EHSDA Shorts: What is a Safety Champion?
In this installment of EHSDA Shorts, Zach Pucillo, CSP, CHMM, EHS Compliance Manager at KPA, talks about what makes a safety champion.
Category: EHS Management
Infographic: Silica Exposure Prevention
Silicosis is a lung disease that can affect people who work in mines and are exposed to airborne dust. There is no cure for silicosis, making prevention of the disease essential. Here’s what you need to know about preventing silica exposure.
EHS Tech-AI NOW Preview
EHS Daily Advisor’s exclusive online summit focusing on safety technology is taking place on June 10-11, 2025. Join us for two days of conversation and insight from industry-leading experts, covering the latest topics in safety technology and providing tips and advice on how to improve worker safety using AI, connected devices, and other advancements. Day 1: […]
OSHA Honors 50th Anniversary of Its Consultation Program
On May 28, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its nonenforcement program On-Site Consultation. Launched in 1975, the program has expanded to serve all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories. According to OSHA, the program helps employers identify workplace hazards, improve safety practices, and build […]
EHS On Tap E254: Leaning Into EHS Leadership Skills
On episode 254 of EHS On Tap, Linden Terpstra, CEO and founder of EHS Support Source, talks about developing EHS leadership skills.
Back to Basics: Handling the Range of Workplace Chemical Hazards
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine workplace chemical hazards. Every day, on-the-job exposures to chemicals can pose health and safety hazards to your employees. Those can be addressed by exposure control methods like engineering or administrative controls, personal […]
EHS On Tap E253: The Evolution of Ergonomics and Injury Prevention
On episode 253 of EHS On Tap, Jonathan Smith, founder and CEO of J. Smith Safety LLC, talks about the evolution of ergonomics and injury prevention.
Trapped in the Tank: A Wake-Up Call for Contractor Safety
Several years ago, a hazardous materials manager with the Chicago Fire Department received an urgent call from a chemical manufacturing facility. Contractors had been working on decommissioned chemical processing tanks when something went horribly wrong. One of the contractors had become trapped inside a tank. When emergency responders arrived, they asked for the worker’s name […]
Labor Unions Sue to Restore NIOSH Programs
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a group of labor unions representing workers in education, manufacturing, mining, and nursing, and a personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturer filed a suit in federal court to reverse the recent reorganization of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the AFL-CIO announced […]
EHS On Tap E252: Getting Real About Psychosocial Hazards
On episode 252 of EHS On Tap, Dr. I. David Daniels, Founder and CEO of ID2 Solutions, LLC, talks about his new book Psychosocial Hazards are Real.