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Environmental and Safety Leader

Owens Corning in Blythwood is looking for a Environmental & Safety Leader. The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Leader must maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employees, and engage them in all aspects of safety and environmental processes. This position leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of critical safety and environmental process, programs, and procedures in order to achieve a zero-injury and NOV environment. The successful candidate provides leadership and applies technical abilities to engage employees at all levels of the organization in order to sustain world-class safety and environmental processes. Click link to apply and for more information. Environmental Health & Safety Leader (owenscorning.com)

March 2024 Technical Meeting

March’s technical meeting featured Rachel Schlachter, MPH, CSP, CIH of NextGenEHS discussing silica exposures and answering industrial hygiene questions.

2024 SPY AWARD WINNER!!

Every year we present a deserving chapter member the Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) Award. The SPY award is presented annually to a member who demonstrates outstanding achievement in the occupational safety and health field while also advancing the OSH profession overall.

This years recipient is Kirsten Quamme. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work to the profession and ASSP.

2024 Professional Development Conference at BC/BS

A successful PDC was held at Blue Cross and Blue Shields beautiful glass conference center. Four speakers provided updates on standards, PPE and new hazards.

January 2024 Technical Meeting

Our first Hybrid meeting consisted of a virtual presentation on EHS Strategy Building with a live studio audience. It was the best of both worlds. The ability to have a great speaker from outside of the area and the ability to network with other safety professionals.