Safety podcast – Prioritizing Safety: Why It’s Crucial for Business Success
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, companies face an array of challenges that can threaten their success and sustainability. While factors like market competition, technological disruption, and changing consumer preferences often dominate the conversation, there is one fundamental aspect of business…
Continual Improvement Strategies for Enhancing Workplace Safety
As organizations strive to create safer work environments, a continual improvement mindset is essential. Workplace safety is not a one-time initiative, but an ongoing process that requires sustained focus and vigilance. By implementing strategic continual improvement approaches, companies can systematically…
E-Books: Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments
Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments A Leadership Perspective by Cindy L. Caldwell. This book is written for the leader who manages the risks of hazardous processes. It reflects the role of authentic leadership in influencing safety culture and organizational resilience…
Safety Flash: Fatal accident during cargo operations on Karina C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an accident investigation report into a fatal crush incident during lifting operations on the general cargo vessel Karina C What happened? The second officer of the general cargo vessel Karina C was fatally injured…
E-Books: Job Hazard Analysis A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond
Job Hazard Analysis A Guide for Voluntary Compliance and Beyond 2nd edition by James E. Roughton. This book methodically develops the risk assessment basis needed for ANSI/AIHA Z10 and other safety and health management systems. It is supported by numerous real-life examples,…
Photo of the day:7 Ineffective Safety Practices (And What To Do Instead)
Sometimes, it’s good to be reminded of what works and what doesn’t work, whether you’re talking about food choices, sleep habits, or occupational safety. To give OSH professionals a visual reminder of effective safety practices, below is an infographic that…
Photo of the day:5-Signs your Near-Miss Reporting is failing
It’s easy to discount the importance of near-miss incidents since they don’t result in any real injury or property damage. However, the near-miss is a dress rehearsal for the real thing and a free shot at fixing problems with your…
Photo of the day: 10 Elements of Successful Behavior-Based Safety Program
More and more we need to look at new approaches to achieving safe and healthy workplaces. We need to apply the learning from the many years of analyses of accidents and ill health because this will contribute to future prevention…
Whistleblower Policy and it’s Importance to your safety
There are many different elements that go into creating a strong safety culture at work, and every organization approaches it in a different way. But there’s one thing that every company should have, no matter the size or industry: a whistleblower policy….
How to Create a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workplace with 5 Steps
As countries become more diverse, so does their workforce. This is evident across the United States where according to the Center for American Progress, as of June 2012, thirty-six percent of the U.S. labor force comprised people of color. Therefore,…
Workplace Wellness Initiatives to Improve Workplace Safety
Workplace injuries are expensive. The 2017 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index reported that U.S. businesses spent more than a billion dollars each week in direct workers’ compensation costs attributable to serious but non-fatal workplace injuries. Employers pay not only these direct costs,…
Regular Safety Meetings 6 Ways Keep Employees Safe and Decrease Incidents
How many Tool Box Talks does OSHA require a company of our size to do a month? Many safety directors have asked our Safety Experts this question over the years. The answer for most companies, technically, is zero. Toolbox talks, safety meetings,…
How to Develop a Safety Culture?
Culture is complicated and it has a major impact on how we behave. It’s everywhere, and the workplace is no exception. When it comes to safety, that’s a big deal. Healthy workplace culture can motivate safety and help the company…
E-Books:Improving Safety culture
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] In recent years companies have begun to recognise the important contribution that an effective safety culture can make to the control of their ongoing operational costs and the efficiency of their ongoing operations. Much of this is due…
