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Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is editor-in-chief of EHS Today magazine, a Penton Media Inc. publication. She has been writing about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990. She has been...

by Sandy Smith May. 9, 2013

I now live six blocks from a notorious crime scene. Never thought those words would come out of my mouth. Notorious. Crime. Scene. For more than a decade, Ariel Castro imprisoned three girls after first kidnapping them from Cleveland streets. For over a decade, Castro and these three women – Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and....More

Laura Walter

Laura Walter is senior editor of EHS Today, a Penton Media Inc. publication. She is a subject matter expert in EHS compliance and government issues and covers a variety of topics relating...

by Laura Walter May. 17, 2013

I Rode My Bike to Work ... Now Where’s My Cookie?

Happy Bike to Work Day! This annual event is celebrated across the nation to promote the fun, eco-friendly, healthy way of getting to work: on two wheels that you pedal yourself....More

Aaron J. Morrow

Aaron J. Morrow, CHST, works as a project HSE manager and is a safety consultant, an OSHA 500 trainer, a Cal/OSHA 5109 trainer and a construction risk insurance specialist.

by Aaron J. Morrow Dec. 21, 2012

’Twas the Day Before Christmas

Guest blogger Aaron Morrow shares his holiday wish for a season of safety through this special rewrite of “The Night Before Christmas.”....More

Jason Townsell

Jason Townsell, CSP, was named EHS Today's 2010 Future Leader in EHS. He works for AECOM as a program safety manager...

by Jason Townsell Feb. 19, 2013

The 3 Worker Needs Your Training Program Must Meet

In a follow-up installment to his two-part series “Developing an Effective Training and Development Program,” Jason Townsell discusses the importance of using ERG theory and meeting workers’ needs in training programs....More

Mary Ellen Hicks

Mary Ellen Hicks was named the 2011 Future Leader in EHS runner up. She holds a Master of Public Health in Industrial Hygiene and...

by Mary Ellen Hicks Aug. 30, 2012

The Great Debate: Education or Experience?

A Future Leader in EHS runner up discusses the importance of both experience and education in the EHS field....More

Robert Guerra

by Robert Guerra Nov. 28, 2011

Safety Culture: Leading by Example

The “do as I say, not as I do” approach is not an effective method of leading, particularly when working to improve an organization’s safety culture. In order to establish an effective safety culture, senior management must lead by example. Culture is....More

John Rekus

by John Rekus Jan. 21, 2009

ALARA and Chemical Exposure: A Prudent Practice

ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) is a risk management control developed by the Health Physics community in the early days of research on radioactive substances. The dose response effect from exposure to radioactive materials was not well known,....More

Rick Fulwiler

by Rick Fulwiler Jun. 8, 2011

Massey Energy's Flawed Approach to Safety

“Every organization is designed to get the results they get.” How apropos is this quote taken from Dave Hanna’s book on organizational design. Three quotes from Massey management tell the tale. First, Ex CEO Don Blankenship’s quote taken from....More

Steve Minter

by Steve Minter Dec. 12, 2008

Live Healthy, Win a Car

Great American Insurance Group is a believer about using incentives to promote employee health. This year, the Cincinnati-based company's parent, American Financial Group, held a AFGreat Health Challenge in which it promised to give away a car and other....More

J. A. Rodriguez

J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CEO of Make My Day Strategies LLC, is also an international Fortune 100 EHS senior manager, entrepreneur, a patented inventor, engineer, certified safety professional,...

by J. A. Rodriguez May. 7, 2013

The Only Acceptable Number

From the time you leave work today to the time you report back to work tomorrow, approximately seven workers nationwide will be denied the opportunity to do the same....More