HSI articles

Leveraging Chemical Data to Manage Risk

Even if chemicals aren’t central to your business, their hazards are likely pervasive across your supply chain. In fact, chemicals are one of the primary drivers of environmental, health and safety risk in virtually every organization.

Both EPA and OSHA provide regulatory guidance based on the types and quantities of chemicals present at your facility. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security also have stringent policies regarding the transportati

Jul. 8, 2011

Are YOU Ready for GHS?

With the official announcement from OSHA of the implementation of GHS into the current Hazard Communication Standard many organizations are struggling to understand the complexities of these new regulations and how they will affect their organization. MSDSs are turning into SDSs, pictograms will be required on labels, chemicals will need to be classified and many other changes are in store. These modifications will require all employers in the US to mak

Oct. 9, 2010

JeanMarie Calvillo

The SaaS Solution to EHS Software Implementation

You will find little argument that large-scale software implementation is both costly and complex. The amount of time and resources spent on the decision process can be overwhelming and the slow progress is often frustrating. IT market intelligence thought leaders Mcdonough, Vesset and Tenwolde write in a recent article, “Budget constraints and corporate capital expenditure policies faced by many departments make it time consuming and costly to pursue large software purchases.”1
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Feb. 1, 2008