EHS Professional – September 8, 2022

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IHMM In-Person or Remotely Proctored Exams

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

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

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

Thursday, September 8, 2022

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IHMM Credential Recognition

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

IHMM Certificant Recognition

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

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

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

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

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IHMM At National Safety Council Congress & Expo

IHMM will attend the NSC Congress and Expo in San Diego September 19-21, 2022. Come visit us at Booth 1853.

The 2022 NSC Safety Congress & Expo will offer more than 125 educational opportunities including Professional Development Seminars, Keynotes and Technical Sessions. All designed to help you advance your career, earn IHMM CMPs and provide new skills to help you perform your day-to-day job better.

See the program here.

September 19-21, 2022
San Diego, CA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Congratulations Dan and we look forward to being with you and presenting you with this prestigious award on Sunday, September 18, 2022, as the 2022 NSC Congress and Expo get underway.

Beryllium and Worker Health and Safety

The Department of Energy proposed to amend its worker safety and health program regulation related to beryllium and beryllium compounds. The proposed rule is to ensure “accuracy and consistency with DOE’s Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program regulation” and to “clarify that DOE did not intend to adopt the 2016 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit value.” Comments due October 3.

Read more > https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/02/2022-18719/worker-safety-and-health-program

Contractors & Union Solicitations at GSA Sites

The General Services Administration published a final rule clarifying that activities related to worker organizing and collective bargaining among contractors’ employees working in federal government facilities are not covered or restricted by the general prohibition on soliciting, posting and distributing materials in or on GSA-controlled property. The rule is effective September 2.

Read more > https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/02/2022-17949/federal-management-regulation-soliciting-union-memberships-among-contractors-in-gsa-controlled

NLRB on the Joint-Employer Status

The National Labor Relations Board proposed to “rescind and replace the final rule entitled ‘Joint Employer Status Under the National Labor Relations Act,’ which was published on February 26, 2020 and took effect on April 27, 2020.” The proposed rule would “revise the standard for determining whether two employers…are joint employers of particular employees within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Act.” Comments due November 7 and reply comments due November 21.

OSHA Focusing On Trenching Hazards

OSHA had released CPL 02-00-161 on October 1, 2018, continuing its National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation, (“NEP”), and requiring agency compliance safety and health officers (“CSHO”) to “initiate inspections under this NEP whenever they observe an open trench or an open excavation, regardless of whether or not a violation is readily observed.” The NEP established procedures for prompt Area Office involvement and provided for a national online system to track trenching and excavation inspections.

OSHA’s alert on trench collapses explains that these “collapses, or cave-ins, are more likely than other excavation-related incidents to result in worker fatalities” because “[i]t only takes seconds to become buried in thousands of pounds of soil.

National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Meeting on September 13

The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) will meet on Tuesday September 13, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ET, by teleconference and WebEx . In conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group will meet separately on Monday September 12, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., ET. Comments and request to speak at the NACOSH committee meeting must be submitted by September 6, 2022. Individuals may submit comments and requests to speak, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2022-0002, electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. For more information, including tentative agenda items and access information for the virtual meetings, see the Federal Register Notice.

Congress Closing In on Short-Term Government Funding Bill

Congress has just weeks to pass a short-term funding patch to keep government agencies open past Sept. 30, when current funding expires.

Democratic and Republican leaders are downplaying the possibility of a government shutdown, but a bipartisan bill could be problematic if it includes certain energy permitting provisions tied to the $740 billion health care, climate and tax package that Democrats passed without Republican support last month. The energy permitting provisions are part of a promise Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made to secure Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) support for the big reconciliation package. Manchin and other centrist Democrats are concerned about new climate and infrastructure projects getting held up by red tape.

Republicans may seek a stopgap government funding bill that would put Congress back at the negotiating table after the midterm elections this fall, which could put Republicans back in control of the House.

A continuing resolution of some length is undoubtedly the path to keeping the government funded past Sept. 30 because bipartisan negotiations on fiscal 2023 spending bills haven’t even begun. Top Senate negotiators have been deadlocked on top spending levels for defense and domestic spending bills for months.

OSHA Training Registration Is Now Open!

The Lawrence County Workforce Coalition and Stone City Products, Inc. are partnering with Purdue MEP and local manufacturing employers to offer OSHA training in a workshop format to their employees. Training will include the option of an OSHA 10-Hour General Industry or a 30-Hour General Industry course.

Why Should Tech Businesses Prioritise Occupational Health?

Statistics show that the risks of occupational injuries in the tech sector are lower compared to other industries. A tech career doesn’t sound like something that poses significant risks. So, the question is, should tech businesses be concerned about employees’ health and safety?

The simple answer is yes! Even if the risks are lower, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist at all. Providing a safe work environment is not only beneficial for the employees’ wellbeing but also a legal obligation – and no business is an exception from the rule.

More often than not, safety is an afterthought in the tech sector. However, it’s worth mentioning that individuals working in this industry are not invulnerable to injuries. Therefore, businesses operating in the tech sector should prioritise occupational health, just like any other company. Regardless of the industry, employees are an invaluable asset, and it is paramount to ensure they are healthy and fulfilled.

Construction Workers Spotlighted During Suicide Prevention Week

Construction Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 5-9, raises awareness of unique mental health challenges construction workers face by asking employers to pause work for a moment to share resources and urge employees to seek help.

Not only is construction a strenuous job with the potential of physical injuries, the work presents many challenges to mental health, as well.

“Construction workers cope with unique causes of stress, such as uncertain seasonal work; remote work and job travel that keeps workers away from home and support systems; long, hard days and completion schedules; and the job-related risks of serious injuries,” explained Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. “Left unchecked, these stressors can affect mental health severely and lead to anxiety, depression, substance abuse and – in some cases – suicide.”

To raise awareness of these risks, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other groups is encouraging industry employers to share and discuss available resources with their workers.

Coinciding with Construction Suicide Prevention Week, the task force is calling on construction industry employers, trade groups and other stakeholders to join OSHA’s Suicide Prevention Safety Stand-Down, Sept. 5-9, 2022. This week-long event seeks to raise awareness of unique mental health challenges construction workers face by asking employers to pause work for a moment to share information and resources and urge employees to seek help if needed.

IHMM-AHMP 45 in 5 Credential Recognition During Its First 18 Months

Mark Bruce and Gene Guilford launched 45 in 5 in January 2021, so about 18 months ago. The “45” was a target to add 45 states recognizing our credentials, as we had 5 at the time, and the “5” was for 5 years. How are we doing after the first 18 months? Note: IHMM intends on engaging in this work on behalf of ALL of our credentials.

Our progress is here > https://ihmm.org/credential-recognition/

After having Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Indiana, we added Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, California, and Georgia. By the fall of 2021, the group wanted us to focus on federal agencies, so we embarked on some research to add to the 9 federal agencies that already recognized the CHMM.

The states highlighted in yellow in the map above are where we have legal research being conducted now. Last week IHMM began working with Alaska, Arizona, and Puerto Rico as well.

EPA Issues Draft Revision to Risk Determination for Carbon Tetrachloride and Finds Carbon Tetrachloride, as a Whole Chemical Substance, Presents an Unreasonable Risk

On August 29, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of and requested public comment on a draft revision to the risk determination for the carbon tetrachloride risk evaluation issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 87 Fed. Reg. 52766. EPA states that the draft revision to the carbon tetrachloride risk determination reflects its announced policy changes to ensure the public is protected from unreasonable risks from chemicals in a way that is supported by science and the law. In the draft revision, EPA finds that carbon tetrachloride, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health when evaluated under its conditions of use (COU). Comments are due September 28, 2022. For more information, please read the full memorandum.

Read> https://www.lawbc.com/regulatory-developments/entry/epa-issues-draft-revision-to-risk-determination-for-carbon-tetrachloride-an

IHMM CSHMⓇ 2022 Salary Survey

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

You may download the CSHM survey here.

IHMM Fellows Becoming Mentors

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

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

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

Call for Volunteers – IHMM Sustainability Task Force

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

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

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

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

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IHMM Recertification Videos

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

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

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

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National Safety Council

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

NSC News

NSC Webinars

September 8 – 2022 Hurricane Preparedness: Checking In Midseason
September 15 – How to Prevent the Most Common HazCom Violations: An In-Depth Look at OSHA Citations
September 29 – Going from Good to Great – Transforming Safety Performance with Technology
October 6 – Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment: Understanding the Law and Avoiding Liability

IHMM News & Recent Updates

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

ASSP News
ASSP Webinars
- September 8 – Lopsided SMS: 6 Ways to Balance Metrics and Improve Outcomes
- Sept 8 – Oct 6 – ONLINE COURSE: Safety Management I
- September 21 – What’s Well-Being Got To Do With It? A Holistic Look at Total Worker Safety
- Sept 22 – Oct 20 – ONLINE COURSE: Enterprise Risk Management for Safety Professionals
- Sept 22 – Oct 20 – ONLINE COURSE: Implementing ISO 45001 Course
- October 25 – A Standards-Based Approach to OSH Performance Measurement

IHMM GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.

Publication of the Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions represents a key component of the regulatory planning mechanism prescribed in Executive Order (“E.O.”) 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review,” (58 FR 51735) and reaffirmed in E.O. 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,” (76 FR 3821). The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602).

Department of Labor > https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-08-08/pdf/2022-14607.pdf

HMS UPDATES

IHMM and HMS

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

HMS Makes Finding Courses to Earn CMPs Easy

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

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

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

HMS has made that simple and easy.

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

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

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

Linking IHMM and HMS Exam Training

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

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

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

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

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

Easily Find Courses to Help You Pass IHMM Credential Exams

CDGP Prep Course

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

CHMM Prep Courses

CSHM Prep Courses

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

HMS Jobs Board

Hazardous Materials Compliance Manager, DHL, Taunton, MA

RCM&D Professional Liability Insurance

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

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

Member Benefits of Hazardous Materials Society

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

Did You Know?

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

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

Applications for the 2022 HMS Scholarship Awards Now Open

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

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

Scholarship Winners Will Be Announced at the HMS Annual Meeting.

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

There are 773 different conversations going on in the IHMM/HMS Collaboration platform this week.

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

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

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

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

Retiring? IHMM Invites You to Become an Emeritus

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

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

Columbia Southern University

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

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

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

IHMM CONFERENCES FOR 2022

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

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

National Safety Council Congress & Expo