Items Tagged with 'Safety profession'

When a COVID-19 case occurs in the workplace, the local health department may ask an employer for help. Health departments are responsible for leading case investigations, contact tracing and outbreak investigations.

Itasca, IL — Employers will have to continue COVID-19-related safety measures well into the new year – likely through the summer, according to Justin Rodriguez, a partner with the Boston Consulting Group.

Strengthening the relationship between safety pros and frontline supervisors.

“Using your wit, humor and imagination” can help you overcome things that aren’t going as planned, says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk.

Michael G. Berno shares how he got into the EHS field.

Phil van Veen shares how he got into the EHS field.

Washington — The field of occupational safety and health must adapt as “technology, globalization, shifts in demographics, and other economic and political forces create new challenges for workers, employers and those who work to protect them,” two NIOSH researchers say.

“If you want to change a harmful habit or overcome temptation, you’ve got to reroute or replace your brain’s dopamine history,” says veteran safety pro turned professional speaker Richard Hawk, who shares tips.

Justin Stocker, CSMS, shares how he got into the EHS field.

Victor Lawe shares how he got into the EHS field.