Safety

Colorful COVID-19 safety posters developed just for you! Whether you’ve been operating throughout the pandemic or are preparing to return to work, these posters will help remind and inform your employees about proper COVID-19 prevention etiquette. Hang them in strategic places around the workplace to encourage workers to follow company policies, while also keeping them safe and healthy.  The complimentary COVID-19 safety posters you’ll download include: Please Wear a Face Mask – Prompts employees to […]

Enables Small- and Mid-Sized Manufacturers to Manage Key Tasks During Critical Events, Such As COVID-19 and Beyond Chicago (August 5, 2020) — VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software, announced the launch of its new Safety Management Solution. The software tools provide manufacturers with easier ways to complete their […]

In new guidance issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency outlines how those in the oil and gas industry can reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus for its workers. The guidance is aimed at oil and gas workers and employers, including those in sub-industries that make up the broader […]

Next week’s virtual Applied Ergonomics Conference, scheduled on August 4th to 6th, will go down in the books as the most unique of the past 21 we’ve attended. In fact, I dug deep into our files to remember when our partnership with IISE began—in 1998. It all started when ergonomist Walt Rostykus (now retired) presented the workshop, […]

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently resolved a 2-year legal battle between OSHA and Public Citizen, finding that OSHA must now make Form 300A occupational injury and illness summary data collected from approximately 237,000 employers available to the public. Let’s take a closer look at the background of the Public Citizen […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Due to widespread business impacts from the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has extended the deadline for migration to ISO 45001 by six months from the original timeline, to September 11, 2021. The current international standard for occupational health and safety (OHS) management systems, ISO 45001, was published in Spring 2018 […]

Last week, the EPA updated the status of two surface disinfectant products on its List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). This update is significant, since these are the first List N products for which the EPA has performed and reviewed laboratory testing to verify label claims of effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2. These new products […]

In a newly released update, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the number of hand sanitizers to avoid using to include those that may contain methanol (also called methyl alcohol or wood alcohol), which can be a toxic substance when absorbed through skin or ingested.   The agency provided a chart of 59 varieties of hand sanitizer that should be avoided, some which have already been recalled, and other products being […]

Frequent workplace cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing are essential tactics in the fight against COVID-19, but we need to keep in mind that even the most common and seemingly safe chemical cleaning products can present their own health and safety hazards. This is especially true considering recent shortages of chemical cleaning products caused by COVID-19. These […]

Widespread and prolonged extreme heat is baking most of the United States, with meteorologists seeing little sign of relief anytime soon. At the end of this week, much of the nation will likely be passing or close to temperatures in the 90s. And according to the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center the entire Lower 48 […]