Innovative Manufacturers Center
Driving Manufacturing Growth and Job Creation in Central Pennsylvania
Every company’s supply chain is critical to maintain production and ultimately the success of the company. Companies that fail to work with their vendors, suppliers and contractors (supply chain) to identify, detect, monitor and mitigate their safety and health issues, risk the real potential of interruption of the supply chain’s ability to provide the contracted Read More
Training for BBS and safety have not advanced significantly over the past several decades, but the world we live in and our workforce have. Up until recently, training options have been limited to classroom sessions and long computer modules that check the box but often don’t do much to improve results. Enter microlearning, a relatively Read More
Perhaps you are the general contractor on a construction project in which an employee of one of your electrical subcontractor is electrocuted after failing to lock out a circuit he was working on. Can OSHA cite you for an OSHA violation? Or perhaps you run a factory where an employee of a temporary staffing company Read More
Manufacturers want their employees to be safe. Yet despite their best intentions, many manufacturers still lack effective practices and policies to keep workers safe. Safe employees are more likely to trust management and be engaged in their work and willing to identify and solve problems. In this webinar, we’ll explore Milliken’s Safety structure and how Read More
Safety professionals everywhere are looking for more effective ways to engage their employees and get them focused on safety. Attention spans are shorter than ever. Employees are stressed, distracted and more interested in checking their smartphones than listening to you. Visual communication is the “secret weapon” that can help you capture (and keep) your employees’ Read More
It's been just over a year since the international occupational health and safety (OH&S) standard, ISO 45001, was published. However, for many businesses, the effect this standard will have on their business and supply chain still remains unanswered. With the clock ticking on the 3-year transition period, businesses need to begin taking the steps towards the new requirements now. Read More
Developing a smarter more agile program that not only helps reduce risks and costs but also embeds excellence is what organizations should strive for. Establishing a program that provides enhanced visibility into potential risks provides you with what’s needed to protect your workers, the environment, and your bottom line now and in the future. Starter Read More
Many manufacturing and processing facilities face air quality issues. Wet or dry particles can become airborne when food, metal, chemicals or pharmaceutical products are produced or when paper or wood are processed. If left to accumulate in the air, this dust and mist causes numerous safety hazards for operators and the facility. This webinar will Read More
Employee training is often required by regulation but providing training in non-mandatory topics can help better protect your employees and your company's bottom line. Your overall goal should be ensuring the safety, welfare, and productivity of your workers, not merely satisfying a particular compliance obligation. All training should help employees protect themselves and avoid hazards, Read More
Organizations like yours employ EHS professionals to help keep front-line employees safe from harmful workplace exposure. But to do this successfully, you need to accurately identify hazards that put your employees at risk. With technology, instead of having a few EHS professionals identifying hazards and managing risk for thousands of employees, companies can turn to Read More
The headlines are full of companies whose reputations have been threatened and damaged—sometimes irreversibly—by supply chain mismanagement. It’s not enough any more to have your own house in order. Your risk management strategy needs to ensure that every aspect of your supply chain is protected against avoidable situations, and that you can recover from unpredictable Read More
Challenges in the safety profession are abundant, constant and ever changing, requiring safety leaders to be jacks-and-jills of all trades to stay on top of everything. Each year, EHS Today surveys its audience of senior safety leaders on what they see as the biggest obstacles facing the industry today, and what they’re doing to overcome Read More
