The success of any workplace safety program relies on all types of incident reporting, and the employees knowledge of when, where, and how to submit each report. Incident reports are a well established idea that are intended to promote and improve safety on the worksite. Sometimes it can be difficult to get buy in to their benefits, so here are a few reasons to include incident reports in your environmental, health, and safety program.

When an employee is working on the jobsite, especially it they are alone, they sometimes will come across situations or environments that are unsafe. That employee should be empowered to make decisions while working in these situations that will protect them, other employees, and the company. Dynamic risk assessments are one of the many practices they can use to accomplish this goal.

Are you unsure what a risk assessment is? Do you perform them currently but need a better risk assessment process? Maybe you have a great process but you are looking for a better way to manage all of your risk assessments or risk management program. Regardless of why you ended up here, if you are looking for answers about risk assessments, you will find them here!

Some of the most crucial safety tools you can give your workers are education and employee training. A worker who truly understands the hazards and controls they are working with is much more capable of and likely to avoid injuries at work. By providing these same workers with in depth knowledge of your environmental, health, and safety (EHS) program, you also empower them to help you develop and implement changes that will keep them safer and save your company resources. On top of that, many OSHA standards have explicit training requirements that maritime, construction, agriculture, and general industries must include in their workplace safety training program.

This article is going to cover everything you need to know about management of change, the processes included, and how to build a reliable system. Regardless of your current understanding of management of change this article will have something for you!

Whether you are talking OSHA, MSHA, FSMA or any other regulation, compliance can be a tricky subject. The reality of maintaining compliance is that there is no magic bullet to guarantee it will be maintained without your company putting in some effort. With that said there are a lot of tools that are readily available to make it easier, more cost effective, and faster than it would be otherwise. This article covers the different options that are available and the benefits and downfalls of each. (In-depth analysis below the info-graph)

A near-miss can feel a little hard to pin down. When it comes documenting and reporting one, how exactly does one go about recording something that didn’t happen?

Finding efficient and effective ways to stay compliant with Environmental, Health and Safety
(EHS) compliance regulations can feel like a full-time job in itself, as any EHS coordinator or
manager already knows. Keeping up with changing rules, regulations, and reporting procedures necessary to keep your employees safe and stay compliant is daunting to say the least. That’s why it’s so important to prioritize your EHS Compliance Initiatives.

Let’s face it; most business owners didn’t create their company or hire their first employee with EHS Compliance on their mind. In fact, many probably didn’t know what EHS Compliance was, until someone or something else abruptly brought it to their attention! But regardless of one’s intentions, EHS Compliance is very important not only to business owners and managers, but their employees, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies too.