In recent years there has been more talk than ever about mental health, but talk and speeches don’t solve anything. Does your workplace have any activities planned for today?

Imagine this: Mental health days are offered. Paid mental health days allow you to take time off to attend to your mental health and well-being.

It won’t be long before at least some workplace safety cultures become highly digitized. Think of the time savings and productivity gains.

No one protected this 15-year-old migrant worker who fell 50 feet to his death from a roof in Alabama where he was laying down shingles. What are these kids doing working dangerous jobs? Sending money back home — to Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela and other parts of impoverished Latin America.

We navigate the ethical minefield of industrial hygiene with The Phylmar Group’s Mark Katchen. This episode focuses on the impact of ChatGPT on the EHS profession and also discusses an interesting ethics case study.

A disengaged employee, operating on auto-pilot, wanting to get the job done as soon as possible, is also an accident waiting to happen. These are your at-risk employees.

Money is behind the hollowness of many companies’ stop work policies. Sure, if you see something, say something. A change in weather conditions. An emergency situation. A near-miss incident. A lack of knowledge as to how to proceed. Unsafe conditions. Equipment used improperly. All legitimate risks. All often ignored by the workers who have the authority to halt work. Why? 

How many safety pros give CEOs a pass when it comes to safety? How many lower their expectations of what CEOs should do for safety? As a rule, the majority of CEOs have no schooling in occupational safety and health. They distance themselves from it, consciously or unconsciously.

Call it the law of unintended consequences: the pandemic — which pros will tell you is still ongoing — has challenged EHS pros to use their people skills perhaps like never before, reaching out, working together, and getting unprecedented national exposure.

A bias exists that white collar workers — more than their blue collar counterparts — are more prone to burn out, anxiety, depression, stress overload, work-life imbalances, emotionally draining work, and have a strong need for rest, gratitude and recognition. But that's not true.