Ehs professionals

YellowBird promotes equity with free insurance coverage for EHS gig workers

March 24, 2021

Insurance benefit levels playing field for all YellowBird professionals and provides confidence for businesses nationwide

EHS professionals often become the scapegoat

Yorlanda Fisher

September 22, 2020

Who takes the blame when construction projects get behind schedule or over budget? Is it the project manager? The front line worker? The subcontractor? The answer would be no to all three. The likely scapegoat when things goes wrong is usually Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS). And why is this true? It’s because too often the safety of the worker is sacrificed for the sake of speed and production.

EHS software outperforms other safety solutions in return on investment, industry report reveals

July 16, 2020

Third-party environment, health, and safety (EHS) software is superior to internal software and manual programs in terms of both cost and effectiveness. That’s according to “State of the Industry: EHS Program Trends,” a recent report from KPA and EHS Today.

ASSP’s Deb Roy discusses her EHS career, offers advice for safety professionals

June 25, 2020

ISHN interviews ASSP President-Elect Deb Roy in this episode of Dave Johnson’s Wide World of Safety.

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12 Critical COVID-19 EHS Practices

What your peers are doing on the frontlines

Dave Johnson

May 5, 2020

ISHN interviewed a score of EHS professionals to learn and share with you critical crisis practices that must be executed with careful thought and planning, and at the same time with urgency and speed. It’s an unprecedented challenge. Here are 12 ways pros are rising to the occasion.

Ingredients for the best jobs: What makes good jobs better?

Dr John Kello

April 1, 2020

Do you have a great job in EHS? What is a great job? Excellent, enriched jobs have the following characteristics:

AIHA’s Industrial Hygiene Heroes continue to nab awards

July 20, 2018

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) was recognized twice by both the APEX Awards and the Content Marketing Awards for the IH Heroes Outreach program and the I Am IH™ web series. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA®) will receive two APEX Awards for Publication Excellence from Communications Concepts, Inc. AIHA won a Grand Award in the Electronic Media category for the IH Heroes™ comic and a Certificate of Excellence for the IH Heroes™ series.

ASSP to get new executive director

July 17, 2018

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) will welcome Jennifer McNelly as its new executive director on Aug. 16. She was introduced to staff Monday at ASSP headquarters and will become the Society’s eighth executive director since ASSP was founded in 1911.

From Safety 2018

7 qualities of outstanding safety professionals

Benita Mehta

June 3, 2018

What are “The 7 Qualities of Outstanding Safety Professionals?” Josh Franklin, M.B.A., CSP, CET, and CeCe Weldon, M.B.A., CSP, ARM, will discuss their list on Wednesday during an educational session at Safety 2018. The seven qualities are: Personal development, Balance, The average, C-suite perspective, The secret, Feedback, Giving back.

AIHA to honor awards recipients at AIHce EXP 2018

Benita Mehta

May 20, 2018

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) announced the recipients of the 2018 AIHA Named Awards, which honor individuals who provide significant contributions to the industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety professions. The award recipients will be recognized on Wednesday during the Mark of Excellence Awards Breakfast at AIHce EXP.