Dave Blanchard

Cleveland

Editor-in-Chief at Material Handling and Logistics

Chief Editor of EHS TODAY and MATERIAL HANDLING & LOGISTICS. Senior Editor: INDUSTRYWEEK. Author: Supply Chain Management Best Practices https://t.co/epnkxpkGfN

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Articles

Trump Administration Plans Sweeping Cuts to Shrink NIOSH by Two-Thirds

3 weeks ago | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

While the news of the day centers on President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, his administration’s campaign to rein in government spending has reached the workplace safety arena. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has announced plans to reduce the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) by as much as two-thirds. NIOSH is currently part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Biggest Trends in Workplace Safety in the 21st Century (So Far)

1 month ago | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard |Adrienne Selko |Nicole Stempak

Those of you with long memories, if you’re old enough to remember back 25 years, might recall that Y2K was the dominant trend on everybody’s mind as the calendar was nearing the year 2000. Prince had it wrong when he sang that “we’re gonna party like it’s 1999.” Instead, the business world was filled with angst as to whether all computer systems were going to shut down when their internal calendars rebooted not to the year 2000 but backwards to 1900. The fear was that the world would go offline.
ProMat 2025 Product Preview

1 month ago | mhlnews.com | Dave Blanchard

Spring comes a little early this year for the material handling and logistics community, as the biggest supply chain show in North America returns to Chicago March 17-20: ProMat 2025. This year, as in years past, McCormick Place will host an exhibition featuring well over 1,000 exhibitors introducing the latest in supply chain innovations as well as their most popular and time-tested solutions.
Should Federal OSHA Be Abolished? EHS Professionals Weigh In

1 month ago | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

H.R. 86, “Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act (NOSHA),” was introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), with the stated purpose of abolishing federal OSHA, leaving it up to the states to set and enforce workplace safety and health standards.
The Biggest Challenges for Safety Professionals in 2024

Nov 24, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

What is the biggest challenge you face as a safety professional? A simple question, maybe, but the answers are as diverse and specific as the nature of safety leadership itself. As part of the 2024 National Safety & Salary Survey, EHS Today solicited open-ended answers to the “biggest challenge” question, leading to a wide range of challenges from the 631 participants in the survey. We chose a selected group of comments to give you an insight into the minds of safety professionals.
Working Hard for the Money: Results from the 2024 National Safety & Salary Survey

Nov 18, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

EHS Today earlier this year conducted a readership study as part of the 2024 National Safety and Salary Survey. We received fully completed responses from 631 EHS professionals, where they revealed not only how much they earn, but also where they live, what they do, how long they've been doing it, how well they feel supported as safety professionals, and how much they like (or don't like) their jobs.
Workplace Safety Is Job One

Nov 17, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

Money and politics. Servant leadership and mentoring. Tight budgets. Dedicated problem-solvers. No respect. The best job in the world. Reading the comments from respondents to the EHS Today 2024 National Safety & Salary Survey is a fascinating experience, thanks to the wide range of reactions from safety professionals when we ask them to describe the current state of workplace safety.
You Knew This Job Was Dangerous When You Took It

Nov 14, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

“The safety profession wears on you. Safety pros need more support in terms of staffing. Companies tend to lean more and more on us and it’s not easy to avoid burnout.”“I feel incredibly fortunate to work with my team to improve safety every day. We have such an important job that is sometimes rather thankless and unnoticed. Good safety is, unfortunately, often invisible.”“I went into this field to help people and keep them safe.
Podcast: The Evolving Role of Technology in Workplace Safety

Nov 4, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

In late September, Cority, a provider of EHS and sustainability solutions, promoted Ryan Magee to CEO, succeeding Mark Wallace, who retired after leading the company for over 20 years. Magee joined Cority in 2012 and had been the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) since 2017.
Top 10 OSHA Violations of 2024

Oct 7, 2024 | ehstoday.com | Dave Blanchard

The more things change, the more nothing seems to have changed at all. Yes, we’re talking about OSHA’s annual reveal of the most frequent workplace safety violations. The 10 categories on last year’s list all appear on the list again this year—the violations haven’t changed; only their relative position on the Top 10 list.