EHS Professional – June 13, 2024

Thursday, June 13, 2024

EHS Professional is an online publication of the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM).

Other than content specifically provided by IHMM, articles contained in EHS Professional are compiled from independent sources and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of IHMM.

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Certified School Safety Manager™ [CSSM™]

IHMM’s Certified School Safety Manager™ [CSSM™] credential certifies the school safety professional who is responsible for overseeing and supporting key operational and safety functions in educational facilities. This position may provide direct supervision or advise operations and academic programs in order to provide an environment free of recognized hazards.

Learn more about the CSSM here

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IHMM Credential Recognition

Below you will see the EHS credential badges that are now in each CSHM, CSMP, ASHM, CSSM, 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/.

EHS/Workplace Safety Credentials
Microcredentials

Certified Safety & Health Manager

Certified Safety Management Practitioner

Associate Safety and Health Manager

Certified Pandemic Preparedness Specialist

Certified School Safety Manager

Student Associate Safety and Health Manager

IHMM Certificant Recognition

Throughout our certificant’s MYIHMM accounts are placed 10-year, 20-year, 30-year, and 40-year badges signifying their longevity as an IHMM certified professional.

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, and then load it to whatever medium you choose.

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

IHMM is in all 50 of the United States and in 85 countries around the world.

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IHMM Enters Its 40th Year

On December 3, 1984 the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management was created with the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager® [CHMM®] credential.  John H. Frick, Harold M. Gordon, John J. McCambridge, and Richard A. Young created what would become an Institute that offers 11 professional credentials across Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods and EHS Work Place Safety communities of practice in all 50 of the United States and 85 other countries.

IHMM thanks its hundreds of volunteer leaders, thousands of certificants and companies who support IHMM through strengthening its ability to extend its reach and allow us all to live up to why we exist our vision, and our mission…

Why We Exist

We believe there is only one Earth; our passion is to protect it.

Our Vision

IHMM credentials and competency standards are embraced worldwide

Our Mission

IHMM sets standards of excellence for professional credentials to advance the global environmental, health, and safety communities of practice.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
Reception & Celebration • December 3, 2024 • 2:00 PM–6:00 PM
9200 Corporate Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850

IHMM requests the honor of your company on December 3, 2024, for our 40th Anniversary Reception & Celebration, to be held in Rockville, MD.

Join us for an observance of our shared history and recognition of those who have contributed to the Institute’s advancement over the years. Food and drinks will be provided.

The program will consist of opening remarks from the Institute’s leadership and esteemed guests, an awards ceremony, and more.

Please save the date on your calendar and RSVP no later than August 2, 2024, so we can have an accurate headcount for this event.

RSVP Here

There are 925,962 full-time occupational health and safety job openings in the United States via ZipRecruiter today – 29,000 of which pay more than $85,000 a year for CSHMs or CSMPs

Excellence in EHS Management Award

The Excellence in EHS Management Award recognizes an individual who has excelled in their role as an EHS manager. The Institute for Hazardous Materials Management [IHMM] will present the award at the annual National Safety Council Expo.

The honoree will receive a commemorative plaque and be recognized in a press release and IHMM member communications. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be subsidized. If traveling from overseas IHMM will pay travel expenses from the nearest port of entry.

Nominations will be accepted from March through July of each year and the presentation to the winner will be in conjunction with the National Safety Council Congress and Expo [Sept 13-19, 2024 in Orlando]

For more information and the Excellence in EHS Management Award Nomination Form Go Here

IHMM Signs Letter Opposing Reductions in OSH Worker’s Pay

The IHMM Government Affairs Committee has agreed to sign a coalition letter opposing reductions in pay for IH and OSH employees.

Why IHMM Is Interested in This Act – Protecting CSHMs, CSMPs, and ASHMs in government

As the attached letter states, part of the concern and reason we signed onto this letter is that “if VA’s proposed pay downgrade moves forward, it could inspire other agencies to reduce the pay of industrial hygienists and other occupational and environmental health and safety workers they employ. The likely result of such a scenario would be a weakening of the entire Federal government’s ability to protect workers and their communities from health and safety hazards, as it will likely take longer and become harder to find and hire employees for these critical positions; this action runs counter to the intended outcomes of the consistency review process.”

Useful Resource

Here’s a link to a Federal News Network article about the VA’s proposal: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/04/va-reviewing-4000-employee-positions-at-risk-of-downgrade-in-pay-scale/

Here is the coalition letter we signed.

IHMM Recertification Videos

Recert Video #1

Recert Video #2

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.

Full recertification information is found here >>  https://ihmm.org/credentials/#recertification 

Questions about your recertification may be made to either Jimmy Nguyen [email protected] of Jelian Larbi [email protected]

The Dr. John H Frick Memorial IHMM Scholarship Program – Deadline 10/18/2024 

The Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is pleased to have created $32,000 in academic scholarships, divided equally between $16,000 for students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate education in approved schools and who are also Student CHMMs, and $16,000 for students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate education in approved schools and who are also Student ASHMs.

IHMM seeks to foster the growth and academic success of students whose courses of education, and participation in one of our Student certifications, will lead to those students becoming fully-certified IHMM credential holders later in their professional lives.

Go to >  https://ihmm.org/scholarship/

A Collaborative Culture

There are 1,371 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]

IHMM Organizing Broader Government Affairs Activities – Call for Volunteers

In strategic planning on August 17, 2023 IHMM created a strategic imperative to create a broader government affairs operation on behalf of, and with the assistance of, all of IHMM’s certificants.

  • Federal Government  – Regulatory
    We need a group of people watching Federal regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
  • Federal Government – Congress
    We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in Congress.
  • State Governments – Regulatory
    We need a group of people watching state regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
  • State Governments – Legislatures
    We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in state legislatures.

If you want to make a difference in the recognition of your credentials and build on the successful record we have achieved thus far – we need you to volunteer. Learn more by visiting our Government Affairs Committee page, and get involved with government affairs. You can volunteer for one, two, three or all four of the segments of the committee’s work. That’s up to you!

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  – 26 Fellows Are Mentors 

IHMM Fellows Committee Chair Atanu Das, CHMM, is leading the effort within the IHMM Collaboration networking platform to engage both 26 IHMM Fellows as Mentors and anyone who seeks some assistance as Mentees.

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. This article from ASAE magazine outlines how a mentoring program can become more successful – engagement!

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.

IHMM Government Affairs

Beltway Buzz

POTUS Issues Immigration Proclamation, Closes Border. On June 4, 2024, President Biden issued a proclamation addressing the immigration and humanitarian crisis at the United States’ southern border. The proclamation temporarily suspended and limited the entry of noncitizens into the United States across the southern border, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 5, 2024. Pursuant to the proclamation, the secretary of homeland security will discontinue the suspension and limitation on entry “at 12:01 eastern time on the date that is 14 calendar days after the [s]ecretary makes a factual determination that there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of less than 1,500 encounters” along the border. The suspension will be reinstated upon “a factual determination that there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of 2,500 encounters or more.” Although the proclamation does not directly address employment-based immigration, the initiative is a significant development in a policy area—immigration—that is likely to be center stage as we approach the November 2024 elections.

Republicans Seek to Rescind DOL OT Rule. This week, Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to rescind the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime rule. Even if the resolution clears Congress—which won’t be an easy task—it will be vetoed by President Biden. As a reminder, beginning on July 1, 2024, the overtime rule will increase the salary basis threshold to $43,888 per year, and employees making below that figure will automatically be eligible for overtime pay. This salary level will increase to $58,656 per year, beginning on January 1, 2025. Employer groups have also filed a legal challenge to the rule.

Foxx to EEOC: Make Workplace Speech Memo Available for Public Comment. On June 4, 2024, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to Charlotte Burrows, chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), seeking information about a joint memorandum the EEOC is pursuing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) relating to situations in which offensive or harassing workplace conduct and speech occurs while employees are otherwise engaging in concerted activity protected by the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB addressed this situation in 2020 by issuing a decision setting forth commonsense rules for dealing with such situations, but the Board has since reversed that case, creating confusion for employers trying to maintain workplace cultures and environments free from unlawful harassment. Now, after reports of the forthcoming memo from the EEOC and the Board, Foxx has asked Burrows to make the memo available for public comment from interested stakeholders. Foxx notes in her letter that if the EEOC backtracks on its duty to ensure harassment-free workplaces, it “will demonstrate that the Biden administration’s insistence on appeasing labor unions takes precedence over protecting workers from harassment.”

Cassidy Seeks Input on Portable Benefits Options. In a letter issued this week, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sought stakeholder feedback on ways in which federal law could be changed in order to “improve workers’ ability to pursue careers of their choice while allowing access to historically employment-based benefits like health care and retirement benefits.” The letter sets forth a series of issues and questions relating to worker status (e.g., where to draw the line between employee and independent contractor in a way that best serves the worker and “[w]hat are the chief federal legal and regulatory obstacles preventing the provision of benefits to independent contractors?”), the types of benefits that are most desirable, how to provide benefits when a worker serves multiple clients, and who should pay for any benefits.

OSHRC: Commissioner Confirmations on the Way? President Biden announced this week that he would nominate Mark Eskenazi to serve on the three-member Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). Eskenazi currently serves as assistant general counsel at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and he previously worked at the NLRB. OSHRC has been down to one commissioner, Chair Cynthia Attwood, since April 2023. The confirmation of Eskenazi, along with former commissioner Amanda Wood Laihow, would restore a quorum at OSHRC.

Regulatory Updates

  • Department of Labor Issues its Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda – Read more here
  • Environmental Protection Agency Issues its Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda – Read more here
  • Department of Transportation Issues Fall 2023 Regulatory  Agenda – Read more here

Professional Certification Coalition

IHMM is a member of the PCC. The PCC monitors state and federal legislative and regulatory activity affecting professional certification on an ongoing basis. The PCC has compiled several “Watchlists” identifying and analyzing provisions in pending legislation at both the state and federal level that, under applicable rules, may still be enacted in the current legislative session.  Depending on the carry-over rules in the relevant legislature, the charts listing current legislation may include bills introduced in a prior year.  In addition, the PCC compiles each year a chart of enacted legislation that affects certification. The charts include hyperlinks to every bill or executive order. Note that the Watchlist and the Enacted Legislation document do not include profession-specific legislation and do not include regulatory initiatives. The charts will be updated as needed based on new developments.

State legislation tracked this year…

Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition

We are thrilled to share that 807 organizations have now joined the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition!

Our association community created the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition to advocate for legislation that would help strengthen the economy now and into the future: the bipartisan, bicameral Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (S. 722 / H.R. 1477). This commonsense bill would allow people to use 529 savings plans funds to help pay for job training and credentials, such as licenses and certifications, and shift the 529 paradigm from “college savings plans” to “career savings plans.”

The Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition remains hard at work to help build support for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (H.R. 1477 / S. 722), and things are moving along nicely:

  • 807 member organizations comprise the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition.
  • 135 Members of Congress cosponsor the House bill (80 Republicans / 55 Democrats).
  • 24 Senators* cosponsor S. 722 (11 Democrats / 12 Republicans / 1 Independent).

*The Senate bill has its first Democratic cosponsor on the Senate Finance Committee! The newest cosponsor isn’t listed online yet, but we’ll share more information once everything is official.

(Review the coalition roster, our bill one-pager and the list of cosponsors in the House and Senate.)

Important Stories for IHMM Certificants

Jennifer Homendy remains NTSB chair

The Senate has confirmed Jennifer Homendy for a second term as chair of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Homendy’s term, set for three years, was approved May 14 with a voice vote. Her new term as an agency board member, set to expire Dec. 31, 2029, was confirmed in the same manner on the same day.

Homendy has served as NTSB chair since August 2021 and on the board since July 2018.

“Jennifer Homendy has guided the NTSB through some of the most high-profile transportation accidents this nation has seen in recent memory – from the East Palestine train derailment to the Alaska Airlines door plug accident and now the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse,” Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said in a press release.

Read more by clicking here.

June 10, 2024. OFLC Provides Materials on the 2024 Farmworker Protection Final Rule Webinar

On June 6, 2024, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), Wage and Hour Division, and the Office of Workforce Investment conducted a webinar to provide on the changes to the H-2A and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service programs made by the 2024 Farmworker Protection Final Rule. The presentation materials are now available at the hyperlinks below and located on our website under the “Webinars” tab at the bottom of the H-2A Program page located here: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/programs/h-2a

OSHA seeks input on GHS ahead of UN meeting

OSHA has scheduled a public meeting in advance of the 46th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

During the virtual meeting – set for 1 p.m. Eastern on June 11 – OSHA, along with the U.S. Interagency GHS Coordinating Group, will gather comments and other information to help formulate the U.S. government’s positions for the UN meeting. That subcommittee will convene July 3-5 in Geneva, Switzerland.

OSHA recently finalized a rule that aligns its standard on hazard communication (1910.1200) with the seventh revision of the GHS. The standard was previously linked to the third revision.

Read more by clicking here.

Safe + Sound Week 2024

Safe + Sound Week will be held from August 12-18, 2024.

Registration will open in July. Resources on how to participate will be released in the coming months. Stay tuned for more information! In the meantime, visit the Safe + Sound event archive to view participation from previous years.

NIOSH Mental Health Resources

NIOSH launched an Impact Wellbeing Guide: Taking Action to Improve Healthcare Worker Wellbeing. This Guide offers six concrete Action Steps that hospital leaders can take to accelerate or supplement professional well-being efforts in their hospitals. It was developed in partnership with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation and tested in six CommonSpirit hospitals across the U.S.

Participate in the Fall Stand-Down

The 11th Annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction will take place from May 6-10, 2024. Join us to help prevent fall hazards in the workplace by participating in the Stand-Down.

Washington launches mental health, school safety helpline for teens

Growing up closeted in Eastern Washington, Conner Mertens often found himself struggling.

Before he made headlines in 2014 for coming out as bisexual to his college football team, the Kennewick teen faced anxiety and depression. He remembered making a call to the Trevor Project hotline, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth.

“I called, heard a voice on the other end, and I hung up. That was all I needed. Just hearing someone’s voice was enough,” Mertens said. “I don’t want it to get lost on anyone the power of those tools.”

On Tuesday, the Washington Attorney General’s Office launched a youth-focused hotline that grew out of Mertens’ desire to help others in the same way. HearMeWA is a statewide reporting system for youth facing any kind of challenge or crisis: everything from food insecurity and social difficulties to suicidal thoughts and threats of violence at school.

Read more by clicking here.

Now Open – STOP School Violence Program FY2024 Solicitations (June Deadlines)

The FY 2024 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program 2024 grant solicitation has been posted. Visit https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172090 for more information about the grant program and to download the full solicitation.

  • Application JustGrants Deadline: June 20, 2024, 8:59 PM ET

The anticipated funding available through the FY2024 BJA STOP School Violence Grant Program is 10 awards of up to $2,000,000 each in Category 1, and 69 awards of up to $1,000,000 each in Category 2. Each award is three years (36 months) in duration.

The program seeks to increase school safety by implementing:

  • solutions that will improve school climate
  • school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risk among students
  • technological innovations shown to increase safety such as reporting technology
  • other school safety strategies that assist in preventing school violence
This funding cannot be used for target hardening equipment to secure schools such as cameras, security systems, fencing, locks, drug- or firearm-detecting docs, and more. Instead, see the COPS funding below.

COPS Office 2024 STOP Solicitation Information

The COPS Office 2024 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant solicitation has been posted. Visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/svpp for more information about the grant program and to download the full solicitation.

  • Application JustGrants Deadline: June 17, 2024, 4:59 PM ET

The anticipated funding available through the FY2024 COPS STOP School Violence Grant Program is 205 awards of up to $500,000. Each award is three years (36 months) in duration.

The goal of the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through the implementation of evidence-based school safety programs and technology. SVPP awards will contribute to this goal by funding projects that include support for:

  • coordination with local law enforcement,
  • training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others or themselves,
  • placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures,
  • acquisition and installation of emergency notification technology,
  • or other measures to significantly improve school security.

Networking Drop-In

BJA/COPS STOP grantees, join our monthly Networking Drop-In session 6/19 from 3-4 PM ET. This is your opportunity to connect and engage with fellow grantees.

These sessions are not recorded. A Zoom link will be sent out via email (Note: the link remains the same every month). If you are a grantee and do not receive these emails, let us know.

Learn more about these solicitations by visiting our website.

Explore Our School Threat Assessment Toolkit:
Now Available in Interactive Web Format!

Helping Business Leaders Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

In April, I was pleased to receive an invitation to join the newly formed National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health. Founded to help employers assess threats to human health and business performance posed by climate change, the Commission is led by a prestigious group of experts across the health, business, academic, and policy areas, including former OSHA administrator David Michaels, Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Senator Bill Frist of Maryland, and Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation.

Read more here

IHMM Credential Recognition

The highest priority of IHMM’s Government Affairs Committee is the recognition of IHMM’s credentials by government. We have made substantial progress in the two years we have undertaken this endeavor, as outlined in detail here > https://ihmm.org/credential-recognition/

In this project we have 45-in-5, increasing the number of states that recognize IHMM credentials.

  • We have already succeeded in 13 states – New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Ohio, North Dakota, and Georgia. [Red states in the map above]. These are states where IHMM credentials are cited or 40 CFR 312.10 is cited by reference.
  • We have partially succeeded in another 16 states – Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. [Orange/Black Stripe states in the map above] These are states where the requirements of an “environmental professional” or QEP are cited that coincide with an IHMM credential so that relatively little work would need to be done to clarify the desired outcome.
  • We have 21 states where no reference to an IHMM credential is made in either statute or regulation, nor is there anything defined in the area of an environmental professional. These states will require legislation or regulatory work. [Yellow states in the map above].

in January 2022 Gene Guilford released the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation that states a private certification that meets or exceeds the requirements of the regulation is an Environmental Professional under the regulation. Here is the crosswalk between the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation and the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager [CHMM] blueprint. The CHMM meets or exceeds the requirements of an Environmental Professional. 

Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:

  • Watch legislative and regulatory developments in your state that provide an opportunity for us to create amendments or other interventions
  • Be willing to speak with regulators and legislators in your area about the recognition efforts we craft together

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 Jimmy Nguyen at [email protected] and he’ll be happy to help you.

News from IHMM Affiliates

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

ASSP News
ASSP Webinars

For a complete list of ASSP Webinars, click here.

ASSP Standards-Based Education

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) will host another installment of its workplace safety education series called “Stand Up for Standards: Heat Stress.” This live two-hour webinar will be on June 27, helping safety and health professionals create a road map for identifying hazards and eliminating risks to improve organizational performance.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 400 work-related deaths have been caused by environmental heat exposure since 2011. The new ANSI/ASSP A10.50 is the first national consensus standard to address heat stress management in construction and demolition operations. It explains how to help prevent heat illnesses and provides an approach any organization can use to help workers acclimate to working in high-heat conditions. It also identifies relevant engineering and administrative controls to help control the hazards of heat.

As part of your registration, you will receive a digital bundle of standards and a technical report. See the complete list under Materials.

Safety experts Thomas G. Bobick, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CPE; David May, Sc.D., P.E., CIH; John H. Johnson, CSP; and Thomas A. Pechar, will share real-world experiences and practical guidance to help attendees reduce injuries, illnesses and fatalities on work sites across various industries.

Read more here.

ASSP Standards News

ASSP finished the adoption process for ISO 45004 as an ANSI Registered Technical Report.  It is now available on the ASSP website:

ASSP/ISO TR-45004-2024 has been published on the web for sale: store.assp.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Store/Product-Details/…

Title:  Occupational health and safety management – Guidelines on performance evaluation Scope:  “…This document gives guidance regarding how organizations can establish monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation processes, including the development of relevant indicators for the assessment of occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance. It enables organizations to determine if intended results are being achieved, including continual improvement of OH&S performance.  This document is applicable to all organizations regardless of type, industry sector, level of risk, size or location. It can be used independently or as part of OH&S management systems, including those based on ISO 45001:2018, or other standards or guidelines….” 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SOCIETY

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 Jobs Board

Listing available jobs is free, and done on the HMS site here > Jobs – Hazardous Materials Society (hazmatsociety.org)

Did you know that there are 683 jobs open right now expressing a preference for a CHMM credential holder in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East?

Aarcher Institute, IHMM, and HMS’ New Training Partner Offers Courses for 2024

June 25-28, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
July 9-12, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

San Diego, CA
July 9-11, 2024

APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR EHS PROFESSIONALS™

Online
July 16-17, 2024

WASTEWATER COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online
July 23-24, 2024

AUDITING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE™

Online and In Person
July 30-Aug 2, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
Aug 13-16, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
Aug 13-15, 2024NEPA NAVIGATOR™In Person
Aug 27-28, 2024

INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online and In Person
Sept 11-13, 2024

CLEAN AIR COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online and In Person
Sept 11-12, 2024

SPCC COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online and In Person
Sept 17-19, 2024

HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online and In Person
Sept 24-26, 2024

APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR EHS PROFESSIONALS™

Online and In Person
October 1-4, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
October 8-9, 2024

AUDITING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE™

Online and In Person
October 22-25, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
October 29-30, 2024

SPCC COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online
Oct 31-Nov 1, 2024

TANKS COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online and In Person
Nov 5-8, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
Nov 13-15, 2024

NEPA NAVIGATOR™

In Person
Nov 19-22, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Online and In Person
Dec 3-4, 2024

EPCRA PLANNING AND REPORTING MANAGER

Online and In Person
Dec 10-12, 2024

CLEAN AIR COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Online

AIHA, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

American Industrial Hygiene Association [AIHA] an HMS training partner, has added its first of many courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs in support of IHMM certificants holding the CHMM, CHMP, CSHM, and CSMP credentials. Thank you, AIHA.

   Daily

Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene

Online
   Daily

Certificate Program: Use of Direct Reading Instruments

Online
   Daily

How to Develop Creative Narrative for Better Training and Retention (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

Online
   Daily

Electrical Safe Work Practices With Application of NFPA 70E PDC Recording

Online
   Daily

Is Your Safety Training Good Enough? (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

Online
   Daily

All About Leading, Lagging, and Predictive Indicators (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

Online
   Daily

Elevating EHS Leading Indicators: From Defining to Designing Webinar Recording

Online
   Daily

Increasing Risk Awareness and Leveraging Risk Management to Catalyze a Culture of Learning and Health (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

Online
   Daily

Emergency Preparedness: Is the Workplace Truly Prepared for Emergencies? (AIHce EXP 2022 OnDemand)

Online
   Daily

Mitigation Through Decontamination PDC Recording

Online
   Daily

SDS & Label Authoring Course

Online
   Daily

Empowering Industrial Hygienists With Systems Thinking for ISO 45001 Webinar Recording

Online
   Daily

ISO 45001 OHSMS Update and Overview Webinar Recording

Online
   Daily

Fire and Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries PDC Recording

Online
   Daily

Decision Making in Managing Risk – Expand Context, Strengthen Skills PDC Recording

Online
   Daily

Risk Assessment Virtual Conference Recordings (2021): Introduction to Risk Assessment

Online
   Daily

Welding: A Case Study in Occupational Hygiene

Online

Bowen EHS, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

Bowen EHS, an HMS training partner, has had 4 courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs as reviewed and approved by the HMS Education and Training Committee, chaired by Diana Lundelius. Thank you Bowen EHS and thank to HMS’ Education and Training Committee.

Thank you Bowen EHS for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs! All three of the new Bowen EHS programs are available online and on demand.

   DailyEmergency Management Self-Paced PDCOnline

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Thank you Bowen EHS for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs! All three of the new Bowen EHS programs are available online and on demand.

Easily Find Courses to Help You Pass IHMM Credential Exams

A core mission of EHS is education and training. Part of that mission includes assembling the best and most effective courses to assist IHMM applicants in passing their IHMM credential exams.

CSHM® Prep Courses
  1. Certified Safety and Health Manager® (CSHM®) Exam Preparation Course – VUBIZ – Available on Demand
CSMP® Prep Courses
  1. Certified Safety Management Practitioner® [CSMP®] Exam Preparation Course – VUBIZ – Available on Demand

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.

  1. Go to https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/
  2. 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!

Donate to HMS

One of the most important projects of the Hazardous Materials Society is our Scholarship Program.

HMS wants to make it as easy as possible for those who cannot always afford to participate in pursuing certification, or keeping up with professional development, or attending great conferences and receiving outstanding training. HMS does not solicit contributions from the general public. HMS does ask IHMM’s certificants and their companies and our education and training vendors to consider a contribution.

Here, through your generosity, you can make a difference in promoting the ability of those who can afford it least to become participants in our communities of practice.

It’s never too late to make a difference, so don’t let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by. Please consider a tax-deductible donation of $250, $500 or what you can to help build HMS’s effort to help others in our communities of practice.

IHMM CONFERENCES For 2024

IHMM will attend and support a number of conferences and trade shows throughout 2024, virtually as well as in-person as resources allow. In 2023 IHMM participated in the Bay Area ASSP conference, Ohio Safety conference, COSTHA Annual Meeting, AIHA Conference & Trade Show, ASSP Annual Conference, CUHMMC, AHMP, National Safety Conference and FET.

Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend that are not named here? If so, let us know by sending an email to [email protected]

AHMP EHS Hazmat Summit

July 14-17, 2024
Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO

ASSP Safety24

August 7-9, 2024
Colorado Convention Center, Denver CO

CUHMMC 2024

August 4-7, 2024
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

National Safety Council Conference

September 13-19, 2024
Visit IHMM in Booth #3947
Orlando, Florida

FET Environment 2024

October 29-31, 2024
Marriott Milwaukee West, Waukesha, WI

IHMM-HMS Event Calendar

IHMM has a companion organization for which education and training programs are presented and delivered.  The Hazardous Materials Society education and training website can be found here.

DateEventEvent ProducerLocation
DailyCHMM Exam Prep CourseInstitute of Safety & Systems Management

Online

DailyCE 1112- IHMM CDGP Exam Prep (online) Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyCE 1102- Industrial Hygiene for Safety Professionals (online) Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyCE 1105: Maritime Hazardous Materials Inventory Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyDOT NON-Bulk Training Compliance Associates

Online

DailyOSHA 30 Construction (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER Refresher (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER 40-Hour All Industries (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER 24-Hour All Industries (Online) ClickSafety

Online

Daily8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyDOT Hazmat Employee with Packaging Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyRCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Online Training Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyOSHA Asbestos Awareness TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyCHMM Online Review Bowen

Online

DailyOnsite Lithium Battery TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyOnsite ADR TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyWebinar ADR TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyOSHA Confined Space Operations TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyIATA/IMDG Certification TrainingDGI

Online

DailyCSHM Exam Prep CourseVubiz

Online

DailyCSMP Exam Prep CourseVubiz

Online

DailyGround Transportation for CarriersChemtrec

Online

DailyOSHA Hazard Communications StandardChemtrec

Online

DailyShipping Lithium Batteries and Cells TrainingChemtrec

Online

DailyHazmat General, Safety and Security Awareness Online Training Course Chemtrec

Online

DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for Operations Chemtrec

Online

Daily49 CFR TrainingChemtrec

Online

DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for Operations PersonnelChemtrec

Online

DailyOnline 2-Hour OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyOnline Heat Illness Prevention TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyOnline OSHA 24-Hour HAZWOPER Training CourseHazmat School

Online

DailyEPCRA Tier II ReportingBowen EHS

Online

DailyEHS Training Self-Paced PDCBowen EHS

Online

DailyEmergency Management Self-Paced PDCBowen EHS

Online

DailyBasic Principles of Occupational HygieneAIHA

Online

Daily

Certificate Program: Use of Direct Reading Instruments

AIHA

Online

Daily

How to Develop Creative Narrative for Better Training and Retention (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Electrical Safe Work Practices With Application of NFPA 70E PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Is Your Safety Training Good Enough? (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

All About Leading, Lagging, and Predictive Indicators (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Elevating EHS Leading Indicators: From Defining to Designing Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Increasing Risk Awareness and Leveraging Risk Management to Catalyze a Culture of Learning and Health (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Emergency Preparedness: Is the Workplace Truly Prepared for Emergencies? (AIHce EXP 2022 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Mitigation Through Decontamination PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

SDS & Label Authoring Course

AIHA

Online

Daily

Empowering Industrial Hygienists With Systems Thinking for ISO 45001 Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

ISO 45001 OHSMS Update and Overview Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Fire and Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Decision Making in Managing Risk – Expand Context, Strengthen Skills PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Risk Assessment Virtual Conference Recordings (2021): Introduction to Risk Assessment

AIHA

Online

Daily

Welding: An Exercise in Applied Industrial Hygiene

AIHA

Online

Daily

Response Considerations During an Outbreak or Pandemic

FEMA           Online
Daily

Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Awareness Course

FEMA           Online
Daily

RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Online

Lion Tech

Online

Daily

RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Refresher

Lion Tech

Online

Daily

On Demand Webinar: Transportation of Lithium Batteries Shipments by Air

IATA

Online

June 25-28, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

July 9-11, 2024

APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR EHS PROFESSIONALS™

Aarcher Institute

Online

July 9-12, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

San Diego, CA

July 16-17, 2024

WASTEWATER COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online

July 16-18, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT/PPE Hazard Assessment Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Union, MO

July 23-24, 2024

AUDITING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

July 23-25, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant (3) Individual (8hr) DOT-RCRA LQG Regulations Awareness Courses

NPETE

Cuyahoga Heights, OH

July 30, 2024

Preparing and Shipping Consignments Refrigerated with Dry Ice (LIVE virtual classroom)

IATA

Online

July 30-Aug 1, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT with RCRA LQG/IATA Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Twin Falls, ID

July 30-Aug 2, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Aug 6-8, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT/EPA RCRA Hazwaste LQG/IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Durham, NC

Aug 13-15, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT with RCRA LQG Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Columbus, OH

Aug 13-15, 2024

NEPA NAVIGATOR™

Aarcher Institute

In Person

Aug 13-16, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Aug 20, 2024

FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/EPA RCRA HAZWASTE LQG REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP – August 20

NPETE

Rockville, MD

Aug 21, 2024

FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/EPA RCRA HAZWASTE LQG REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP – August 21

NPETE

Rockville, MD

Aug 22, 2024

FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/EPA RCRA HAZWASTE LQG REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP – August 22

NPETE

Rockville, MD

Aug 27-28, 2024

INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Aug 27-29, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Chattanooga, TN

Sept 4-6 2024

2024 FREE NPETE US DOT PHMSA HMIT Grant September 4 and September 6 (8hr) DOT HAZMAT and September 5 (8hr) DOT-RCRA LQG Training Workshops – Las Vegas, NV

NPETE

Las Vegas, NV

Sept 11-13, 2024

CLEAN AIR COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Sept 11-12, 2024

SPCC COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Sept 16-17, 2024

Transport of Radioactive Materials by Air (LIVE virtual classroom)

IATA

Online

Sept 17-19, 2024

HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Sept 24-26, 2024

APPLIED CHEMISTRY FOR EHS PROFESSIONALS™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Oct 1-3, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

South Charleston, WV

Oct 1-4, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Oct 7-9, 2024

2024 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Martinsville, VA

Oct 8-9, 2024

AUDITING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Oct 22-25, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Oct 29-30, 2024

SPCC COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online

Oct 31-Nov 1, 2024

TANKS COMPLIANCE MANAGER™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Nov 5-8, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Nov 13-15, 2024

NEPA NAVIGATOR™

Aarcher Institute

In Person

Nov 19-22, 2024

THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE BOOTCAMP™

Aarcher Institute

Online and In Person

Dec 3-4, 2024

EPCRA PLANNING AND REPORTING MANAGER

Aarcher Institute

In Person

Dec 10-12, 2024CLEAN AIR COMPLIANCE MANAGER™Aarcher Institute

In Person

IHMM AFFILIATIONS

9210 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 470
Rockville, Maryland, 20850
www.ihmm.org | [email protected]
Phone: 301-984-8969 | Fax: 301-984-1516

2024-06-13T16:29:00+00:00

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