Forecasting the 2007 EHS climate - Favorable winds for stable careers Here’s the forecast for the environmental health and safety field
heading into 2007: Professionals will find mostly favorable winds at
their back for career security and stability, according to the 23rd
annual White Paper survey conducted by Industrial Safety & Hygiene
News.
In an audio conference hosted last week by Business & Legal Reports, hearing experts, safety consultants and others offered several elements for instituting a successful hearing loss prevention program.
This month, in the first of a
series of columns on people-based leadership for safety excellence, I
want to “LEAP” in — the acronym Steve Farber used to
discuss leadership in his address at the 2006 Professional Development
Conference for the American Society for Safety Engineers (ASSE) last
June.
We all face career choices.
Perhaps you’re a young EHS pro entering the field, or a
mid-career pro downsized out of a job. As always, there are options.
Put aside starting your own EHS business or joining a consulting firm.
If you want to stay in private industry, your career can take four
paths.
OSHA is seeking comments on phase three of its Standards Improvement Project (SIPs III), the third in a series of rulemaking actions intended to improve and streamline OSHA standards and lessen regulatory burdens without reducing employee protections.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the formation of a new ergonomics branch, co-sponsored by the ASSE Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Practice Specialties, to enhance the professional development of ASSE members and to address the rising number of injuries due to improper ergonomic behavior.
OSHA''s warning to mechanics that exposure to asbestos in brakes can cause deadly disease will not be removed from a federal Web site, OSHA officials said.
At a U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board public meeting on Dec. 14, the American Society of Safety Engineers urged officials to provide the same level of workplace safety protection for the estimated 8.5 million state and local government workers that other U.S. workers have under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
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