Thursday, 19 April 2018. Pro-Sapien, an EHS and quality software provider on SharePoint and Office 365, announces the release of a new hosting service allowing customers to have Pro-Sapien manage the IT infrastructure, Microsoft Azure, required to access the EHS program
Wednesday, 18 April 2018. DEKRA, a Germany based vehicle inspection services firm, announces the acquisition of Jiffy Smog, an emission-check firm in order to now operate stations for safety and emissions checks in six U.S. states and Ontario, Canada
Tuesday, 17 April 2018. Arcadis, a design and consulting firm for natural and built assets, announces the addition of Cority, an EHS and quality software provider, to the Arcadis software alliance program for adding EHSQ software expertise to their services offering
Tuesday, 17 April 2018. HSE fines R K Civil Engineers, a civil engineering firm, and R K District Heating, a district heating firm, £1 million each after workers were unloading heating pipes weighing approximately 840 kg, causing two of the pipes to roll off onto a worker
Tuesday, 17 April 2018. OSHA fines Premier Underground, a Nebraska based utility underground construction firm, $46,930 after workers were caught installing water and sewer lines in two unprotected trenches on the same jobsite
Tuesday, 17 April 2018. OSHA fines Kamphuis Pipeline Company, an excavation firm working on a North Dakota Municipal Project, $454,750 after exposing workers to trench cave-ins and other serious hazards while installing water metering pits and lines
Tuesday, 17 April 2018. HSE fines Skip-It Containers, a waste management firm, £2293 after a worker got his or her arm caught in a conveyor at a material recycling plant
Monday, 16 April 2018. Gensuite, a compliance and management systems software provider, announces the release of Genny, an artificial intelligence voice-control virtual assistance technology to enable users to complete EHS actions with voice and text commands
Monday, 16 April 2018. MINSHIP Shipmanagement, a Germany based ship management and international freight forwarding services firm, adopts DNV GL’s ShipManager fleet management software in order to replace various separate systems and spreadsheets for ship management activities
Monday, 16 April 2018. Gensuite, a compliance and management systems software provider, announces a product update to Gensuite Analytics of interactive report visualization capabilities through Tableau, a data analytics and visualization software provider
Thursday, 12 April 2018. UL, an occupational health and safety software and training, announces the release of ‘PURE Safety Incidents’, a streamlined version of UL’s existing incidents software, for small and medium-sized businesses to track their health and safety performance
Wednesday, 11 April 2018. Verisk3E, an EHS and risk compliance software provider, announces the release of 3E SDS, a not tool providing access to its industry leading database of more than seven million Safety Data Sheets
Wednesday, 11 April 2018. HSE fines PVAD, a construction firm, £51,334 after a safety inspection found numerous areas of the site had no edge protection to prevent falls, including where workers could fall four metres into the basement from the site entrance area
Tuesday, 10 April 2018. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an independent standards organization, and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), a resources and tools provider for conflicts minerals reporting, announce a project to help improve companies’ mineral sourcing
Tuesday, 10 April 2018. AECOM, a multi-disciplinary consultancy including sustainability and safety services, announces a five-year strategic partnership with SitScape, a Digital Enterprise Enablement Platform (DEEP) software, including the rollout of SitScape’s software
Tuesday, 10 April 2018. HSE fines Safestyle, a window provider, £850,000 after a worker installing a first-floor window slipped and fell from the ladder, sustaining a fracture to the lower leg
Monday, 09 April 2018. eVision, a Control of Work software provider, announces a partnership with Technicom, as a fully accredited training partner of eVision
Wednesday, 04 April 2018. The South Shore Line (SSL), a rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District , announces the implementation of Positive Train Control technology across their entire network, in order to prevent train-to-train collisions
Wednesday, 04 April 2018. AECOM, a multi-disciplinary consultancy including sustainability and safety services, announces a partnership with IFS, a software provider including supply chain management capabilities for automating and streamlining front and back office processes
Wednesday, 04 April 2018. HSE fines K.D.S. Construction, a construction firm, £70,000 a worker was working in a 2 metre deep excavation when they were struck on the head and pinned down by a large segment of concrete, causing fractures to the skull, ribs, left arm and vertebrae
Tuesday, 03 April 2018. Haya Water, an Oman based wastewater services firm, adopts Intelex’ incident management application for delivering incident-related reports and investigation procedures
Tuesday, 03 April 2018. Sparta Systems, a quality and regulatory management software provider, appoints Dana Jones as the new CEO
Tuesday, 03 April 2018. Penske Logistics, a supply chain management, distribution and transportation technologies and services, announces the release of truck fleet safety technology through a video-based safety program in over 2,800 of its heavy-duty trucks across North America
Tuesday, 03 April 2018. OSHA fines Gravrooden, an Omaha based plumbing firm, $38,061 after inspectors observed employees working in an unprotected trench while repairing a sewer line
Monday, 02 April 2018. UL EHS Sustainability, an occupational health and safety software and training services provider, announces the release of PURE Sustainability – Essentials, an out of the box version of PURE Sustainability for small and medium sized businesses
Thursday, 29 March 2018. Dawn Foods Products, a bakery products provider adopts Ideagen’s Pentana Audit software for its global internal audit operations which includes operational audits of its distribution centres and manufacturing sites in Amsterdam, Mexico and US
Thursday, 29 March 2018. HSE fines ERIKS Industrial Services, a logistics firm, £373,000 after a worker was unchaining a vehicle ramp from a delivery lorry when the lorry moved forward with one chain still attached to the ramp, crushing the worker between the ramp and a barrier
Thursday, 29 March 2018. HSE fines Tai Calon Community Housing, a community housing association, £30,000 after were routinely exposed to vibration in their day to day work, resulting pain and loss of strength in their hands
Tuesday, 27 March 2018. Enviance, an EHS software provider, announces an update to the Workflow App Builder (WAB) to use Progressive Web Application (PWA) technology enabling offline functionality on a mobile device, including capture and update of unscheduled activities
Tuesday, 27 March 2018. ProntoForms, a provider of mobile-based EHS data collection and analysis, announces an update to the offering including a new Form Builder that allows line of business owners to build and deploy mobile forms and automated workflows
Tuesday, 27 March 2018. Statoil, an oil and gas firm, announces a new strategic framework agreement with Capgemini, a technology services provider to support Statoil and its Digital Centre of Excellence with services to further develop and deliver Statoil’s digital roadmap
Monday, 26 March 2018. Shell, a petrochemical firm, upgrades their RiskPoynt software from locally hosted to cloud-deployed across 26 of their assets globally
Friday, 23 March 2018. Airsweb, a global EHS software provider, partners with DREEM Solutions, an environmentally-focused reporting and analytics software, to strengthen environmental management and reporting capabilities helping clients remain compliant
Friday, 16 March 2018. HSE fines Sasie, a solar panel installation firm, £10,000 after two workers installing solar panels on the roof of a commercial building without any form of fall protection, even after a prohibition notice was sent through
Thursday, 15 March 2018. Intelex, an EHS and quality software provider, announces a strategic partnership with Lideranca, a consulting firm focused on services for workplace and workforce improvement in order to provide software that offers eLearning and EHSQ compliance
Thursday, 15 March 2018. Enablon, an EHS , operational risk management, and sustainability software provider, announces the release of a new API that allows automatic submission of electronic reporting for compliance with OSHA injury and illnesses
Thursday, 15 March 2018. UL EHS Sustainability, a health and safety software and training provider, announces the release of a free software tool built on their PureOHS platform for helping streamline OSHA reporting requirements
Thursday, 15 March 2018. HSE fines Edge Farming, a farming firm, £10,000 after a worker was cleaning the gutters on a farm building when the ladder slipped down the face of the building, suffering a broken arm, shoulder and fractured elbow
Wednesday, 14 March 2018. DNV GL, a global quality assurance and risk management provider, announces the opening of a new liquid natural gas (LNG) test centre in Groningen, the Netherlands, for safe use of LNG, with a capacity of up to 250 kg of liquefied gas
Wednesday, 14 March 2018. OSHA fines Langston Concrete, a concrete manufacturing firm, $90,535 after a trench collapsed on four employees whilst they were preparing to install a diverter box on an existing storm water pipe
Tuesday, 13 March 2018. IsoMetrix, an EHS and quality software provider appoints Andrea Turk as Global Marketing Manager
Monday, 12 March 2018. Arcadis, a multi-disciplinary engineering services firm focused on sustainability, appoints Sarah Kujilaars as the new CFO and member of the Executive Board
Monday, 12 March 2018. OSHA fines Liqui-Box, a plastic bag manufacturing firm, $155,208 after a worker clearing a jam on a bag sealing machine suffered a partial amputation of his or her thumb due to Liqui-Box failing to adequately train employees on lockout/tagout procedures
Friday, 09 March 2018. United Safety, a provider of industrial safety services, announces its certification as a training partner of eVision’s Control of Work software, for training organizations to implement and leverage eVision’s software
Thursday, 08 March 2018. Northern Gas Networks, in collaboration with all gas distributors in the UK, have appointed DNV GL, a technical services firm for the oil and gas industry, alongside Health and Safety Laboratories to investigate the safety viability of hydrogen
Thursday, 08 March 2018. Intelex Technologies, a global provider of cloud-based Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) management software, appoints Scott Gaddis as EHS Practice Leader
Wednesday, 07 March 2018. Health & Safety Institute, an EHS software, training and compliance services provider, announces the acquisition of Vivid Learning Systems, an online safety training provider, which will add new training content such as hazard communications
Wednesday, 07 March 2018. Engro, a Pakistan based fertiliser, food and petrochemicals production and distribution firm, announces the adoption of Ideagen’s Pentana Audit, a quality, safety, audit, performance and risk management software, for automating internal audit operations
Wednesday, 07 March 2018. OSHA fines Jax Utilities Management, a utilities firm, $271,606 after an employee was injured and hospitalized when an unprotected trench collapsed due to the accumulation of water
Wednesday, 07 March 2018. UL EHS Sustainability, a health and safety software and training provider, announces the release of a free software tool, built on their PureOHS platform, for streamlining OHSA reporting requirements, with which users enter injury data
Wednesday, 07 March 2018. Thinkstep, a material compliance management and lifecycle assessment (LCA) software provider, announces a strategic partnership with Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA), for scaling EPEA’s Cradle to Cradle concept using thinkstep software
Tuesday, 06 March 2018. Cority, an EHS and quality software provider, announces the release of Cority Analytics, a predictive analytics software, as a result of a collaboration between Cority, Georgian Partners, an investor, and the Cority Predictive Analytics Program clients
Monday, 05 March 2018. Wolters Kluwer, an information software provider in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors, announces the acquisition of Firecracker, a learning, assessment, and study-planning software
Friday, 02 March 2018. HSE fines York House, a meat production firm, £90,000 after a worker fell from a height of 3.2 metres when a crossbar gave way from underneath
Thursday, 01 March 2018. ERM, a sustainability services firm, announces the acquisition of BrownFlynn, a US based sustainability and governance services firm, in order to strengthen their US presence
Thursday, 01 February 2018. Intelex, an EHS and quality software provider, appoints Jessica Sarnowski as Global Compliance Content Lead, EHSQ Content Strategy
Wednesday, 28 February 2018. Enablon, an EHS, sustainability and operational risk management software and business of Wolters Kluwer, announces a partnership with TapRooT, a root cause analysis software and training provider, to develop a connector between both software platforms
Wednesday, 28 February 2018. Cority, an EHS and quality software provider, appoints Pablo Neiman as Vice President of professional services as well as promoting Greg Durand to Senior Vice President of global sales
Wednesday, 28 February 2018. DEKRA Insight, a workplace safety services firm, announces the release of a new technology ‘Exposure Based Safety’ (EBS) for reducing risks in the workplace; this has access to mobile and dashboard technology
Tuesday, 27 February 2018. Cadmus, an EHS services firm, appoints Jeff Newell as Senior Vice President of safety, security, and resilience services
Tuesday, 27 February 2018. HSE fines Paramount Waste Extraction, a UK based recycling firm, £30,000 after an explosion and fire at their site, due to an overload of a piece of machinery for shredding and processing printing toner cartridges, leaving one worker in an induced coma
Tuesday, 27 February 2018. OSHA fines L.I. Aluminium Design, a patio and pool enclosure manufacturer and installer, $40,096 following an employee suffering a fatal fall while installing patio screen enclosures because the firm failed to provide fall protection
Monday, 26 February 2018. Konecranes, a technology and services provider for lifting equipment, announces the release of Work Zone, a product which uses GPS technology to create virtual fences around real-world areas to trigger user defined alerts
Monday, 26 February 2018. HSE fines Swissport GB, an airport baggage and cargo handler, £502,000 after two accidents occurred involving workers falling from heights, one from a high-loader platform and another from a flatbed lorry
Friday, 23 February 2018. Intelex, an EHS and quality software provider, appoints Rob Harrison as Director of EHSQ content strategy
Thursday, 22 February 2018. Enhesa, an EHS regulatory compliance content provider, announces the opening of a new office in Shanghai, China
Thursday, 22 February 2018. eVision, an operational risk management software provider, announces their addition to the Data Exchange in the Process Industry (DEXPI) initiative, an industry body aiming to develop and promote a general data exchange standard for the process industry
Wednesday, 21 February 2018. K·Coe Isom, a food and agricultural services firm, announces the addition of Tennaxia’s sustainability software to their value proposition, for managing the reporting of sustainability performance metrics.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018. HSE fines Advanced Industrial Roofing and Cladding Solutions £2,000 after a worker installing a new industrial roof over the existing asbestos cement roof fell through a fragile skylight
Tuesday, 20 February 2018. NVM Private Equity announces a £3 million investment in growth capital in SHE Software, a health and safety compliance management software provider, with the intention of expanding into international markets as well as creating over 50 new jobs
Tuesday, 20 February 2018. OSHA fines ABC Polymer Industries, a plastics manufacturing firm, $195,144 after a worker died from being pulled into a plastics recycling machine
Monday, 19 February 2018. Saudi Ground Services, a ground handling services firm, adopts Ideagen’s safety and reporting software ‘Ideagen Q-Pulse’ to streamline document creation and control, audit management and provide functionality for non-conformance, deviation and analysis
Friday, 16 February 2018. OSHA fines RPS Composites Alabama, a fiberglass pipe manufacturing firm, $74,833 after a worker’s safety-gloved hand was pulled into a pipe-winding machine, resulting in a finger amputation
Thursday, 15 February 2018. HSE fines Alandale Plant & Scaffolding £160,000 after a scaffold clip fell approximately 20 metres and hit a member of the public walking below
Wednesday, 14 February 2018. Gensuite, an EHS and compliance management software provider, announces a strategic alliance with Verisk 3E, an EHS and product stewardship software provider, to allow customers to access Verisk 3E’s 34 Optimize regulatory content on Gensuite’s software
Tuesday, 13 February 2018. HSE fines Mercury Specialist Frames, a manufacturing firm, £10,000 after a blade on a saw that was being used by a worker fell on his or her hand, severing the fingers of his right hand
Tuesday, 13 February 2018. VelocityEHS, an EHS software provider announces updates to their MSDSonline, an SDS and chemical management software, which now maps EPA’s recently released Tier II reporting requirements, allowing for users to map their corresponding Tier II report data
Tuesday, 13 February 2018. AECOM, a multi-disciplinary infrastructure services firm, announces that the NouvLR General Partnership, of which AECOM is a partner of the design team, have been selected for the engineering and construction of Reseau express metropolitan
Monday, 12 February 2018. Gensuite, an EHS and compliance management software provider, announces a strategic partnership with HealthNEXT, a health and well-being services provider, in order to build a program that focuses on the direct impact health and safety have on each other
Monday, 12 February 2018. AECOM, a multi-disciplinary design and infrastructure services firm, appoints Ms. Bixby as Vice President and business development manager in the Gulf Southwest region’s transportation group
Friday, 09 February 2018. Cority, an EHS and quality software provider, announces the launch of ‘myCority’ a mobile solution that enables immediate completion of EHSQ activities, including offline functionality for logging audits and undergoing inspections, for example
Friday, 09 February 2018. Tennaxia, a safety and environmental software and services provider, announces a strategic partnership with Altanova, a New York based technical and strategy consulting firm focused on sustainable growth
Friday, 09 February 2018. SAI Global, an integrated risk management software provider, announces a strategic partnership with Strategic BCP, a business continuity management software and services provider, for the integration of SAI Global’s software with Strategic BCP’s software
Thursday, 08 February 2018. OSHA fines Carthage Speciality Paperboard, a paperboard production firm, $175,000 after committing 62 safety and health violations associated with machine guarding, lack of fall protection, hazardous energy control, confined space entry and more
Wednesday, 07 February 2018. The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM) provides funding to iPoint, an environmental, sustainability and product compliance software and services provider, for creating a Blockchain-based system for tracing certain raw materials
Tuesday, 06 February 2018. Keepmoat homes, a design and construction firm of large and small-scale residential buildings, adopts Airsweb’s product Airsweb AVA, their EHS software , for managing health and safety in their practices
Tuesday, 06 February 2018. HSE fines Martin Geoffrey Warkup, a farming firm, £1,600 after a worker fell approximately 10 metres from a cherry picker when inspecting a silencer unit attached to the farm’s grain drying facility
Monday, 05 February 2018. Arcadis, a global design and services firm for natural and built assets, announces its selection as Owner’s Project Manager by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority to oversee a capital improvements construction program enhancing iconic facilities
Friday, 02 February 2018. HSE fines Tata Steel, a steel producing firm, £1.4 million after a worker was crushed by a crane whilst examining another crane as part of the workers inspection duties, suffering a fatal injury
Thursday, 01 February 2018. ERM, a environmental remediation, safety and sustainability services firm, announces the acquisition of Michael Pisani & Associates, an environmental services firm focused on contaminated site management and litigation support
Wednesday, 31 January 2018. HSE fines London Borough Council and Veolia, a waste services firm, after a worker was crushed by a reversing 17 and a half tonne dust cart, suffering significant injury
Tuesday, 30 January 2018. Emisoft, an environmental data management and reporting software provider, announces the release of Emisoft version 7, now offering reporting capabilities for meeting compliance requirements specific to the aquaculture industry
Tuesday, 30 January 2018. SiteHawk, a chemical data management & compliance software provider, announces a strategic partnership with Avery, a manufacturer of labels and design software, for the integration of SiteHawk’s software & regulatory content with Avery’s labeling solution
Monday, 29 January 2018. HSE fines Bonds Foundry, a foundry firm, after one of the supports of a large metal casting machine weighing two tonnes fell onto a workers leg
Monday, 29 January 2018. Veolia, a UK-based resource management services firm, announces the launch of a new service designed to provide a complete and compliant way of disposing of compressed gas cylinders
Thursday, 25 January 2018. iPoint, a product compliance and sustainability software provider, announces the acquisition of ifu Institute for Environmental IT Hamburg to expand its offering into the area of life cycle assessment and material flow cost accounting
Thursday, 25 January 2018. UL EHS Sustainability, an EHS and sustainability software provider, announces a strategic partnership with U.S. Preventive Medicine, a provider of population health management services, for integrating their online wellness programs
Wednesday, 24 January 2018. OSHA fines Supplyside, a pallet manufacturer, $91,832 after a worker was injured while conducting maintenance on equipment, without having adequate machine guards installed
