Category: Safety Culture

The articles here will show you how to build safety culture, and maintain it when you do. We’ll talk motivation technique, incentives, employee contests, recognition programs, and other safety awareness methods.

EHSDA Shorts: Embedding Health and Safety

On this week’s episode of EHSDA Shorts, we hear from Langdon Dement, Global EHS Advisor, Evotix, about embedding safe operations into an organization. Tune in to hear his insights.

EHS On Tap E164: Meet Incoming ASSP President James Thornton

On episode 164 of EHS On Tap, James Thornton, incoming president of the American Society of Safety Professionals, talks about what he hopes to accomplish in the next year. This episode was recorded at the ASSP Safety23 conference in San Antonio.

Faces of EHS: Rusti Dyals on Taking Action to Improve Culture

Rusti Dyals is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) with 20 years of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) experience across FM, forest product and semi-conductor industries. She currently serves as ESFM’s National Director of Environment, Health & Safety. Before that, she successfully supported a national […]

Faces of EHS: Suzanne Kilpatrick on Setting the Tone for Safety

Suzanne Kilpatrick feels like she started her career in safety as a child. She grew up on a ranch and helped her parents at an agricultural feed store where she gained experience with confined spaces, powered industrial trucks, chemicals, moving parts, pinch points, and more. When she discovered safety as a field of study, it […]

Faces of EHS: Tyler Vanchure on Organizational Culture and ESG

In 2019, Tyler Vanchure graduated from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Safety Management. Upon graduation, she accepted a Safety Specialist position at Southwire Company, a wire manufacturing company, in Carrollton, Georgia, where she worked for three and a half years at their largest utility wire manufacturing facility. During her […]

Faces of EHS – Tricia Kagerer on Women in Safety

Tricia Kagerer has been in the Safety and Risk Management field for over 25 years. She is currently serving as the Executive Vice President of Risk Management and Safety at Jordan Foster and as a board member of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). At Jordan Foster, her role encompasses creating an overall risk […]

Faces of EHS: Scott Gaddis on Digitizing EHS and Making Safety Personal

Scott Gaddis started his career with the GE company, spending five years as a facility EHS Director in the Motors Division. He spent over five years as Executive Director of Global EHS for Bristol-Myers Squibb and eighteen years with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in various senior EHS leadership roles ending as the Global Director of Occupational […]

Faces of EHS: Kathy Freeman on Teamwork and Being Intentional

For our latest Faces of EHS profile, we sat down with Kathy Freeman to discuss what she’s learned in her career, and the importance of teamwork and building strong, intentional relationships.

EHSDA Shorts: Communicating with Gen Z

On this week’s episode of EHSDA Shorts, we hear from Abby Ferri, Chief Risk Officer at Insurate, about how Gen Z communicates in the workplace. Tune in to hear her insights.

Faces of EHS: Diana Peroni on Positive Safety Culture and Volunteering

Diana Peroni has worked in the EHS field for over 25 years. She started in public health before transitioning to working as an industrial hygienist after completing graduate school. As an industrial hygienist, she primarily has worked on supporting research labs as a contractor at NASA and a National Lab. For the last 13 years, […]