November 1, 2008
Articles
Getting Older, Starting New, Planning for the Future
First of all, allow me to welcome you to the first issue of EHS Today. As I typed Volume 1 and Issue 1 on the masthead, rather than Volume 70 and Issue...
PPE Management: What Trainers Need to Know About Fitting Earplugs
There are many ways workers learn how to wear earplugs - in safety briefings, group training sessions or in an introduction to a job site. Too often,...
2008 America's Safest Companies
America's Safest Companies, founded in 2002 by Occupational Hazards, honors the safest companies in the United States. With this list of 2008 America's Safest Companies, we have honored a total of 100 organizations for their EHS efforts. ...
Blythe: On the Road to World-Class Safety
We've improved over the years tremendously, says Safety Director Peter Bolton of Blythe Construction Inc., a heavy highway and bridge construction contractor....
On a Clear Day, and Every Day, Green Mountain Employees See Safety
Green Mountain Communications employees - all 47 of them - know that safe environments and installations are our highest priority. This is said with no...
The Boldt Company: Creating a Culture of Safety
The numbers are impressive: 1,500+ employees in 13 cities in six states, with $710 million in yearly project volume. As a national provider of construction-related...
D&E Communications Inc. Takes Safety to a New Level
Ask risk manager William Young about safety, and the conversation quickly turns to D&E Communications CEO James Morozzi. We've always had a good safety...
Employees Lead the Way at Herman Miller Inc.
The Zeeland, Mich.-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of furnishings and interior products boasts a lost-time injury rate that's a fraction...
Koch Pipeline Co.: A Sustainable, Clear Vision of EHS
In an industry that reports a low rate of injuries, Koch Pipeline Co. manages to stand out. Although the lost-time injury rate average for liquid pipeline...
Safety Puts the Wind in the Sales of Monroe Litho
Monroe Litho Inc. was one of the first commercial printers in the United States to have 100 percent of its electrical needs generated by wind power. While...
Marous Brothers: An Evolving Culture of Safety
The transition from small, family-owned carpentry subcontractor to multi-service, multi-region general contractor is not without its trials and tribulations....
Safety is the Expectation at The Mundy Companies
First and foremost, all we have is people - good people doing hard work every day, says Bill Pratt, vice president of health, safety, environment and...
Safety is the Right Medicine at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Greagory Smith, executive director of Health, Safety, Environment & Business Continuity (HSE&BC) at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. jokingly refers to...
Raytheon Teams Up for Safety
Raytheon Co., a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets, employs 72,000 workers at 150 sites worldwide....
OMG Electronic Chemicals Is Big on Safety
You might assume that a company with only 42 on-site employees would have few, if any, safety concerns. But working with specialty chemicals offers a...
The Diagnosis Is Excellent for Safety at Roche
The 4,200 employees at Roche Diagnostics Corp. are in the business of designing, producing, marketing and selling diagnostic tools that play a vital role...
Sparing No Expense at Strick Corp.
Indiana-based Strick Corp, a manufacturer of dry van semi-trailers, revitalized its safety program over the last decade to land the company where it is today: recording a lost-time injury rate of .55 compared to the industry average of 5.1, fostering an improved safety culture and instituting an award-winning safety program. ...
Growing Safely at Sunbelt Rentals
This heavy construction equipment rental company is no stranger to growing pains: Sunbelt Rentals went from operating two stores in 1996 to a total of...
Safety Flies to the Top at Textron
It's not often that you find a company that lists safety performance and activities as part of its operating principles, but that's the case at Textron...
Safety Permeates Culture at The Washington Division of the URS Corp.
As a provider of planning, engineering design, construction, technical, management and operations and maintenance services, the Washington Division of...
Worthington Industries: Committed to Safety
Management at Worthington Industries, a Columbus, Ohio-based steel processing company, recognizes that employees are most productive when they are working...
Creating a Greener Company Culture: The Importance of Energy Efficiency in Business
Escalating energy prices have given corporate leaders a wake-up call to devise ways to conserve energy. Energy efficiency is evolving from a corporate concept to a priority item on the CEO's agenda. ...
OSHA's Evolving Role in Promoting Occupational Safety and Health
The world was a much different place when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created more than 35 years ago. ...
Attack of the Toxic Air Handler
When you apply that proposition to the air circulating through buildings, you may think there's no problem because the air is filtered or cleaned by the...
