Intelex Technologies ULC Blog

5 minute read Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) are entering a new era, one defined not by compliance alone, but by the ability to turn data into insight. For decades, SMS programs were built to satisfy regulatory requirements, structured around reporting, documentation, and post-event analysis. Today, that foundation is being reshaped by the scale of data available to organizations and the rapid digitization of safety processes.

6 minute read If you have spent any time in the serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention space, you have probably encountered two frameworks that are gaining significant traction: ASTM International’s E2920-26 Standard Guide for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, and the Edison Electric Institute’s Safety Classification and Learning (SCL) Model. On the surface, both are tools for classifying workplace incidents.

Every company is on its own journey with EHSQ. Almost every business has basic policies in place. Most offer different types of training, and many have also invested in software. Even so it’s hard to know where you actually stand. What are you doing well and where are you falling short? Most EHSQ professionals rely on experience, peer advice, and instinct. That’s where this maturity index comes in.

5 minute read Q3 product launch Intelex’s Q3 2026 product update is built around a simple shift: helping EHSQ teams move from managing risk after something goes wrong to identifying and controlling it before it does. This quarter, we’re introducing tools that make it faster to visualize risk before an incident occurs, easier to investigate when one does happen, and simpler to capture clean, complete data in the field, on a phone, in the moment, instead of after the fact.

6 minute read Most airlines operating today have more safety data than at any point in their history. Serious event reports, near miss records, audit findings, corrective actions, and investigation outputs. Years of it, accumulated across fleets, bases, and operational teams. And somewhere inside that data, the conditions that will contribute to your next serious event are already present.

6 minute read Environmental and sustainability regulations worldwide have grown 155% over the last decade. Despite the United States federal EPA pulling back, businesses are not slowing down. 50% of EHS executives surveyed by Intelex have increased their environmental and sustainability investments in the past 12–18 months, and another 42% are maintaining current investment levels, with regulatory pressure cited as the second-biggest driver.

“Good enough” is the most expensive phrase in EHSQ. While the system handles compliance and keeps things running, it quietly builds up costs that never appear on reports. When EHS and Quality leaders contemplate switching management systems, they consider how the change could pose risks. The real question is how much risk their current systems already pose. Research from the Harvard Business Review found that 40-60% of purchase decisions stall out because decision-makers choose not to act.

EHS success is financial success. The problem is that most EHS leaders can’t prove it in language finance understands, and have trouble advocating for themselves in budget conversations as a result. Often, this will boil down to two factors. The first is tactical: EHS teams lead with activity metrics — training completions, near-miss counts, corrective actions closed — when finance is listening for exposure, payback periods, and return on investment. The second is harder to fix.

6 minute read I spent years in the field as an EHS practitioner trying to close the gap between two realities: the safety program we built and the work that actually happened. Two frameworks have shaped how I think about that gap more than any others: Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), and Energy-Based Safety (EBS). On the surface, they can feel like entirely separate conversations. One is a philosophy. The other is a science. But when you put them together, something powerful happens.

5 minute read Intelex’s Q2 2026 product update focuses on reducing manual work, improving data consistency, and giving EHS teams clearer visibility across operations. This quarter, we’re excited to share several new releases and updates.