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Everyone has a hand that they prefer to use when doing almost anything in life, our dominant hand. We subconsciously use this hand because it’s comfortable and feels natural. If you try to use your nondominant hand, it just feels awkward and it can be frustrating. But there’s value in practicing using your nondominant hand, […]

It’s back-to-school time again for many students, and this year the usual stress for parents and teachers is amplified by safety concerns due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. School districts need to react to the changing reality of the pandemic, understand applicable regulations for recording and reporting COVID-19 cases, and understand the role of better […]

Everyone knows that when we talk about “hygiene” we’re talking about cleanliness and health, but what does hygiene mean when it’s paired with “industrial”? Having good hygiene means consistently performing habits and practices to preserve health. The same goes for industrial hygiene – a series of habits to keep a facility and its employees in […]

VelocityEHS is providing free access to chemical safety and hazard communication information for those impacted by recent major storms, including Hurricanes Ida and Nicholas. For a limited time, disaster relief agencies, emergency responders and businesses (customers and non-customers) operating in the affected areas can visit https://www.ehs.com/disaster and access millions of safety data sheets (SDSs) in […]

We just published a brand-new case study, sharing the story of Coeur Mining’s partnership with VelocityEHS! Coeur Mining, Inc. is a precious metals producer with mines located in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as several precious metals exploration projects throughout North America. This new case study shares an interview with Coeur Mining Inc.’s Corporate Occupational Health Specialist, Eric […]

Welcome to the third installment of our “Bowtie Analysis Blog” series. In our first installment, we talked about the usefulness of risk bowties for training employees on workplace risks, and our second installment explored the way risk bowties can pull together information from many different types of assessments. In this post, we’ll be looking at […]

When you don’t know how to do something, it’s usually best to defer to the experts and let them take care of it. But what if the people you thought to be the experts actually aren’t? What if they’re not qualified at all? The Danger of Deference Blindly deferring to another party to solve a problem can create enormous issues that have catastrophic results. This is exactly what happened in Hawaii in 2011. A tragic explosion occurred when five employees […]

At our summer virtual conference, certified expert Brad Micheel, Senior Solutions Strategist, conducted the session “Inter-Relationships of Sustainability Reporting Programs,” where he identified key requirements of sustainability report frameworks and standards, highlighted the differences and similarities, and reviewed best practices for developing sustainability programs that satisfy standards and frameworks. Read the summary below. You can […]

Recently, VelocityEHS hosted its CEU Conference, which included six sessions, all of which qualify for continuing education unit (CEU) credits. Principal Solutions Strategist, Dave Risi, CSP, CIH, presented “Industrial Hygiene Program Governance Workshop” and provided the framework to establish, monitor, and communicate (to managers and workers) the status of your Industrial Hygiene program. If you […]