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May, 2007
Lessons from a Career in Safety
A few weeks ago, SafetyXChange members shared some advice for new supervisors. Someone said that you should not be afraid to ask for help. I fully agree. Ignorance is not bliss! This is especially true of safety. After all, failing to ask about something you don’t know could get someone hurt. My advice: Network, [...]
Changing the Safety Management Mindset
Achieving sustainable improvements in safety performance often requires a change in the way an organization approaches and thinks about safety. . . a paradigm shift. While moving from a comfort zone can be intimidating, considering three important building blocks can help you make the shift successfully: Perception, system and values.
1. Perception: Responsibility, Teamwork [...]
How to Document Safety Training, Part 2 of 4
Proving training is not something you can do at the last moment after an OHS inspector shows up. “Trying to pull together the training records is very difficult after the fact,” warns one lawyer. You need a proactive strategy to document key information about each training session. A training log should be a big part [...]
Does It Help?
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
It’s the Friday before a holiday weekend and I’m sure you’re all eager to get out the door. I know I am. So I’ll keep it brief.
Question
A “webfolio” is a résumé web page posted on the Internet. Here’s a question I recently received from one of our Execunet members about the use [...]
How to Change the Talk from Co-Worker to Leader
During the last 10 years as the Safety Coordinator at Pasadena Water and Power, I’ve seen newly promoted supervisors or lead men struggle with the same thing: How do you get your former peers on the crews to take you and your orders seriously?
Out in the streets is a rough place to work – there’s [...]
Caution! Injury Statistics Don’t Tell the Whole Story, Part 4 of 4
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of an excerpt from Wayne Pardy’s new book, Safety Management Systems. . . The New Generation of Safety Improvement Tools. We’ve edited the excerpt for the SafetyXChange format. We’ll tell you more about the book and where to buy it once it’s published.
Systems approaches have been used for [...]
How to Document Safety Training, Part 2 of 4
Proving training is not something you can do at the last moment after an OSHA inspector shows up. “Trying to pull together the training records is very difficult after the fact,” warns a Georgia lawyer. You need a proactive strategy to document key information about each training session. A training log should be a [...]
How Employers Evaluate Your Personal Integrity
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
“Character,” a watchword of recent U.S. presidential elections, has now become a pressing consideration for corporate boards of directors, officers and shareholders. Safety professionals need to be aware of the character factor and how it may affect their search for new job opportunities.
Looking Beyond the Résumé
The influence of character on corporate decision [...]
2006 Saxcie Winner Jeffrey Ambrose
Editor’s Note: The Safety Hero of the Year is awarded to a safety professional who demonstrates an extraordinary personal commitment to safety both inside and outside the workplace. Last year, this Saxcie? was awarded to Jeffrey D. Ambrose, ASP, CHST, CET, of Clark Construction Group, LLC. We would like to reprint an edited version of [...]
Caution! Injury Statistics Dont Tell the Whole Story, Part 3 of 4
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of an excerpt from Wayne Pardy’s new book, which we think will be called, Safety Management Systems. . . The New Generation of Safety Improvement Tools. We’ve edited the excerpt for the SafetyXChange format. We’ll tell you more about the book and where to buy it once it’s published.
It’s [...]