Hot Safety Topics
Safety Products
Sponsored by Bongarde
User Poll
Loading ...
SafetyXChange on Twitter
New blog post: The Ontario Workplace Violence Law http://www.safetyxchange.org/compliance-risk-management/ontario-workplace-violence-lawSafetyXChange Feedback
Thoughts? Let us Know
Uncategorized
Joke of the Week
Jokes are often used to break the ice in training sessions. Here’s one from SafetyXChange member, Faith E. Davidson.
Two men were walking in the woods and spotted a bear. The first man stopped and put on his tennis shoes.
The second man said, “Those shoes aren’t going to help you out run that bear.”
The [...]
Looking for EHS Survey Questions
A SafetyXChange member is putting together an employee safety and health survey and is looking for good quality EHS questions.
If you have any suggestions, please either post a reply to this note or to the thread in the forum.
Thanks
Workplace Christmas Carols
Our Safety Culture Wish (to the tune of Do you hear what I hear)
Said the supervisor to his staff one day
Do you see what I see (Do you see what I see)
Way up in the ceiling in a pipe
Do you see what I [...]
Santa in Hell
There’s Frosty and Santa and Rudolph and Sugar Plum Fairies. Bing Crosby, the Grinch and the Bells of St. Mary’s. But do you happen to recall, the most famous Christmas character of them all. . . ? Well, boys and girls of safety, let me tell you about him.
Scene 1: Enter Clarence the Inspector
It was [...]
In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To [...]
Remembrance Day Honoring the Fallen
Some of the men who fought and died in the fields of Flanders
The year was 1918. On November 11, at 11:11 AM and 11 seconds, Paris time, the armistice ending what at that time was humanity’s bloodiest war took effect. World War I was over. And from that point on, November 11 would be observed [...]
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Starting next week, we’ll publish the SafetyXChange email newsletter three days per week—Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We’ll also be experimenting with some new formats, especially in the Friday issue. We’ll still cover the same topics in the same engaging way. But we’ll be doing it in a way that enhances the value of the publication [...]
Canadian Transcontinental Railroad Begins: November 7, 1871
In 1871, the Canadian government of John A. MacDonald took on one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken in North America: the building of a transcontinental railroad. It was the product of the government’s promise to link British Columbia to the rest of the Canadian Confederation to the east.
The project was expected to [...]
Water For Elephants
Hello Everyone (and Catherine who I haven’t wrote or spoke to for a while).
There’s a wonderful novel entitled “Water For Elephants” by Sara Gruen that includes a vivid description of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus accident Catherine wrote about today. The rest of the book gives you a good feel for [...]
Safety Engineer
Safety Engineer
About the Job
Position Description
Perform OSHA facility,program and construction inspections at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC). Support fire protection and safety analysis related projects performingtasks as assigned for both office and site project safety activities. Performcompliance reviews, consultations, and task safety anaysis in the areas ofsafety and fire protection.
Required Skills
2 years experience inthe review of [...]
