Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
2023 was historic in the number of costly disasters and weather extremes throughout much of the United States, according to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
There were 28 weather and climate disasters in 2023, costing at least $92.9 billion. A weather or climate disaster is defined as …
What do you think of when you hear the words “risk communication”?
Most likely disasters, crises, emergencies, large-scale losses or threats to public health and safety that receive heavy media attention and can damage corporate credibility and reputations.
Bhopal. Exxon Valdez. Deepwater Horizon. Tylenol poisonings. Love Canal. Chernobyl. Three …
California has become the first state to require private industry businesses to develop a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 553 into law on September 20, 2023. Employers must implement plans and comply with the law by July 1, 2024. Places of employment not open to the public and with …
Often when people think of learning objectives for a course, they think, “what is the course going to teach?” That is the exact opposite of what a learning objective should be.
A learning objective should describe what the trainee is expected to learn or to be able to do as a result of the training.…
By: Dave Johnson
ACT is an organizational EHS assessment tool developed by Mark Katchen, managing principal of the Phylmar Group, that EHS professionals can used as part of the interview process when seeking employment or when comparing the programmatic commitment of different organizations. ACT evaluates how three critical EHS issues are handled – or not …
By Dave Johnson, Phylmar Newsletter Editor
A 30-year UPS warehouse worker in California suffered heatstroke on the job and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. “You go into these warehouses and there’s zero to no air flow, very stifling heat,” he told a reporter.
A longtime McDonald’s worker in California said workers at her …
A safety trainer received a head’s up that there were fake certificates going around, so now they’re putting in more money and information into authenticating what they give out following the completion of their training program. It’s wild, but us at the Phylmar Group are aware of this and want you to be as well.…
In this second installment of Phylmar Shorts, Mark quickly addresses the connection between psychosocial risk factors at work and cardiovascular diseases. Here is the paper that Mark refers to in this Short: https://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/links-between-exposure-work-related-psychosocial-risk-factors-and-cardiovascular-disease Thanks for tuning in, and contact info@phylmar.com to inquire about joining the Phylmar Group.…
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