Category: Special Topics in Safety Management

Safety is a process, and as such, needs to be managed. This section offers resources to create a viable safety program, sell it to senior management, train supervisors and employees in using it, and then track and report your progress. Look also for ways to advance your own skills in these areas, both for your current job, and those that follow.

Free Special Report: 50 Tips for More Effective Safety Training

EHS On Tap Live: E149 Making Safety Part of Your Organizational Culture

On episode 149 of EHS On Tap, Eldeen Pozniak, Director of Pozniak Safety Associates, talks about how to infuse safety into your organizational culture. Recorded live on March 9, 2023, as part of the EHS Now Virtual Summit.

Infographic: Generational Safety Culture

The latest EHS NOW & NEXT survey focuses on generational diversity, featuring 175 responses from EHS professionals about organizational leadership and building a generational safety culture.

What We Learned From… EHS NOW: Safety Culture

EHS Daily Advisor held the EHS NOW online summit this week with two days of webinars focused on how to build an effective safety culture. Here is a rundown of everything covered during EHS NOW, including key takeaways. If you were unable to attend the live webinars, you can still watch them on-demand at the […]

Faces of EHS: Amanda Engstrom on Equity and Representation

Amanda Engstrom would compare their career to a choose-your-own-adventure novel. Following graduation from college with a degree in Environmental Studies and one year of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA, they initially focused on environmental site assessments and industrial hygiene (IH) services at an environmental and construction consultation company. Working as a consultant allowed them to […]

EHSDA Shorts: Influential Women in Safety

It’s International Women’s Day, so on this week’s episode of EHSDA Shorts, we hear from Adele Abrams, President of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams, P.C., on her thoughts on some of the women in safety who were her personal influences and pioneers of the industry. Tune in to hear her insights.

Back to Basics: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the importance of having a diverse safety culture. There are many factors beyond basic safety compliance that go into building a strong safety culture. One of […]

Faces of EHS: John White on Building Trust and Safety Culture

John White started his career as a federal OSHA health and safety officer in Washington, D.C., where he worked to keep employers in compliance of general industry standards. As his career progressed in the healthcare, construction, and manufacturing industries, he realized a better way to maintain employee quality. Now in his current career path, John […]

EHSDA Shorts: How To Avoid Burnout

On this week’s episode of EHSDA Shorts, we hear from Lance Hoffman, the Director of Workplace Health and Safety for North American Customer Fulfillment at Amazon, on his thoughts about how to set up a workplace to help employees avoid burnout. Tune in to hear his insights.