Category: EHS Management

Who’s the “Responsible Official” for Environmental Compliance Certifications in Your Company?

By Amanda Czepiel, JD May 23, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 23, 2016

When submitting permit applications and reports, environmental compliance certifications are often required by environmental professionals and organization heads. Environmental regulations have strict guidelines as to who may certify the truthfulness, accuracy, and completeness of applications and reports. Understanding this regulatory framework for these responsible official (RO) certifications is key to staying in compliance and avoiding […]

Active Shooter—What’s an EHS Manager to Do?

By Clare Condon May 23, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 23, 2016

An employee was shot and killed during an armed robbery in an Irvington, New Jersey convenience store last October. The employer was recently issued a willful violation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a history of violence at the store and for doing nothing to implement safety measures to protect employees. But […]

May is Motorcycle Safety Month

By Jennifer Busick May 20, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 20, 2016

Rick was a maintenance man at the plant, dependable and gregarious, with a healthy sense of humor; he was well-liked by co-workers. Outside work, Rick loved his three-year-old daughter, and building his own racing motorcycles.

Check Yourself Out: Two More Self-Audit Tips

By Jennifer Busick May 19, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 19, 2016

You can think of your safety audits as “preventive maintenance” for your safety program—even though it would be nice to put a program in place and let it run, things don’t really work that way. Equipment wears down and deteriorates over time—and those pieces of equipment have to be checked regularly. People change—their bodies change, […]

Check Yourself Out: Three Self-Audit Tips

By Jennifer Busick May 18, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 18, 2016

Are you prepared to face an OSHA inspector? If your answer is “Maybe?” or perhaps, “I’m not really sure,” then it might be time for a fresh self-audit. Check yourself out, and make sure you look good.

Video: GHS Compliance Requirements

By Clare Condon May 16, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

By June 1, 2016, you must be in full compliance with OSHA’s HazCom GHS rule. What does the final phase-in deadline require? Watch this video to find out and get a free SDS toolbox talk!

OSHA and EPA Penalties on the Rise

By Clare Condon May 13, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 13, 2016

Beginning this summer, it is going to be substantially more expensive to violate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standards. Penalties for violating U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules will also go up, but not as much as OSHA’s. Here’s why and what to expect for violations of safety standards.

Climate Change—What’s a Safety Manager to Do?

By Clare Condon May 10, 2016 EHS Management

Updated: May 10, 2016

In a new report recently issued by the Obama Administration, it states that “every American is vulnerable to the health impacts associated with climate change.” Yesterday we reviewed findings in the report that apply specifically to U.S. workers. Today we will consider what safety managers can do to help safeguard their workers from the heat-related effects […]

RMP Changes Are Here … Almost

By Timothy P Fagan May 9, 2016 Chemicals

Updated: May 9, 2016

It has been 3 years since the ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas, killed 15 people, injured hundreds, and caused widespread damage. Just a few months after that event, President Obama’s Executive Order (EO) 13650 set into motion actions by numerous government agencies designed to enhance the safety and security of chemical facilities and reduce […]

A New Worry for Safety Managers—Climate Change

By Clare Condon May 9, 2016 EHS Management