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June, 2007
The 4 Phases of Networking
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
Networking is the key to getting ahead. It’s the way successful people locate and take advantage of opportunities in their current jobs or when looking for a new one. Networking is often portrayed as a simple process; it’s anything but. Like anything else in business, networking takes commitment, hard work, skill and perseverance. [...]
One Company’s Approach to the OWES Pandemic
Is your staff afflicted with OWES? This insidious malady, which exists in many North American workplaces, results in countless lost workdays, untold pain and suffering, as well as embarrassment. We’ve found it in our multi-facility healthcare organization. Let me explain to you what OWES is and what we’re doing to combat it.
New Name for Timeless [...]
Prevent Heat Injuries and The Liability They Can Cause
With summer fast approaching, you need to put your employees on high alert for heat-related injuries, especially if they work at construction, refining, asbestos removal, hazardous waste and other outdoor sites or indoor sites with high temperatures. In addition to injuries, excessive heat can lead to OSHA citations and other liability. Here’s a look at [...]
Clear Up Last-Minute Doubts Before Saying Yes
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
Groucho Marx once quipped that he’d never join a country club that would accept him as a member. You might feel the same way after you receive a job offer from a company. “What’s wrong with these folks,” you might think. Maybe nothing; but maybe something. So, before accepting a job [...]
Software Solutions to Safety Problems
Suppose you had only six months to improve performance at the facility you ran. If you succeed, the facility can remain open; if you fail, it has to close down. What would you do?
This is a hypothetical question somebody put to me the other day. Here was my answer. I think you might find it [...]
Online Resources for Safety Professionals
This is part of my continuing series of useful links from the Internet. In this edition, we look at online resources for Summer Safety.
1. Dig-Safe
Many of us remodel our homes in the summer to ensure that we have curb appeal. This means that we have to dig up the ground around the home. Before we [...]
The Unenforced Safety Policy
June 18, 2007
Hey, SafetyXChange members. We haven’t talked in a while. But the lesson I’m going to relate to you about today is one worth waiting for. It’s also real simple: If you got safety rules, enforce them. The case I dealt with the other day shows what can happen to an employer who lets [...]
Do You Belong in Safety? Ask Benjamin Franklin
So you think you want to be a safety director. Lots of people do. But lots of them don’t know what’s good for them. Are you sure safety is the right profession for you?
When answering this question, don’t just think about salaries, advancement and all the other perks. When I ask if you want to [...]
Newpark Drilling Fluids
Editor’s Note: SafetyXChange wants to congratulate all of those who were named as finalists to receive Saxcies™. We hope that many of you will join us in Orlando on June 26 when we announce the winners and hand out the awards. Although it sounds like a cliché, it is true that selecting finalists in each [...]
A Look at Agricultural Hazards
Most of the articles in SafetyXChange talk about health and safety in a factory or industrial setting. So I asked Glenn Demby if he would let me discuss safety in agriculture to give SafetyXChange members an appreciation of the risks that farmers face every day. He agreed.
The Agricultural Setting
I work for the City of Columbia [...]