from “OSHA Recordkeeping Standards: Your Guide to Compliance”
Phil Molé, MPH, our resident EHS and Sustainability Expert, recently hosted a webinar explaining OSHA’s Recordkeeping Standards. In this webinar, he goes into depth about why it is important to properly fill out each form, discusses common mistakes, and what OSHA considers a recordable vs non-recordable injury along with compliance best practices. In what follows, […]
Have You Mastered the ESG Pyramid?
Over the last couple of years, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has become the new standard of excellence for business and EHS management, and many leaders and industry professionals are still struggling to adapt. That’s understandable, because many are still struggling with traditional EHS management due to lack of efficient ways to complete and share […]
VelocityEHS Infographic Breaks Down Lithium Battery Shipping Basics
If you ship lithium batteries or products that contain lithium batteries, you’re responsible for compliance with a complex range hazardous material (HAZMAT) shipping regulations that can change depending on where, what and how you ship. Our Lithium Battery Shipping Basics infographic breaks down the basics of lithium battery shipping including: Examples of lithium battery-powered products Lithium […]
Control of Work Customer Successes
Recently we’ve been talking a lot about Control of Work. We’ve discussed what Control of Work is, shared some of the perils associated with a paper permit system, and covered many of the benefits that come with strengthening your contractor management and verification processes—like being able to ensure 100% certainty with contractor safety and compliance. […]