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Introduction to Hazardous Waste Part Two: Determining Your Generator Status
Welcome to the second installment of our ongoing blog series “Introduction to Hazardous Waste.” In this edition, we’ll cover the basics about how to determine your hazardous waste generator status, and describe the main requirements for each type of generator. If you missed the first post in this series and want to catch up on […]
Using Ergonomics in Our Day-to-Day Lives
Ergonomics is not an overly complicated matter. In fact, most of us already use basic ergonomic principles in our day-to-day lives without realizing it. Where do you store your coffee mug that you use every morning? Where do you fold your clothes before you go to bed? The answers to these questions are a result of basic […]
Wilbur-Ellis Improves Employee Health with VelocityEHS Office Ergonomics Software
We’ve just published another new case study telling the story of how our Office Ergonomics® software has helped an organization improve the health of their employees. Wilbur-Ellis, a global leader in agriculture technology and products, worked with VelocityEHS to assess their workspaces for musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk and implement a participatory ergonomics program to reduce that […]
New Infographic for “The Burdens of Permit to Work and Contractor Management”
Even if you have a control of work or a permit to work system in place, having a slow or disorganized one doesn’t help you much—and it can add risk into your workplace instead of control it. With so many moving pieces in the process of hiring contractors and managing permits for contractor projects, it […]
Webinar Recap: How Technology is Changing the Industrial Hygiene Profession
Last week, VelocityEHS hosted an exciting new webinar which took an in-depth look at some of the emerging technologies that are shaping the future of industrial hygiene (IH) and EHS management. Hosted by Dave Risi, CSP, CIH and Principal Solutions Strategist for IH at VelocityEHS, the session delivers a common-sense breakdown of today’s complex EHS […]
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 […]
“Risk Matrix Pitfalls” Webinar Summary
Recently, we hosted a webinar on risk matrix pitfalls presented by resident expert and Risk Management Senior Solutions Strategist, Dana Garber. In the session, Dana shared – you guessed it, some common pitfalls of risk matrices that people often overlook. His advice was based on subject literature review conducted by VelocityEHS experts and the experience […]
Implementing Ergonomics Solutions: Gaining Employee Buy-in
The main goal of an ergonomics program is to implement engineering solutions that help fit the job to the person. In an ideal world these solutions are taken into consideration during the workstation design phase. However, this is not always the case. Many ergonomics teams find themselves assessing and modifying workstations that have already been […]
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 […]
“Quantifying Forceful Exertions in Ergonomics” Webinar Summary
In our recent webinar, “Quantifying Forceful Exertions in Ergonomics,” one of our resident experts, Certified Professional Ergonomist and Principal Solutions Strategist, Rick Barker, broke down the formulas and equations that can help determine the amount of force in a movement. Force is a primary risk factor for musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace and is a […]