EHS Professional – September 22, 2022

CHOOSE ONLINE-PROCTORED OR IN PERSON EXAMS (1)

IHMM In-Person or Remotely Proctored Exams

The American National Standards Institute [ANSI] has approved Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for IHMM’s CHMM, CHMP, and CDGP exams. IHMM has been using the Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for the CSHM and CSMP exams since April 2020.

76% of Kryterion in-person testing centers have reopened. If you prefer the comfort and convenience of taking your exam from your home or office instead of at a Kryterion center, IHMM is ready to enroll you in a remotely proctored examination.

Please contact either Kortney Tunstall at [email protected] for the CHMM, CHMP, or CDGP exams or Kaylene Cagle at [email protected] for the CSHM or CSMP exams.

Thursday, September 22, 2022

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IHMM Credential Recognition

Below you will see the 4 EHS credential badges that are now in each CSHM, CSMP, ASHM, and Student ASHM certificant’s MYIHMM account. Every IHMM certificant may use these badges, linked as those below are to their IHMM credential page, for their email signatures, business cards, and other social media applications. You’re justifiably proud of the accomplishment of having earned your credential and you can show the rest of the world. Simply right-click on the badge of choice, then save as to your computer, and then load it to wherever you want to use it and please link that back to https://ihmm.org/.

IHMM Certificant Recognition

IHMM has completed inserting new credential badges in every certificant’s MYIHMM account. Everyone may access those badges for use in their email signatures, LinkedIn accounts, and other social media and communications media. With a link from your credential badge to the IHMM website [see above] you can not only stand out as an IHMM-certified professional, you can also promote IHMM credentials to others. Right-click on the badge of choice, save as to your computer, then load it to whatever medium you choose.

Throughout our certificant’s MYIHMM accounts are also now placed 10 Year, 20 Year, and 30 Year badges signifying their longevity as an IHMM certified professional.

IHMM has also added Distinguished Diplomates and Fellows of the Institute badges to the appropriate people in the MYIHMM database. These two badges will be accompanied by new lapel pins to be sent to each of those distinguished by holding these designations.

IHMM is in all 50 of the United States and in 47 countries around the world.

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At the IHMM Board dinner on September 18th Board Chair Richie Spangler, CHMM, CDGP left] gives Daniel S. Blankfeld, CSHM, CSMP the Annual IHMM Excellence in EHS Management award.

From left to to right: Robin Spencer, CHMM, Bill Diesslin, CHMM, Melissa A. Hamer, CHMM, Dan Blankfeld, CSHM, CSMP, Richie Spangler, CHMM, CDGP, Jan Rosenberg, CSHM

IHMM Names Daniel S. Blankfeld Winner of the 2021 Excellence in EHS Management Award

Each year IHMM is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements and distinction of the CSHM, CSMP, or ASHM who has made a worthy contribution to the communities of practice and the profession. These honorees represent the very best in an uncompromising commitment to the health and safety of their workplaces and employees and, as such, represent the very best in IHMM’s environment, health and safety credentials.

The 2021 winner of the IHMM Excellence in EHS Management Award is Daniel S. Blankfeld, CSHM, CSMP, and Vice President of Safety at GIC Madison / CBG Building Company.

Dan serves on two IHMM committees as chairman, Ethics and Microcredential. He served previously on the ISHM board of directors as Vice Chair. Dan serves on the NFPA 241 Committee, previously chaired the DC metro ABC Safety Committee, and the DCMSA Safety Committee, served on the Montgomery County (MD) Volunteer Fire Rescue Association Board of Directors, and is an active professional member of the ASSP. Dan also currently serves as the Deputy Fire Chief of the Bethesda Fire Department.

Here is a recent interview on the Environmental Transformation Podcast with Sean Grady and Dan > https://youtu.be/wbquV4o0Lz4

Dan Blankfeld is a national leader in creating a culture of safety in the construction trades and is an articulate spokesperson for risk management and safe workplaces. Dan’s commitment to his communities of practice, the world of safety credentials at IHMM, and a stalwart contributor to the communities in which he lives.

Congratulations Dan! IHMM presented the Excellence in EHS Management Award to Dan in San Diego on Sunday, September 18, 2022 as the NSC Congress and Expo were getting underway.

IHMM Wins Continued ANSI/ANAB Accreditation for the CHMM, CHMP, and CDGP scopes under ISO/IEC 17024:2012 – CSHM and CSMP Next

The Institute of Hazardous Materials Management [IHMM] is pleased to announce that ANAB/ANSI National Accreditation Board has awarded accreditation to IHMM’s Certified Hazardous Materials ManagerⓇ[CHMMⓇ], Certified Hazardous Materials PractitionerⓇ[CHMPⓇ], and Certified Dangerous Good ProfessionalⓇ [CDGPⓇ] credentials.

The official letter from ANAB/ANSI is here.

ANAB accreditation programs are driven by national and international recognitions as well as industry and scheme recognitions. ANAB participates in international and regional arrangements for multilateral recognition aimed at facilitating global market opportunities by building worldwide reliability of conformity assessment activities, thus saving time and money for ANAB clients. Federal, state, and local authorities rely on ANAB accreditation to demonstrate value and assure competency for important public priorities. Many conformity assessment scheme owners rely on ANAB accreditation to foster consumer confidence. ISO/IEC 17024:2012 contains principles and requirements for a body certifying persons against specific requirements and includes the development and maintenance of a certification scheme for persons.

Winning continued ANAB/ANSI accreditation marks IHMM’s continued adherence to excellence in bringing credentials of extraordinary strength and quality to the general public, government, and our existing holders of those credentials.

In 2023 IHMM looks forward to applying for ANAB/ANSI accreditation for the Certified Safety and Health ManagerⓇ[CSHMⓇ] and Certified Safety Management PractitionerⓇ[CSMPⓇ] credentials.

Surprise Inspections: What to Do If OSHA Comes Knocking

There is always a possibility that a representative of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will come, unannounced, to your workplace to conduct an inspection. Since these visits are often a surprise to the company, it is best to know what you can do, and what you should probably avoid doing, if you are ever subject to an inspection.

Read/Listen for more information > https://ohsonline.com/articles/2022/09/19/what-to-do-if-osha-comes-knocking.aspx

US Department of Labor Announces Changes to OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program to Strengthen Enforcement, Improve Compliance

To strengthen enforcement and improve compliance with workplace safety standards and reduce worker injuries and illnesses, the U.S. Department of Labor is expanding the criteria for placement in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

The new criteria include violations of all hazards and OSHA standards and will continue to focus on repeat offenders in all industries. Previously, an employer could be in the program for failing to meet a limited number of standards. The changes will broaden the program’s scope with the possibility that additional industries will fall within its parameters.

Dept of Labor – Form LM-10 Employer Report

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) will publish, on September 13, 2022, a proposed revision to the Form LM-10 Employer Report. See: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-19229.pdf. Pursuant to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), employers must file a Form LM-10 with OLMS to disclose certain payments, expenditures, agreements, and arrangements. Employers must file reports covering, among other areas, agreements with consultants (and other payments and expenditures) made with an object to persuade employees concerning their organizing and collective bargaining rights or to surveil the activities of employees and unions involved in a labor dispute with such employers. OLMS proposes to add to the Form LM-10 report a checkbox requiring such employers to indicate whether they were Federal contractors or subcontractors, and two lines for entry of filers’ Unique Entity Identifier and Federal contracting agency or agencies. The proposed revision explains that the transparency created by these revisions would better inform workers in making determinations regarding the exercise of their rights to organize and bargain collectively. See the OLMS employer-consultant reporting page and the fact sheet regarding the proposed changes to the Form LM-10.

You may submit comments, identified by RIN 1245-AA13, only by the following method: Internet—Federal eRulemaking Portal. Electronic comments may be submitted through http://www.regulations.gov. To locate the proposed rule, use RIN 1245-AA13 or key words such as “LM-10,” “Labor-Management Standards” or “Employer Reports” to search documents accepting comments. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Please be advised that comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. The NPRM has a 30-day comment period that closes on October 13, 2022.

For Further Information: Contact OLMS via email at [email protected] or via phone at (202) 693-0123 (this is not a toll-free number) or (800) 877-8339 (TTY/TDD).

How well do you understand the Hierarchy of Controls?

Test your knowledge of the Hierarchy of Controls by following the link below and dragging the controls into the correct order.

Begin Here > https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/23023-quiz-understand-the-hierarchy-of-controls

Where to Find Great Construction Workers to Hire for Your Small Business

how to find construction workers

Hiring any new employee for your small business is hard. Hiring good construction workers is an even tougher job. But you can work smarter by looking for your new employees in the right places.

When you need to hire construction workers, it’s not enough to simply post on a general job board. A January 2018 report by the Associated General Contractors of America found that 75% of construction firms plan to hire in 2018, but about half of contractors are having a hard time filling open positions.

You can up the odds and beat your competition to the best employees if you look in the right places for your next hires. While it’s a good idea to place an ad on a general job board when you need to hire laborers, also consider looking in these 10 places….

California Leads the Nation on Worker Safety

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, protects and improves the health and safety of working men and women in California and the safety of passengers riding on elevators, amusement rides, and tramways – through the following activities:

Setting and enforcing standards
Providing outreach, education, and assistance
Issuing permits, licenses, certifications, registrations, and approvals

California administers the largest state OSHA plan in the nation and consistently exceeds its inspection goals to protect millions of workers each year. Here is the latest data from the 2019 federal fiscal year on how Cal/OSHA compares:

Cal/OSHA conducted the most inspections in the nation (7,571 inspections exceeds the goal of 7,540).
Cal/OSHA cited 18,896 hazards and created safer working conditions for at least 8.4 million employees.
Enforcement and outreach activities contributed to a 2018 fatality rate lower than the national rate (2.3 versus the national rate of 3.5 per 100,000 full-time workers).

Cal/OSHA is issuing citations to employers for violations related to protecting workers from COVID-19. All of the citations are available on our webpage.

View COVID-19 outbreak data that is collected and reported by the California Department of Public Health as required by AB 685.

The original article can be found at: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/

Cal/OSHA Posts Guidance on Protecting Workers from Monkeypox

Cal/OSHA has posted guidance on monkeypox (MPX) to ensure workers in California are protected from the aerosol transmissible disease. This guidance applies to workplaces covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) standard, including health care facilities, medical transport, police, public health services and more.

Monkeypox (MPX) spreads primarily by close or direct contact, but can also become airborne. Regulations require employers to:

Implement a written program to prevent or reduce the transmission of aerosol transmissible diseases specific to the workplace and operations.
Provide and ensure the use of respiratory protection.
Ensure that personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided and used by employees exposed to persons with or suspected to have MPX, or to linens or surfaces that may contain the virus.
Implement written procedures for exposure incidents.
Report the exposure to the local health officer.

Cal/OSHA’s Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) Standard has differing requirements for three different types of employers – (1) referring employers, (2) laboratories, and (3) all other employers.

OSHA’s Standards For Confined Spaces.

Confined spaces are an important but possibly overlooked area that any EHS professional should know.

Confined spaces are defined by OSHA as spaces that are not necessarily designed for people, but are large enough that workers can go inside and perform specific tasks. They have limited or restricted means of entry and are not designed for continuous occupancy. Confined spaces create many hazards for employees in all different types of industries.

New app will ‘empower’ miners with safety info, MSHA says

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched a mobile app aimed at quickly delivering safety and health information to miners and other members of the mining industry.

The app has five main sections: Safety Topics, Health Topics, Miners’ Rights, About MSHA and Contact Us.

MSHA developed the app after feedback from stakeholders indicated that they wanted a more streamlined, accessible approach to receiving information on topics such as best practices and incident prevention.

IHMM CSHMⓇ 2022 Salary Survey

IHMM is pleased to release its 2022 salary survey for Certified Safety and Health Managers Ⓡ [CSHMⓇ] across a broad range of position titles in the CSHMⓇ community of practice.

You may download the CSHM survey here.

IHMM Fellows Becoming Mentors

IHMM Fellows Committee Chair Atanu Das, CHMM, is leading the effort within the IHMM Collaboration networking platform to provide instruction to the more than 75 IHMM Fellows in becoming mentors.

Given the extraordinary experience Fellows have, this is a unique opportunity for IHMM Fellows to help guide more recent certificants in their professional development activities.

IHMM’s Collaboration platform contains a “Mentor Match” module [see below at right] that allows mentors to signup designating the hours, number of mentees, subject areas, and length of time they wish to mentor – as well as allowing mentees to signup requesting assistance in specified areas. The mentor match module does the rest by matching mentors and mentees.

Call for Volunteers – IHMM Sustainability Task Force

Do you have a background in ESG / Corporate sustainability? If you do, then Mark Bruce, CHMM, CSHM, Chair of the IHMM Sustainability Task Force, seeks your participation in the Task Force. See > https://ihmm.org/ihmm-sustainability-task-force/

The Sustainability Task Force is investigating the potential of creating an IHMM credential for ESG / Corporate Sustainability and making any recommendations toward that end to the IHMM Board of Directors.

If this growing arena of corporate attention interests you, please join us! Go to: https://ihmm.org/ihmm-sustainability-task-force/ and click on the Volunteer button.

IHMM Committee and Task Force volunteers earn 10 CMPs annually for volunteering.

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IHMM Recertification Videos

IHMM is pleased to release two YouTube instructional videos about navigating the IHMM recertification process. These step-by-step videos easily enable IHMM certificants to start and complete a recertification application.

While the full recertification cycle is 5 years, IHMM encourages all certificants to start a recertification application and add certification maintenance points as they are earned to make the final submission quick and easy to accomplish.

Every CSHM and CSMP should start a recertification application now.
Even if your recertification is years away, starting an application now and adding your accumulated points enables you to see where you are all the time and it makes it very easy when you have to file your application

National Safety Council

IHMM is a member of the National Safety Council and is pleased to bring this important information to all of its certificants.

NSC News

NSC Webinars

September 29 – Going from Good to Great – Transforming Safety Performance with Technology
October 6 – Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment: Understanding the Law and Avoiding Liability

IHMM News & Recent Updates

IHMM is a member of ASSP and is pleased to bring this important information to all of its certificants.

ASSP News
Lopsided SMS: 6 Ways to Balance Metrics and Improve Outcomes
Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Equipment Safety
Episode 88: Examining Process Health to Improve Safety and Better Prevent Risks
Bulwark – The Selection, Use, Care & Maintenance of FR-AR Clothing
How to Choose a Safety Management System and Show Benefit to Your Company
ASSP Webinars
- Sept 8 – Oct 6 – ONLINE COURSE: Safety Management I
- Sept 22 – Oct 20 – ONLINE COURSE: Enterprise Risk Management for Safety Professionals
- Sept 22 – Oct 20 – ONLINE COURSE: Implementing ISO 45001 Course
- October 25 – A Standards-Based Approach to OSH Performance Measurement

IHMM GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Beltway Buzz – Ogletree & Deakins

Railroads Back on Track. After months of negotiating—and a very tense last few days—the national freight railroads have reached tentative agreements with the labor unions representing their employees. The agreements avert a national rail strike that threatened to cripple an already-tenuous supply chain system and cost the U.S. economy $2 billion a day. The tentative agreements include wage increases and new language relating to time off. The deal also includes an extended “cooling-off period”—during which strikes and work stoppages are prohibited—in order to give union membership time to vote on the agreements. While ratification is, of course, not guaranteed, and the situation can still go off the rails, there is now at least some light at the end of the tunnel.

Labor Nominees on the Move. On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on the nominations of Karla Gilbride to be general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Jessica Looman to be administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD). Both of these positions have been without a Senate-confirmed appointee for the entirety of the Biden administration (though former EEOC general counsel Sharon Fast Gustafson survived for a few weeks until her removal from her position by the president in early March 2021). The administration is obviously hoping to have these nominees confirmed during the current U.S. Congress, but with the 50–50 Senate, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the administration’s labor nominees (see David Weil, the administration’s previous WHD nominee, for example). If approved by the committee, Gilbride’s and Looman’s nominations will head to the Senate floor for confirmation votes.

PRO Act Push. With the end of the 117th Congress looming, labor unions and their allies in Congress are making a last-minute push to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021 before it potentially becomes a legislative nonstarter in a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives in 2023. As part of this push, the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing this week entitled, “In Solidarity: Removing Barriers to Organizing.” The committee chair, Bobby Scott (D-VA), and former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) chair Mark Pearce (appearing as a witness for the Democrats), took the opportunity to advocate for passage of the PRO Act, even though it has already passed the House. The bill remains stalled in the U.S. Senate with forty-seven cosponsors.

DOL Seeks Labor Relations Info From Fed Contractors. On September 13, 2022, the DOL’s Office of Labor-Management Standards published proposed changes to the Form LM-10 Employer Report. Employers are required to complete and submit Form LM-10 expenditures and activities relating to “any agreement or arrangement with a third-party consultant to persuade employees as to their collective bargaining rights or to obtain certain information concerning the activities of employees or a labor organization in connection with a labor dispute involving the employer.” According to the proposal, the change “would require filers to provide an additional item of identifying information—whether the employer is a Federal contractor or subcontractor—and, if so, a short entry indicating the Federal contracting agency(ies) and the contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), if the contractor has one.” According to the proposal, the change is necessary, in part, to help ensure that contractors are not being reimbursed for unallowable costs under Executive Order 13494, “Economy in Government Contracting.” Comments are due by October 13, 2022.

OFCCP Extends FOIA Deadline. Speaking of federal contractors, check out Emily M. Halliday’s post on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program’s extension of time for contractors to object to the release of EEO-1 data to a reporter. The new deadline is October 19, 2022.

Bipartisan Retirement Bill Introduced in Senate. Increasing opportunities for individuals to save for retirement is one of those rare issues in Congress that has bipartisan appeal. Late last week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act (S. 4808). According to a press release, “The EARN Act encourages small businesses to adopt retirement plans, makes it easier for part-time workers to participate in retirement plans, expands the saver’s credit for low and middle-income workers, and allows penalty-free withdrawals during emergencies and family hardships, like natural disasters, domestic abuse, and terminal illness.” The EARN Act joins the Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Healthy Investments for the Nest Egg (RISE & SHINE) Act of 2022 (S. 4353) as part of the Senate’s efforts to build on 2019’s Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act. In March 2022, the House passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (H.R. 2954). Proponents of these measures are undoubtedly exploring ways to come up with one comprehensive bill that can be passed before the end of the year.

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IHMM and HMS

The graphic to the left illustrates the relationship between IHMM and HMS. IHMM formed HMS to serve IHMM’s certificants. IHMM offers a variety of professional credentials and HMS creates education and training programs to serve the applicants and certificants of those credentials.

HMS Makes Finding Courses to Earn CMPs Easy

Every year more than 1,600 IHMM certificants have to recertify their credentials, evidenced their continuing commitment to improvement and learning to elevate their professional credential.

Earning Certification Maintenance Points [CMPs] is illustrated under Recertification of Your Credential, that includes the Recertification Claims Manual – Appendix A, that details all of the ways a certificant may earn CMPs > https://ihmm.org/recertification-claims/

Having mastered that manual, how does an IHMM certificant find courses to earn CMPs?

HMS has made that simple and easy.

Go to https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/
Scroll down until you see a row of buttons…click on the CMPs button

The system will then generate all of the courses on the HMS E&T platform with IHMM CMPs already attached.

The next developments by the HMS E&T committee will refine available courses’ CMPs by individual credential!

Linking IHMM and HMS Exam Training

Every IHMM credential page has a section providing guidance on Exam Preparation.

In each credential’s Exam Preparation section is the graphic at left, linked to the section of the Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] website where the applicant can find the exam prep courses being offered to assist the applicant with preparing for the IHMM exam.

If you are a vendor offering exam prep courses and your prep course is on the HMS site, IHMM applicants will find it. If you do not have an exam prep course on the HMS site, no applicant will find it.

Click on the graphic at the left, from the CHMM Exam Preparation page, and see where it takes you. Is your prep course there?

Make your IHMM credential exam prep courses visible to IHMM applicants by contacting Gene Guilford at [email protected]

Easily Find Courses to Help You Pass IHMM Credential Exams

CDGP Prep Course

CE-1112: CDGP Exam Prep – Columbia Southern University – Available On Demand

CHMM Prep Courses

CSHM Prep Courses

Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM®) Exam Preparation Course – VUBIZ – Available on Demand

RCM&D Professional Liability Insurance

HMS is proud to have partnered with RCM&D to be able to offer an outstanding comprehensive professional liability insurance program to IHMM certificants. Here, you will find information about this important program offering Environmental Consultants and Engineers Professional Liability coverage. This coverage is intended to add protection for loss stemming from actual or alleged negligent acts, errors and omissions in performing professional services.

For more information see > https://hazmatsociety.org/professional-liability-insurance/

Member Benefits of Hazardous Materials Society

99% of IHMM certificants are aware of the Hazardous Materials Society, which we appreciate. IHMM established the Hazardous Materials Society in order to support and provide services to IHMM certificants.

Did You Know?

Your company’s membership dues for Associate Membership in the Hazardous Materials Society (HMS) are 100% tax-deductible and your participation directly supports scholarship and education/training opportunities for professionals working in hazmat and EHS. Joining as an Associate Member expresses your commitment and your company’s leadership in giving back to our professional community. Join today to claim your tax deduction for the 2020 tax year while expressing your company’s professional affiliation and accessing tools for your marketing and business development plans.

To learn more about what HMS is doing now and what they are planning for the future, please see the new Member Benefits page here.

Applications for the 2022 HMS Scholarship Awards Now Open

The HMS scholarship award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students whose academic program and research studies have the potential to address the most serious issues in handling hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environmental issues, health & safety challenges. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in accredited U.S. academic institutions.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD APPLICATIONS IS December 1, 2022. All submissions and associated materials must be submitted using the online form.

Scholarship Winners Will Be Announced at the HMS Annual Meeting.

For More Information, Visit > https://hazmatsociety.org/scholarship/

There are 775 different conversations going on in the IHMM/HMS Collaboration platform this week.

A collaborative culture is important for every business but is especially important for our hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health, and safety communities of practice. Do you have a problem you need to solve and want the opinions of your colleagues? This is where we come together to help each other.

IHMM credentialed professionals are at the top 1% of their professions and their reach is global. We are at the forefront of environmental protection, health, and safety and this is where collaborating with the best people in their fields, always willing to help one another, lessens the stress of our jobs, and where we strive as a team to make a difference of which we are proud.

We opened COLLABORATION to enable thousands of certificants and supporters to collaborate together. You can collaborate here.

Access to COLLABORATION is through the same username/password you use to access your MYIHMM account. Having a problem? Contact Jimmy Nguyen at [email protected]

Retiring? IHMM Invites You to Become an Emeritus

You may have decided, after a long and successful career, to retire from active daily duty. Congratulations. That doesn’t mean you have to completely disengage from your profession. IHMM is pleased to offer Emeritus status to all certificants who will no longer be actively engaged in their communities of practice but who still want to stay in touch. Please let us know when you’re approaching that decision and we will assist you in the credential transition.

Please contact Margaret Toscano at [email protected] and she’ll be happy to help you.

Columbia Southern University

The Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] is a partner of Columbia Southern University. Columbia Southern University is an online university based in Orange Beach, Alabama, that strives to change and improve lives through higher education by enabling students to maximize their professional and personal potential.

A subsidiary of Columbia Southern Education Group, CSU offers online degree programs at the associate, bachelor, master, doctorate or certificate levels in a multitude of areas such as occupational safety and health, fire administration, criminal justice, business administration, human resource management, health care administration and more. CSU also features undergraduate and graduate certificate programs to provide focused training in specialized areas for adult learners.

Click on the CSU graphic at left and learn more about the professional development and degree program opportunities at CSU.

IHMM CONFERENCES FOR 2022

IHMM will attend and support a number of conferences and trade shows throughout 2022, virtually as well as in-person as COVID issues allow. Below are some of the conferences IHMM will support in 2022.

Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend that do not appear here? If so, let us know! Send an email to [email protected] and tell us what conferences we should attend.

2022 FET Environmental Conference

October 25-27, 2022
Pewaukee, WI

IHMM CONFERENCES FOR 2023

IHMM will attend and support a number of conferences and trade shows throughout 2023, virtually as well as in-person as COVID issues allow. Below are some of the conferences IHMM will support in 2023.