Most safety programs are busy being busy. Safety compliance doesn’t equal worker protection. Organizations invest heavily in toolbox talks, JSAs, and audits, while construction still accounts for 19% of all US workplace fatalities, over 1,000 deaths annually. The disconnect reveals a fundamental problem: we’ve confused activities about safety with the actual work of keeping people […]
If you’re only tracking what already happened (injuries, lost time, costs), you’re driving by looking in the rearview mirror. If you’re only tracking safety activities (training completed, audits done), you have no idea if those activities actually prevent injuries. According to a 2024 VelocityEHS study, 89% of companies track leading indicators, but 79% still […]
Covered under OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) training is mandatory for workers who handle hazardous substances, clean up contaminated sites, work at treatment and disposal facilities, or respond to hazmat emergencies. The training requirements vary significantly based on your specific job duties and exposure risk. Who Needs HAZWOPER […]
If you generate hazardous waste and store it temporarily, you probably need RCRA hazardous waste training, not HAZWOPER. If you clean up contaminated sites, operate a treatment/storage/disposal facility, or have an emergency hazmat response team, then yes, HAZWOPER applies. This is the most misunderstood OSHA standard in the safety industry, and getting it wrong costs […]
