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April, 2007
The General Duty Clause, Part 3 of 3
Let’s review what we covered in Parts 1 and 2:
OSHA considers the risk of terrorist attack a workplace hazard but an untraditional one;
There’s no OSHA Standard on terrorism and no plans to create one;
OSHA’s current policy is to offer assistance to employers and encourage rather than force them to guard [...]
5 Subliminal Messages Every Résumé Should Convey
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
The people who read your résumé – both recruiters and prospective employers – read between the lines and form judgments about your character, intelligence and ability to communicate based on how you present the information. You need to be thinking about this when you sit down and write your [...]
How Not to Lose Your Credibility
Credibility is hard to establish. It takes time, effort and follow-through to demonstrate to your trainees that you know your stuff and can be trusted. Unfortunately, credibility can also be lost in an instant. Here’s some advice to help you hang onto the credibility you’ve earned.
The Indecisive Trainer: A Simulation
One of the [...]
Moving the Needle on the ROI Meter
Editor’s Note: Mark Hansen is one of SafetyXChange’s original advisors and most prolific contributors. He has been a steady hand and a reliable friend to Catherine and me. So we think it only fitting that he should have the honor of authoring the lead story on this special day.
Happy Birthday, SafetyXChange. [...]
10 Tips for Moving to a New Industry
Lots of industries need safety professionals. When one industry slows down (high tech, for example) another is apt to pick up (oil and gas production comes to mind). And that creates all kinds of opportunities for movement. At some point in your career, you might contemplate making the move to a [...]
Changing Short Term Financial Gain to Long Term Business Success, Part 3 of 3
Implementing a Balanced Scorecard is a five-step approach. Last week, we focused on the first step: deciding what to measure. Let’s now go through the final four steps.
Step 2: Winning Senior Management Commitment
Implementing a Balanced Scorecard is not like flicking on a light switch. It has a long-term impact on [...]
Pesticide Safety Basics
A few weeks ago, Barry Weissman wrote about the benefits of organic gardening and described the PPE required for the green gardener. http://www.safetyxchange.org/article.php?id=509&cha_id=2 Barry’s arguments against using pesticides were quite persuasive. Still, I suspect that some of your workers will use pesticides on their lawns and gardens. So I have a [...]
The 7 Commandments
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
Executive recruiters don’t like to be referred to as “headhunters.” So we call them executive recruiters. And so should you. After all, an executive recruiter can be instrumental in advancing your career. Here are some other things to keep in mind when an executive recruiter hunts your head. They [...]
Changing Short Term Financial Gain to Long Term Business Success, Part 2 of 3
Last week, I explained why measuring only the tangibles can distort perceptions of a company’s financial performance. I also made the point that using a balanced scorecard provides a better perspective on long-term business success. Now I’d like to shift the discussion to the question of implementation. There are six things [...]
Using the Defense to Get OSHA Citations Dismissed, Part 2 of 2
The unpreventable employee misconduct defense works. I’ve used it twice in the past 10 years to get OSHA citations dismissed. Last week, I described the first case. Now I’ll describe the second.
The Second Incident
The second case took place back in the late1990’s. An OSHA inspector spotted one of our employees using an [...]