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VelocityEHS is participating in OSHA’s  Safe + Sound Week, scheduled August 10 to 16, 2020, with many ancillary activities to help raise awareness around safety and health in the workplace. Nearly 1,440 businesses are also teaming up in this nationwide event to promote their commitment. The site also provides resources and best practices to keep America’s workers safe.   New Product Release  Leading up to this event, we’re pleased to announce our new Safety Management Solution. This […]

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 […]

Working from home has many office workers feeling fatigued from a nearly endless stream of virtual meetings. Even if you’re back in the office, many people are still meeting online due to social distancing.  Some days, I feel like I don’t have time to eat lunch or even use the restroom! Taking breaks is important […]

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 […]

Ergonomics initiatives come in all shapes, sizes, and expectations for success and are established from the information provided from varying teams in the organization—from HR to EHS to IT.  Understanding the variation is important, but learning to define best practices, which can apply to all our customers, is a cornerstone of the work done by […]

Whether you have a well-established ergonomics process or are just starting a new ergonomics team, there are some common mistakes that limit your effectiveness. The good news is that these mistakes are easy to spot. Preventing or correcting them is also straightforward; however, the longer an ergonomics team has practiced one of these bad habits, […]

[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 […]