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How to Design and Implement a Safety & Health Management System
Learn how to build a safety and health management system from the ground up, using the nationally acclaimed ANSI/ASSE standards that help bring workplace safety to a whole new level.
On Thursday January 19th, safety expert Pamela Walaski, a leader in risk reduction and safety systems management, will walk you step by step through the process, [...]
Is Your Safety Program Really #1?
Your organization says that safety is #1. But is that just talk? Take the following quiz and see if safety is indeed a priority in your organization. (Be honest.) Score one point for each “Yes.”
1. The word “safety” is part of your organization’s mission statement.
(Score 2 points if it’s in the first sentence or in [...]
A Penny Pincher’s Guide to Safety
This article is on how to deliver safety on the cheap, or perhaps I should say “frugal.” But don’t get me wrong: I’m not talking about downgrading your safety program in these tight budget times. I just want to offer some suggestions for what you can do in a less expensive way. I had a [...]
Here’s How Not to Check for PPE Compliance
You may think you’ve heard it all regarding safety, but this bizarre story might be something new: A safety director in a Wisconsin manufacturing plant was investigated for the method he used to see if workers were wearing safety shoes.
The director reportedly stomped on workers’ feet to see if they were complying with a rule requiring steel-toed [...]
8 Ways to Get Workers to Wear PPE
Personal protective equipment (PPE) protects workers from injury. Yet getting workers to wear their PPE is one of the toughest challenges safety supervisors face. One safety officer says don’t tell workers to wear their PPE, show them.
Does Common Sense Have a Mathematical Formula?
When it comes to safety, the discussion often centers on Common Sense theories. “If only they had enough Common Sense, it never would have happened.” When I ask, “Where do we get this Common Sense? Can I buy it somewhere?”, I’m usually met with a quizzical look or a roll of the eyes.
Common Sense varies [...]
What Sense Is at Risk?
According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, professional welders who work in enclosed spaces with poor ventilation are at risk for losing at least part of one of their senses.
Question: Can you guess which sense is affected?
Answer: The sense of smell.
Researchers tested 43 professional welders who worked in confined [...]
Promoting People for the Right Reasons
Having the right people around you makes it much easier to do your own job. If you don’t have to worry about what other employees are doing, you won’t be spending half your day running around putting out fires. Remember this the next time an opportunity comes along to promote somebody from [...]
To Prevent Accidents, We Must Change Attitudes
Many companies train their employees to work safely. Safety training is, of course, important, but one thing can undermine a company’s efforts to improve its safety culture: attitude.
Great Leaders Make Safety Fun
One of the easiest, most effective ways to achieve a dramatic improvement in safety program performance is to make safety fun for your employees.
Safety leaders who have taken steps to inject fun into their safety programs report these benefits:
1. Higher employee energy and productivity
2. Greater participation in safety programs and new ideas from the workforce
3. [...]
