If you visit the web site www.mergernetwork.com, you'll find more than 9,400 businesses for sale. There's no end to the buying frenzy, creating new challenges for hundreds if not thousands of safety pros.
Ron Kitson, CSP, director of worldwide safety management services for Corning, Inc., is one of them. In the past 18 months, Corning has completed 14 major acquisitions, adding more than 80 locations to the companies previous 40 sites. Ron shared the following thoughts about safety and health considerations during mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures in a presentation at the American Society of Safety Engineers meeting in June: