Thursday, January 11, 2024
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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.
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IHMM Credentials
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, and 30 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, 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 RECENT NEWS for EHS Professionals
Washington state updates decades-old rules on refinery safety
The Dotted Line: 2023’s top legal issues
HHS calls for ‘safety stations’ with naloxone in federal buildings
Look at your training, MSHA tells mine operators at close of 2023
2024: The year of AI-driven safety transformation
‘Work shouldn’t hurt’: Resources for MSD prevention
Offshore alert: Use safety devices with temporary test equipment
OSHA proposed rule on emergency response set for publication
The role of digital tools in streamlining environmental compliance and safety
MSHA issues final rule on written programs for mobile, powered haulage equipment
BLS: On-the-job deaths jump nearly 6% in 2022
Railroad agency issues safety recommendations about severe weather
Building a Robust PPE Program
Construction had the most fatalities of any industry last year
New construction technology releases: January 2024
Achieving World-Class Safety: The Executive Leader’s Role
How has the safety pro’s job changed?
Winter Journey Management: Protecting Workers in the Winter
2024 Resolution for OSHA: Propose A Workplace Heat Standard
NTSB retiring its ‘Most Wanted’ list of safety improvements
Pepsi bottler agrees to pay $132K in OSHA fines
Illinois Contractor Faces $278,452 in Penalties for Repeated Fall Hazard Violations
Ohio Roofing Contractor Settles with DOL, Agrees to Pay $730,000 and Enhance Safety Measures
New DOL Rule Expands Electronic Submission of Injury Data in High-Hazard Industries
Florida woman sentenced to federal prison in construction fraud case
How to Prepare Your Organization for an External Safety Audit
How School Alert Systems Help Create a Culture of Safety
Hawaii Legislators To Tackle School Safety Issues From Broken Fire Alarms To Evacuation Plans
New Report Reveals Contact with Objects and Equipment Was the Most Common Cause of Workplace Fatalities in 2022
Ohio rubber manufacturer continues to ignore federal workplace safety standards, OSHA finds
New OSHA Reporting Requirements Take Effect
OSHA Staff Switching to Safety Helmets for Improved Head Protection
Work-Related Fatalities Up Nearly Six Percent in 2022
Regulatory Update: A More Aggressive OSHA May Make Case Settlement Harder
Workplace Trends Leaders Should Watch in 2024
Inside IHMM
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.
IHMM Government Affairs in 2023
Here are the highlights of what we worked on in 2023, and with a new committee forming will build on for 2024.
- Professional Certification Coalition, 2023 Accomplishments and 2024 Priorities
- More Federal Recognition for the CSHM, CSMP, CHMM, and CHMP – IHMM Comments to OSHA Voluntary Protection Program [VPP]
- Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards – IHMM Comments Filed 7/31/2023
- PHMSA Seeks Comment on Initiatives to Modernize the HMR
- PHMSA – Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards – IHMM Comments Submitted – Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0092 (HM-215Q)
- NY Department of Labor rulemaking concerning the recognition of the CSHM and CSMP. IHMM’s comments concerning initiating this rulemaking are here
- Work with Eric Vega in Puerto Rico concerning credential recognition
- Review of the Governor of Nevada’s Executive Order concerning licensing boards and potential for recognition of the CHMM. IHMM’s comments on the Governor’s Executive Order are here
- Scheduling meetings with the Maryland Congressional delegation concerning the Certified Pandemic Preparedness Specialist [CPPS] credential
- PHMSA Recycled Plastics Policy – https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/14/2023-07869/hazardous-materials-request-for-feedback-on-recycled-plastics-policy
- Ohio EPA Hazardous Waste Rules – https://epa.ohio.gov/about/media-center/events/public-hearing-HazWasteRules
- OSHA, finding the personnel who make the decisions concerning credentials recognized as prerequisites for OSHA training programs
- Maine DEP, update Chapter 851, Standards for Generators of Hazardous Waste. In the current regulation work is required by a professional engineer. IHMM is proposing to include an environmental professional as defined by 40 CFR §312.10.
The IHMM Government Affairs Committee is found here, where you may also join our group.
A Collaborative Culture
There are 1,198 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.
On August 29, 2023 IHMM’s Executive Director made a presentation of this strategic imperative to the AHMP annual conference. Here is what IHMM intends to organize over the next few months:
- 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!
The full presentation may be viewed here.
IHMM Government Affairs
IHMM To Propose Changes in Government Recognition of Credentials
State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to update Chapter 851, Standards for Generators of Hazardous Waste. In the current regulation work is required by a professional engineer. IHMM is proposing to include an environmental professional as defined by 40 CFR §312.10.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has a number of courses in occupational safety and health within which OSHA credits “A degree in occupational safety and health, a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) designation.” IHMM will propose including the CHMM, CSHM, and CSMP.
Beltway Buzz, Ogletree Deakins
Congress Returns. This week Congress is beginning to return to the nation’s Capitol, facing a January 19th deadline for passing funding legislation to keep the government open. The Senate Leader Schumer and House Speaker Johnson announced on the 7th a deal around the $1.66 trillion figure. The glee lasted the length of an egg timer as wings on both sides decried who approved what. We shall see what the week brings.
New Union Election Process Becomes Effective Next Week. Employers are reminded that the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest changes to its union election regulations become effective on December 26, 2023. The NLRB general counsel released a memorandum on December 8, 2023, that “provides guidance to Agency personnel, parties, practitioners, and other stakeholders about representation case processing once the 2023 Election Rule goes into effect.”
PWFA Final Reg on the Way? Pursuant to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)—passed nearly one year ago—the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) must publish final implementing regulations by December 29, 2023. As proposed, the regulations define key terms—such as what it means to be a “qualified” employee—and provide examples of reasonable accommodations that employers might provide to workers covered by the statute.
DOL Seeks Input on Potential Schedule A Changes. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration issued a request for information (RFI), on December 22, 2023, seeking feedback on potential modernizations to Schedule A of the permanent labor certification process. Schedule A, which hasn’t been updated since 2004, lists occupations for which the “DOL has predetermined there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available pursuant to regulation.” Employers interested in hiring to fill a position listed as a Schedule A occupation are not required to conduct a labor market test and can file an application for permanent employment certification directly with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Issued pursuant to President Biden’s executive order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” the RFI specifically seeks feedback on whether any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations should be added to Schedule A and which jobs should be considered part of a STEM occupation. Comments are due by February 20, 2024.
H-1B Domestic Renewal Pilot Program Moves Forward. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has completed its review of the U.S. Department of State’s pilot program that will reportedly allow 20,000 H-1B visa holders to renew their visas while remaining in the United States. In a notice of pilot program published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2022, the State Department said that “[t]he program will accept applications from January 29 to April 1, 2024.” Whitney Brownlow, Marissa E. Cwik, and Ashley Urquijo have the details.
Administration Finalizes PLA Requirements for Federal Projects. The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have finalized a rule that will mandate the use of project labor agreements for contractors and subcontractors engaged in construction of federal projects “for which the total estimated cost of the construction contract to the Federal Government is $35 million or more.” The regulations implement President Biden’s February 4, 2022, executive order “Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects.” According to a White House fact sheet, “It is estimated that the rule will result in the Federal Government requiring PLAs on a majority of large Federal contracts.” The rule becomes effective thirty days after the date of publication in the Federal Register.
DOL Proposes Changes to National Apprenticeship System. The Employment and Training Administration has released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the regulations governing registered apprenticeship programs. As Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), notes, the 779-page NPRM implements the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937, which is a little over one page in length. Among other provisions, the proposal would:
- “create more safeguards for apprentices to ensure that they have healthy and safe working and learning environments as well as just and equitable opportunities throughout their participation in a registered apprenticeship program”;
- allow government “Registration Agencies”—according to Senator Cassidy—to take over the role of the National Labor Relations Board by empowering them to dissolve apprenticeship programs when any program sponsor or participating employer is merely alleged to have interfered with workers’ Section 7 rights; and
- aim to make “quality improvements throughout the system to improve the protection, safety, and welfare of apprentices, such as proposed prohibitions on non-compete and non-disclosure provisions in apprenticeship agreements between sponsors and apprentices and enhanced protections against unreasonable participation costs for apprentices.”
Comments are due sixty days after publication in the Federal Register.
Senate Targets Bureaucratic Waste. Who says Congress doesn’t accomplish anything constructive? Well, on December 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate took a step—albeit a small one—to reduce federal government waste by passing the Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2023 (S. 2073). The bipartisan bill instructs heads of federal agencies to identify recurring plans or reports that it submits to Congress that are “outdated or duplicative,” along with “a recommendation on whether to sunset, modify, consolidate, or reduce the frequency of the submission of the recurring plan or report.” This all sounds good to the Buzz—assuming the U.S. House of Representatives passes the bill—just so long as Congress doesn’t subsequently establish a standing committee to evaluate and report on the impacts of the legislation.
DOL – Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) with an analysis that is more consistent with judicial precedent and the Act’s text and purpose.
DATES:
This final rule is effective on March 11, 2024.
Executive Summary
This final rule addresses how to determine whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act). Congress enacted the FLSA in 1938 to eliminate “labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers.” [1] To this end, the FLSA generally requires covered employers to pay nonexempt employees at least the Federal minimum wage for all hours worked and at least one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for every hour worked over 40 in a workweek. The Act also requires covered employers to maintain certain records regarding employees and prohibits retaliation against employees who are discharged or discriminated against after, for example, filing a complaint regarding their pay. However, the FLSA’s protections do not apply to independent contractors.
OSHA – Forthcoming Proposal for Emergency Response Workers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in December that it will publish a proposal in January 2024 to update an existing standard and expand safety and health protections for emergency responders, including firefighters, emergency medical service providers and technical search and rescue workers.
OSHA’s forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes modernizing the agency’s “Fire Brigades” standard (29 CFR 1910.156)— first published in 1980— as its protections for a narrow set of industrial and private firefighters have become outdated. The newly named “Emergency Response” standard would update safety and health protections in line with national consensus standards for a broad range of workers exposed to hazards that arise during and after fires and other emergencies and will include major changes for protective clothing and equipment and significant improvements in safety and health practices that the industry generally accepts as standard procedures.
For more information, please see the trade release or visit osha.gov/emergency-response/rulemaking. An unofficial version of the proposed rule is also available for viewing; please note that OSHA will accept public comments once the official version is published in the Federal Register in January.
OSHA – New Injury Tracking Application
Please be aware that the updated Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Injury Tracking Application (ITA) is now available from osha.gov/injuryreporting. This page provides requirements and guidance about electronically submitting your establishments’ injury and illness data from the OSHA Form 300A: Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, OSHA Form 300: Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and OSHA Form 301: Injury and Illness Incident Report. These data help employers, workers and OSHA evaluate the safety of a workplace, understand industry hazards, and implement worker protections to reduce and eliminate hazards -preventing future workplace injuries and illnesses.
As a reminder, establishments that meet certain size and industry criteria are required to electronically submit injury and illness data from their OSHA Form 300A, 300, and 301 (or equivalent forms) once per year to OSHA via the ITA. Employers should visit the ITA Coverage Application to determine whether they are required to submit this data. Data collection for CY 2023 will begin January 2, 2024, and must be submitted by March 2, 2024.
Linking Risk Characterization and Risk Management: How to Optimize Tools for a Safer Workplace
AIHA and the Foundation for Chemistry Research and Initiatives (FCRI) hosted a series of workshops on occupational risk assessment. The fifth and final webinar in the Many Paths – One Goal series, which was held on Dec. 7, brought together a panel of experts to discuss approaches for characterizing and managing risks in the workplace. The experts presented an overview of risk characterization, the application of the hierarchy of controls, risk management in the context of regulations (for example, EPA’s implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act), and emerging hazard control technologies and practices.
EPA Begins TSCA Prioritization Process For Five Chemicals
EPA announced on December 14, 2023, that it is beginning the process to prioritize five additional toxic chemicals for risk evaluation under TSCA. The chemicals are acetaldehyde, acrylonitrile, benzenamine, 4,4’-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA), and vinyl chloride. Between September and November 2023, EPA met with federal partners, industry, environmental organizations, labor organizations, state and local governments, and Tribes to discuss the prioritization process and presented a list of 15 chemicals that EPA was considering for prioritization. The ten chemicals not selected include: 4-tert-Octylphenol(4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)-phenol); benzene; bisphenol A; ethylbenzene; napthalene; styrene; tribromomethane; triglycidyl isocyanurate; hydrogen fluoride; and N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N’-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine. Publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the process will begin a 90-day comment period. EPA has posted a prepublication version of the notice. More information will be available in a forthcoming memorandum.
–Bergeson & Campbell
Speed-limiter proposal hot topic of House hearing
Members of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee veered from the focus of a recent hearing by challenging legislation that would require speed-limiting devices on heavy trucks.
During the Dec. 13 hearing on implementing provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Job Act, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Robin Hutcheson fielded heavy questioning about the agency’s May 2022 advance notice of proposed rulemaking.
The ANPRM, however, isn’t part of the law.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million in New Funding to Support School Infrastructure Investments
The Biden-Harris Administration announced eight new grant awards today totaling more than $37 million over five years under the Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) program and one new grant for $10 million over five years under the National Center on School Infrastructure (NCSI) program. This $47 million investment, issued by the U.S. Department of Education (Department), bolsters the capacity of states to support school districts in improving school facilities with the goal of more equitable access to healthy, sustainable, and modern learning environments for all students. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will highlight this announcement during a visit to Virginia today with Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Regulatory Update: DOL Rule Could Turn Contractors Into Employees
“Misclassifying employees as independent contractors is a serious issue that deprives workers of basic rights and protections,” explained Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su.
In a highly anticipated ruling, the DOL on January 9 announced a final rule to help employers and workers better understand when a worker qualifies as an employee and when they may be considered an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The rule provides guidance on proper classification and seeks to combat employee misclassification, a serious problem that impacts workers’ rights to minimum wage and overtime pay, facilitates wage theft, allows some employers to undercut their law-abiding competition and hurts the economy at-large.
Read more by clicking here.
Biden mandates PLAs on large federal contracts
The White House announced on Monday the implementation of an executive order to require project labor agreements on federal construction jobs above $35 million.
The Biden administration announced on Monday a final rule implementing an executive order that will require project labor agreements on federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. It will likely result in PLAs being required on a majority of large federal jobs.
President Joe Biden first enacted the rule change in February 2022, but it will not go into effect until 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register on Friday, due to formal rule change processes by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council. The executive order’s implementation replaces an Obama-era rule that encouraged PLAs on federal jobs, but did not mandate the practice.
As a result, the White House estimated as many as 200,000 workers on federal construction jobs could see boosted “wages, benefits and safety protections regardless of union membership.”
Read more by clicking here.
DOL rule would promote apprenticeships, tighten program labor standards
Apprenticeships have received much attention of late as a way to funnel badly needed talent into key industries.
Read more by clicking 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.
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
Regulatory Updates
| Date: | Subject: | Part: |
|---|---|---|
| 11/9/2023 | Pipeline Safety: Mifflin Energy Corporation’s Petition for Declaratory Order Concerning Part 192 Jurisdiction and Operator Responsibility Over Customer-Owned Piping | 192 |
- 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
The Dr. John H Frick Memorial IHMM Scholarship Program – Closed for 2023 – Deadline 10/15/2023 – Re Opens in 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/
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.
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 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.
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.
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
EPA to review five more toxic chemicals for risk evaluation
Look at your training, MSHA tells mine operators at close of 2023
Supporting pregnant construction workers: Advice for physicians
Cannabis industry needs multifaceted approach to asthma prevention: CDC
‘Extraordinary effort’: Chemical Safety Board eliminates investigation backlog
‘Work shouldn’t hurt’: Resources for MSD prevention
NSC Webinars
Jan 11 – Top 10 OSHA Injury Recordkeeping Challenges: Common Questions about the OSHA 300 Log
Jan 25 – The ROI of Visual AI for EHS – Unlocking the Power of Data
Feb 1 – How to Understand & Apply ANSI Hand Safety Standards
Feb 8 – Transforming Safety Culture Through Employee Engagement: 7 Steps to Success
Feb 15 – OSHA Workplace Safety Inspections: What You Need to Know!
IHMM is a member of ASSP and is pleased to bring this important information to all of its certificants.
ASSP News
ASSP Webinars
Jan 25 – January 2024 Leadership Conference Webinar
Feb 12 – Managing Risk, Not Safety
Feb 12 – 14 – Advanced Safety Management Methods
Feb 12 – Live Virtual Classroom: Communicating for Action: Is Anyone Even Listening?
For a complete list of ASSP Webinars, click here.
ASSP Standards News
The U.S. TAG to ANSI for ISO TC283 approved ISO 45002 and ISO 45006 as ANSI registered technical reports.
- ISO/ASSP TR 45002-2023: Occupational health and safety management systems – General guidelines for the implementation of ISO 45001:2018
- ISO/ASSP TR 45006-2023: Occupational health and safety management – Guidelines for organizations on preventing and managing infectious diseases
At this point, the adoption process is complete. We will conclude limited public review and then move forward with publication of ISO 45002 and ISO 45006 as an ANSI Registered Technical Report[s].
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.
FET, Inc. Adds EHMM Course
The Federation of Environmental Technologists [FET] CHMM Wisconsin Chapter has added the Essentials of Hazardous Material Management (EHMM) Course for Monday’s between 4 pm and 7 pm Central time from January 8 through April 8, 2024. The EHMM course provides a broad yet comprehensive environmental, health, and safety overview of hazardous materials management and related sciences.
Register for the FET EHMM course here.
AHMP Cyber Chapter Adds EHMM Course
The AHMP Cyber Chapter has added the Essentials of Hazardous Material Management (EHMM) Course for January 15-17, 2024. This course provides instruction on laws and regulations as well as technologies and practices in an overview fashion that highlights and emphasizes what is important for a hazardous materials manager to know and provides essential information for the hazardous materials manager to better conduct his/her job.
More information and registration for this January course may be found by clicking here.
CHEMTREC, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants
This week CHEMTREC has added its HAZWOPER 8-hour Refresher Training to the HMS Daily Training schedule. This HAZWOPER 8-hour Refresher Training is designed for individuals who need to refresh their existing 24-hour or 40-hour HAZWOPER certification. This course meets the requirements outlined in OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 for 8 (eight) hours of annual refresher training for workers involved in the transport, storage, or handling of hazardous materials or hazardous waste.
See the CHEMTREC HAZWOPER 8-hour Refresher Training here!
CHEMTREC, an HMS training partner, has had 7 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. Thank you CHEMTREC, and thank to HMS’ Education and Training Committee.
| Daily | Ground Transportation for Carriers | Online |
| Daily | OSHA Hazard Communications Standard | Online |
| Daily | Shipping Lithium Batteries and Cells Training | Online |
| Daily | Hazmat General, Safety and Security Awareness Online Training Course | Online |
| Daily | 49 CFR Training | 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.
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.
| Daily | EPCRA Tier II Reporting | Online |
| Daily | CHMM Online Review | Online |
| Daily | Emergency Management Self-Paced PDC | Online |
| Daily | Acute Toluene Exposure Webinar | Online |
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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
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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!
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.
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/
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 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]
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.
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