Category: Q&A

Ask the Expert: Building a Strong Safety Culture

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Taylor Thorn, Senior Product Director at KPA, about what goes into building a strong safety culture. Q: What’s the best way to measure the effectiveness of your company’s safety culture? In high-stakes industries, a robust safety culture isn’t just […]

Ask the Expert: Emphasizing Employee Health and Wellness

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by Ideagen, we hear from Pam Bobbitt, VP of Environment, Health, Safety & Quality Solutions at Ideagen, about strategies to emphasize employee health and wellness. Q: How can businesses use technology to ensure employee health and wellness? This is a loaded question because there […]

Ask the Expert: Identifying Safety Training Needs

In our EHS Safety Training Week installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Shawn Smith, Product Director, Training at KPA, who provides guidance, tips, and advice about safety training and how you can more effectively provide it. Ensuring the safety and well-being of employees is paramount in an ever-evolving […]

Ask the Expert: Using Construction Technology to Ensure Safety

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Taylor Thorn, Senior Product Director, KPA, about how safety technologies influence EHS professionals and their work. Q: What’s your background? I’ve spent the last 15 years in technology, focusing much of that time on the construction market. My first […]

Ask the Expert: Assessing the Effectiveness of ESG

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Jade Brainard, senior product director for KPA EHS software solutions, about how to assess the effectiveness of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Q: How should my organization assess the effectiveness of our ESG initiatives? Assessing the effectiveness of […]

Ask the Expert: Measuring Safety Culture

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by KPA, we hear from Jill Schaefer, product director of content management, about how to measure the effectiveness of an organization’s safety culture. Q: What’s the best way to measure the effectiveness of your company’s safety culture? The fact that you’re reading this article […]

Ask the Expert: Tips for Flame-Resistant Clothing

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by Bulwark, we hear from Derek Sang, Senior Technical Training Manager at Bulwark Protection, about tips for wearing flame-resistant (FR) clothing in hot weather. Q: What are some tips for wearing FR in hot weather? Heat stress occurs when the body cannot rid itself […]

Ask the Expert: Hazardous Dusts  

In our ESG Week installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by our sponsor, Camfil, we look at some questions about hazardous dust and how it relates to air quality. See what expert Randi Huckaby, product manager with Camfil APC, had to say. Q. What’s so dangerous about dust, and how does it relate […]

Ask the Expert: Best of Environmental

As the year ends, we’re taking a look back at some of our highlights from 2022. Today, we’re sharing some of our favorite environmental-related Ask the Expert contributions from this year. Adele Abrams on ESG In this special Enviro, Social, & Governance Week installment of Ask the Expert, we hear from Adele Abrams, who is […]

Ask the Expert: Best of Safety

As the year ends, we’re taking a look back at some of our highlights from 2022. Today, we’re sharing some of our favorite safety related Ask the Expert contributions from this year. Women in Safety In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, we reached out to Christina Roll, MS, CIH, CSP, who is the […]