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Yesterday we reviewed the latest in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) guidance for community stormwater planning and why EHS managers should be involved. Today we will look at how some communities are promoting the development of green infrastructure (GI) for commercial and industrial facilities.
What is your community doing to manage stormwater runoff? What effect could it have on your facility operations? Does it make any business sense for environment, health, and safety (EHS) managers to proactively support community efforts at managing stormwater? Today we will explore the latest in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) guidance for community […]
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) updated guidance document, Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs, released in mid-October, includes downloadable program materials, links to additional resources, and two new sections that address program evaluation and improvement and managing health and safety in multiemployer workplaces.
In mid-October, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released an updated guidance document, Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs, to help employers establish comprehensive safety and health programs in their workplaces. The updated guidance is more user-friendly than the previous edition and includes two new sections.
For the past several years, excessive workers’ compensation costs have been the target of a concerted effort at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Keep reading to find out how the battle is being fought—and won.
An incident investigation is completed after something has gone wrong, so it may feel a little unnatural to think of it as a preventive tool—but that’s exactly what it is. The purpose of investigating something that has already happened is primarily to understand what went wrong—and make sure that it doesn’t happen again. In the […]
If you’re covered by either OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard or EPA’s Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations, you are required to perform incident investigations. Both standards require employers to investigate incidents that resulted in, or could reasonably have resulted in, catastrophic chemical releases.
With workplace violence attacks becoming more prevalent in the US, organizations need to be prepared for worst-case scenarios. Attacks in the workplace average three deaths and up to 12 injuries per attack, and lawsuits average $500,000 with jury awards averaging $3 million. Worse yet, the loss of friends and colleagues in the workplace is devastating…and […]
Traditional first responders—firefighters, police, and emergency medical personnel—know that as part of their jobs they may face intense, threatening, and potentially horrific situations, long hours, severe trauma, death, and situations that threaten them personally. They receive special training in dealing with the daily stress of their jobs. Crisis communication personnel face some of these same […]
November 25, this year. Retailers have it marked on their calendars and look forward with excitement and dread. Black Friday can often mean big profits for stores, but it can also mean extra danger for their employees and customers because of the rush to get that “special” toy or other item. In addition, the Occupational […]