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OSHA is currently requesting action on two concerns that affect employers. OSHA Seeking Silica Standard Feedback OSHA is considering potential revisions to Table 1 of its Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction, and requesting input on additional engineering and work practice control methods to effectively limit exposure to silica for the equipment and tasks currently listed. […]

OSHA just announced its preliminary list of Top 10 Most Cited Violations in 2019 at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo. Among the top risks worker health and safety, Hazard Communication once again lands near the top of the agency’s list, as questions and confusion resulting from its adoption of GHS and the changes […]

The job of an EHS professional is never over. There’s always work that needs doing, including an ever-growing list of tasks we need to complete to address risks and maintain effective workplace safety programs. Making life more difficult, the work has a way of multiplying. Sometimes, it seems that for every item we cross off […]

There are plenty of office products on the market that advertise as being “ergonomic” and claim to provide a variety of health benefits. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell which products will pay off and which will be used once and never touched again. Balance boards have traditionally been used in the rehabilitation and […]

VelocityEHS will once again provide disaster relief to organizations, emergency responders and local businesses affected by Hurricane Dorian through access to its VelocityEHS safety data sheet (SDS) library at no cost. For a limited time, all customers and non-customers located in the storm’s path can visit www.EHS.com/disaster and search through the millions of safety data […]

As a frequent health and safety conference-goer, I often have the privilege of getting a first-hand look at the latest and greatest workplace safety equipment and technologies on the market. With innovations like EHS management software, wearable sensors, drones, virtual reality and more, the industrial health and safety market has truly entered the 21st Century. […]

Does this sound familiar? Louise from Accounting has just filed a workers’ compensation claim after experiencing debilitating neck and shoulder pain. She’s your third employee to file this year, and now she’d like an ergonomics assessment for her workstation. Your other workers dealing with less severe neck pain have heard about the option to get […]

In this new VelocityEHS video, Ergonomist Bianca Sfalcin explains why it’s so important to consider a laptop stand if you use a laptop computer as your primary device. She also takes a closer look at three laptop stand products: Ergo-Q 300 by Bakker Elkhuizen, and Easy Riser® and SmartFit® laptop risers by Kensington. 

If you use VelocityEHS’ industrial ergonomics software, this short explanation of risk scoring is worth the read. After sitting in on a client discussion about the difference between whole-body scoring and individual-body-segment scoring, I asked certified ergonomist  and member of our research team Rick Barker for clarification. Here’s what he said: The correct question isn’t […]

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Health Canada have issued three new joint guidance documents to support implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). They’ve published the documents through the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC), which exists to assist companies who may need to manage regulatory requirements from both […]