Friday, 14 December 2018.

Increasing Complexity Of Chemical Regulations Is Driving Demand For Chemical Management Software

Wednesday, 12 December 2018.

OSHA fines Parts Authority, a wholesale auto parts distributor, $133,406 for exposing employees to fire, electrical shock and struck-by hazards. The firm failed to train employees about chemical hazards and safety data sheets, among other violations

Tuesday, 11 December 2018.

Pro-Sapien Software, an EHS software provider, has partnered with ELEARNINGFORCE International to offer training management solutions that combine the firms’ separate HSEQ Innovate and LMS365 add-ins for Office 365

Tuesday, 11 December 2018.

PennJersey Environmental Consulting, a site assessment and remediation firm, has selected Locus EIM software to track analytical data, automate its field data collection, and consolidate enterprise data for its customers

Monday, 10 December 2018.

ÅF AB and Pӧyry, two international engineering and consulting firms, are merging. The combined firm will operate under the brand ÅF‑Pöyry and comprise five divisions, each with a strong Nordic and international presence

Monday, 10 December 2018.

OSHA fines Nupress of Miami, a Florida-based commercial printer, $71,139 for exposing employees to amputation, electrical and fall hazards. The firm failed to establish lockout/tagout and written hazcom programs, among other violations

Friday, 07 December 2018.

ERM, a global engineering and consulting firm, has launched ERM Nexus, a technology platform that integrates project data with business data to provide faster, more effective and safer outcomes for clients

Thursday, 06 December 2018.

ComplianceMetrix, an enterprise quality management software firm, released version 8 of its SupplyChainMetrix platform, including a new user interface and layout, enhanced search functions and improved reporting, along with a suite other features

Thursday, 06 December 2018.

EHS Insight, an EHS software provider, has released its Skills Management Module to help EHS departments manage internal training and record, analyse and report on training-related data to ensure ongoing compliance

Wednesday, 05 December 2018.

ETQ, an EHSQ and compliance software firm, announced the appointments of Robert Gremley, CEO; Richard Russo, CFO; Nina McIntyre, CMO; and Brian Testa, VP of People Operations. Each executive brings experience in scaling enterprise software firms

Wednesday, 05 December 2018.

Mammoet, an engineered heavy lifting and transport firm, has chosen Airsweb AVA as its EHS software solution. Mammoet selected AVA’s core functionalities along with the incident management and audit management modules to support its EHSQ Program

Tuesday, 04 December 2018.

Intelex, an EHSQ software firm, has partnered with InfinityQS, a quality Intelligence and statistical process control firm, to give customers more detailed operational insights from their quality processes through Intelex's quality management system

Tuesday, 04 December 2018.

Recology, an integrated resource recovery firm, has selected Locus Technologies, an EHS compliance and sustainability management software firm, as its system of record for EHS compliance activities

Tuesday, 04 December 2018.

PNE Group’s wind farm management subsidiary, energy consult, has acquired MEB Safety Services, a safety technology firm for wind energy and industrial plants. The acquisition will expand PNE’s safety portfolio and worker safety training courses

Sunday, 02 December 2018.

Jacobs, a global engineering and consulting firm, has been awarded a three-year agreement from Woodside Energy Limited to provide brownfields engineering and procurement services for the Karratha Gas Plant in Western Australia

Friday, 30 November 2018.

Safety Professionals Push The Innovation Agenda From Pilot Projects To Scalability

Thursday, 29 November 2018.

OSHA fines L.A. Disaster Relief and Property Maintenance $94,415 after an employee suffered burn injuries from an explosion at a Florida worksite. The firm failed to familiarize employees about flammable and combustible dust hazards

Tuesday, 27 November 2018.

IoT Safety Platforms: The Battle For Customer Mindshare Begins In 2019

Tuesday, 27 November 2018.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation, an engineering and software firm, now will offer Sphera’s risk assessment and consulting services. This partnership aims to strengthen Yokogawa’s risk management services covering the entire plant life cycle

Tuesday, 27 November 2018.

OSHA fines Elo Restoration and Florida Roofing Experts $129,336 each for exposing employees to fall hazards in St. Augustine, Florida. These companies both failed to ensure workers were attached to fall protection systems

Tuesday, 20 November 2018.

Survey Insight: Digital Training Solutions For Health And Safety Undergo Mainstream Adoption

Monday, 19 November 2018.

OSHA fines Mister Cookie Face, a frozen novelties manufacturer, $103,476 in penalties for failing to lockout machinery, which led to an employee suffering a fingertip amputation and fractured finger

Friday, 16 November 2018.

Ecobot, an environmental reporting software firm, has received $450,000 in funding from Cofounders Capital. Ecobot is developing software for conducting field surveys to assess environmental impact to wetlands and waterways

Friday, 16 November 2018.

OSHA fines PGT Industries, a window and door manufacturer, $389,545 in penalties after an employee suffered a partial finger amputation while working on an unguarded punch press

Thursday, 15 November 2018.

Airsweb, an EHS software firm, has released a language update for the Airsweb AVA software. AVA now supports 90 of the most used languages in the world to help support customers with an international presence

Thursday, 15 November 2018.

TRC, a global engineering and consulting firm, has appointed Ryan Renner to serve in the newly created role of Chief Digital Officer. This position will work to launch and manage TRC’s digitization strategy and applied technology initiatives

Wednesday, 14 November 2018.

Survey Insight: Mobile EHS Applications Find Steady Growth As Decision-Makers Leverage Innovation

Wednesday, 14 November 2018.

Lloyd’s Register, an engineering and professional services firm, launches AllAssets, which is a SaaS-based asset performance management platform. The firm intends that customers will use AllAssets to optimise their maintenance strategies

Tuesday, 13 November 2018.

Gensuite, a compliance and management systems software firm, has released its updated ODS Sentinel application module to help subscribers comply with upcoming rule changes to the Refrigerant Management Requirements under the EPA’s Clean Air Act

Tuesday, 13 November 2018.

TRC, an engineering and consulting firm, has been awarded a nine-year, $36 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to oversee the remediation of an FAA-owned Superfund site in Atlantic County, NJ

Tuesday, 13 November 2018.

OSHA fines Sabel Steel Service, a steel fabrication firm, $320,261 for exposing employees to amputation, fall and other hazards at four manufacturing facilities

Thursday, 08 November 2018.

Pladis, a global consumer packaged goods firm, has chosen Ideagen’s Coruson software to enhance its safety, quality, security and environmental (SQSE) operations. Coruson will become the single system to manage the safety of 26,000 employees

Wednesday, 07 November 2018.

Wood, a multinational energy services firm, has been awarded a four-year contract with the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to provide technical safety advice and support

Wednesday, 07 November 2018.

OSHA fines Legend Directional Services, a directional drilling firm, $28,455 for improper storage of compressed gases after an employee suffered fatal injuries in an explosion

Wednesday, 07 November 2018.

Petrotechnics, an operational risk software firm, has appointed a Regional Manager in North America and both a Regional Manager and a Partner Solutions Manager in the Middle East, strengthening the firms’ go-to-market efforts

Monday, 05 November 2018.

EHS And Operational Risk Software Vendors Should Explore Neo4j’s Graph Database Technology

Monday, 05 November 2018.

Arcadis, a multinational engineering and consulting firm, has appointed Steve Bromhead as its new UK COO. Arcadis also announced the appointment of Tom Morgan as UK Client Development Director, overseeing innovation and growth across the UK business

Monday, 05 November 2018.

OSHA fines Northeast Framing, a Massachusetts contractor, $311,330 for exposing workers to falls and other hazards following an employee’s fatal fall in May 2018

Monday, 05 November 2018.

OSHA fines U.S. Xpress, a trucking company, and Dollar Tree Distribution Center, a distribution service for retailer Dollar Tree, $130,112 and $12,934, respectively, for exposing workers to struck-by and other hazards at a distribution center in Georgia

Thursday, 01 November 2018.

AECOM, a multinational engineering firm, has been awarded a $23.5 million contract for the Amazon Promotion of Best Social and Environmental Management Practices project from the USAID South America Regional office in Peru

Wednesday, 31 October 2018.

RSK, an engineering and environmental consultancy firm, has acquired CAN, a UK geotechnical and engineering firm. This acquisition adds 250 employees to RSK’s staff and strengthens the firm’s early investigation and design stages of projects

Tuesday, 30 October 2018.

Cority, an EHSQ software provider, has completed incorporating into its core platform an environmental compliance management software that it acquired when purchasing regAction in 2017

Tuesday, 30 October 2018.

OSHA fines Venture Metals, a Dallas-based metal recycling firm, $311,580 for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a stack of pipes fell and hurt a worker, leading to his hospitalization

Tuesday, 30 October 2018.

Wolters Kluwer, a multinational information services firm, has acquired eVision, a provider of industrial operational risk management software, for $145 million

Tuesday, 30 October 2018.

AECOM, a multi-national engineering firm, has extended its contract with the US Department of Energy for the joint-venture Washington River Protection Solutions project to manage the nuclear waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state

Tuesday, 30 October 2018.

Cal/OSHA fines Circle M. Contractors in California $225,500 for failing to train workers on nail gun safety. Following a worker’s injury in April, Cal/OSHA’s review of the firm’s injury log showed 34 instances of nail gun injuries since 2016

Friday, 26 October 2018.

Etowah Water & Sewer Authority have selected Golder, a multi-national engineering and consulting firm, to be the lead designer for the Russell Creek Reservoir project in Dawson County, Georgia

Thursday, 25 October 2018.

Inogen Environmental Alliance Proves Digitization Of EHS Services Requires Cross-Industry Collaboration

Wednesday, 24 October 2018.

DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global management consulting firm, has partnered with Guardhat, an industrial safety technology company specializing in wearables, to develop scalable solutions that provides real-time data to better safeguard employees

Wednesday, 24 October 2018.

DFS, a leading furniture retailer in Europe, has selected Airsweb, an EHS software provider, to support the firm’s health and safety management activities. DFS is rolling out the Airsweb AVA software package across its stores and facilities

Tuesday, 23 October 2018.

OSHA fines C.W. Hendrix Farms, a Florida-based vegetable farm, $12,934 after lightning struck and killed an employee who was picking vegetables in inclement weather

Tuesday, 23 October 2018.

Assent Compliance, a supply chain management software firm, has received a $100 million investment from Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm. The investment will allow Assent to enhance its software and supply chain management platform

Tuesday, 23 October 2018.

The Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK’s national academy of engineering, announced a £15 million partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Lloyd’s Register Group’s engineering-based charity, to address global challenges in engineering safety

Tuesday, 23 October 2018.

WorleyParsons, a global engineering and consulting firm, is set to acquire the Energy, Chemicals & Resources division of Jacobs, a global engineering firm. The acquisition sets WorleyParsons to nearly double in size and increase its global footprint

Friday, 19 October 2018.

OSHA fines Kasper Roofing & Construction, a Florida-based construction firm, $134,500 for exposing workers to hazards which led to the falling death of one of its employees

Friday, 19 October 2018.

Product Stewardship Is Growing In Importance And Requires Intra-Firm Collaboration

Thursday, 18 October 2018.

Tellus Holdings, an infrastructure development company, has partnered with INX Software, a workforce management software firm, to manage its health, safety, environment and quality compliance system

Wednesday, 17 October 2018.

NuVasive, a firm providing minimally invasive spine solutions, has selected Gensuite, an EHS&S software provider, to support the firm’s health and safety management

Tuesday, 16 October 2018.

Golder, a global engineering and consulting firm, appointed Denise K. Fletcher to its Board in the role of an independent Non-Executive Director

Tuesday, 16 October 2018.

High Alpha, a venture firm, launches Anvl, a cloud-based software firm that delivers safety solutions for the maintenance service workforce

Tuesday, 16 October 2018.

The firm SaferMe has launched an app called WeatherHalo that provides field workers with real-time warnings of nearby lightning strikes. SaferMe points to 6,000 deaths and 240,000 serious injuries annually from 1.4 billion lightning strikes worldwide

Tuesday, 16 October 2018.

VelocityEHS, an EHS and sustainability software provider, launches its newly designed MSDSonline SDS/Chemical Management Software platform. The platform rolls out a new user interface and improved reporting capabilities

Monday, 15 October 2018.

Schneider Electric, a global energy management and automation firm, released version 11.4 of its Tricon CX process safety controller. The new version includes a smaller footprint and flexible architecture allowing for faster engineering and configuration

Friday, 12 October 2018.

OSHA fines Insight Pipe Contracting, an underground utility contractor, $331,000 after violations led to an employee suffering a fatal electrocution and two assisting employees to need hospitalization

Thursday, 11 October 2018.

EcoIntense Rebrands As Quentic To Strengthen Expansion Within European Markets

Thursday, 11 October 2018.

HSE fines Forterra Building Products, a precast material fabricator, £200,000 after an employee is drawn into a conveyor causing his arm to be amputated and him to be paralyzed from the waist down

Thursday, 11 October 2018.

EcoIntense, an EHS software provider, announced the rebranding as Quentic for both its company name and the EcoWebDesk and NordSafety applications. The rebrand also marks the introduction of Quentic Community—an online knowledge sharing platform

Thursday, 11 October 2018.

EcoIntense, an EHS software provider, announces it’s rebranding as Quentic, with the release of the new Quentic Community feature as part version 11.0 of EcoWebDesk (now Quentic) HSE software

Wednesday, 10 October 2018.

Braun Intertec, a geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm, has acquired W&M Environmental group, a Texas based environmental consulting firm, enhancing their environmental consulting services

Wednesday, 10 October 2018.

The Tianning District Government, located in China, announces the adoption of DEKRA’s services for creating test tracks and laboratories for automated commercial vehicles

Wednesday, 10 October 2018.

The US Department of Energy announces a 12-month extension of Jacobs’ services for the environmental remediation along the Columbia River and selected portions of the decommissioned Hanford nuclear production site

Wednesday, 10 October 2018.

The Zircon Industry Association adopts thinkstep’s services to develop a Life Cycle Inventory and to conduct a Life Cycle Assessment of zircon sand, in order to understand the environmental impact of its production and use

Tuesday, 09 October 2018.

HSE fines MacAulay Askernish, a quarry operator, £30,000 after an employee’s hand was entangled in a conveyor belt while undertaking maintenance work, causing permanent disfigurement and impairment

Tuesday, 09 October 2018.

SLP Environmental, an EHS and risk management consulting firm, expands its offerings in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market by launching its EHS Legal Register and compliance auditing service in Myanmar

Monday, 08 October 2018.

Save The Date: Verdantix EHS Innovation Summit And Awards Ceremony To Take Place In Atlanta September 24-25, 2019

New York – October 8, 2018. Independent research firm Verdantix will host its eighth summit for environment, health and safety innovation in Atlanta in 2019. The Verdantix EHS Innovation Summit Americas will gather 200 EHS directors, technology executives and investors on September 24 and 25. This eighth summit builds on the success of the 2018 Verdantix EHS Innovation Summit which included VP-level speakers from Arkema, Cameron LNG, DeBeers, Direct Energy, GE, Halliburton, ISN, Lippert Components, NASA, PepsiCo, Southern Company and TechnipFMC.