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Staggering New incident and illness stats, NAOSH week, ISO updates and more on EHS This Week

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On this week’s edition of EHS This Week we’ve got the week’s top stories in environment, health and safety news:

  • New stats on annual U.S. incident- and illness-related fatalities — and they’re alarming.
  • NAOSH week and why you should thanked your health and safety manager.
  • In addition to facing devastating workplace conditions, Bangladesh citizens might also have to deal with water scarcity.

Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you.

Until next week, enjoy the program!

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Staggering New incident and illness stats, NAOSH week, ISO updates and more on EHS This Week

Happy New Year from EHS This Week!

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Good day, loyal listeners, and Happy Holidays!

We’ll be taking a break from our weekly podcast this Holiday week, returning on January 4, 2013 with the latest content from the world of environment, health and safety news.

Thanks for all the feedback throughout 2012, and thanks to all those who have been listening to our weekly podcast since our very first episode over a year ago. We’ll be implementing some format changes over the coming months to make our content even more accessible. Please let us know if you have any feedback on changes you’d like to see…or hear! 

Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments at paul@ehsthisweek.com. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you. 

Have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve!

OSHA partnership with FRA, Halle Berry’s on-set injury, Denmark’s wind power ambitions and more on EHS This Week

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On this week’s edition of EHS This Week:

  • OSHA’s new alliance with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tackles whistleblower protection.
  • The EPA puts some serious cash towards water quality.
  • Denmark lives up to its reputation for excellence in renewable energy with some staggering numbers.

Remember to write us with your suggestions, questions and comments at paul@ehsthisweek.com. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you. 

Until next week, enjoy the program!

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Historic Ontario workplace negligence fines, OSHA’s heat standard, drought across 1,000 U.S. counties and more on EHS This Week

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We are bringing you the top stories in environment, health and safety news on the Friday, July 13 edition of EHS This Week. This week, among other things, we’ll discuss:

  • Historic fines in Toronto Christmas Eve scaffolding deaths.
  • OSHA internal training program.
  • News on OSHA’s heat standard.
  • America and Canada’s poor energy efficiency ranking.

Remember that you can always write us with your suggestions, questions and comments at paul@ehsthisweek.com. Also, if you are an industry expert and ever want to take part in the program, we’d love to have you. 

Until next week, enjoy the program!

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Tons of OSHA news, energy and climate initiatives out of Scotland and Australia, and more on EHS This Week Podcast

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This week Kristy and I discuss revised rules on hazardous dust explosions, Scotland’s Climate Justice initiative (the first of its kind in the world), energy investments in Australia, all sorts of OSHA news and a whole lot more. 

Got an idea for an EHS story? Care to come on our program? Just write us at paul@ehsthisweek.com and we’ll make it happen.

Enjoy the show!

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Revealing MSHA Big Branch report, farm safety, OSHA citations and more on EHS This Week

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We discuss top stories from the world of environment, health and safety news for the past seven days, including an eye-opening report by the Mine Safety and Health Administration on the Upper Big Branch disaster, recent OSHA citations, the Wisconsin farm program, EPA’s GHG rules and more.

We also have a Site Shoutout to an excellent environmental news resource, Earth Times.

Come back on a weekly basis or subscribe for our rundown of the week’s top EHS Stories.

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FAA regs, EPA’s emissions battles, OSHA citations and more on EHS This Week

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In this episode of EHS This Week, Kristy and I discuss top stories from the world of environment, health and safety news for the past seven days, including OSHA citations, FAA pilot training rule updates, EPA GHG lawsuits and more.

We also have a Site Shoutout to the incredible GoodGuide.com, an excellent resource for evaluating sustainable and ethical supply chains of companies and products.

Come back on a weekly basis or subscribe for our rundown of the week’s top EHS Stories.

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2013 OSHA and EPA budgets, residential construction enforcement and more on EHS This Week

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In this episode of EHS This Week, Kristy and I discuss top stories from the world of environment, health and safety news for the past seven days, including Obama’s budget requests for OSHA and EPA, the extension of residential construction enforcement rules and more.

Come back on a weekly basis or subscribe for our rundown of the week’s top EHS Stories.

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EHS This Week launches with inaugural podcast

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Morning! We’d like to direct you on over to Podbean or the player below to check out the inaugural podcast of EHS This Week. Presented by myself and colleague Kristy Sadler, EHS This Week will recap the top stories from the world of environment, health and safety news.

This week we look at all the chatter surrounding OSHA’s mobile app fail, the Top 10 OSHA violations of 2011, Food Safety Modernization Act funding, and more.

So check back on a weekly basis for a quick rundown of the week’s top EHS Stories.

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Intelex named 6th in list of top 50 EHS blogs

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Intelex is pleased to be included on a recent list of the best environmental, health and safety (EHS) blogs by Environmental Health Masters, an online resource for EHS news and information.

The Intelex Blog was pegged as 6th on the list of the Top 50 Environmental Health blogs by Environmental Health Masters for including “news from the world of environmental health and safety compliance.”

Powered by Intelex Technologies Inc., a global leader in environment, health, safety and quality web-based software solutions, the Intelex blog in an information-rich resource on the latest developments in EHS legislation, regulation, news and technology, as well as quality management news and strategies. It collects the views and perspectives of professionals in the EHS field and seeks to provide organizations around the world best practices and up-to-date tactics and strategies on EHS management.

If you would like to contribute to the Intelex blog, please contact Paul Leavoy for information on how to submit content.