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Why Safety Integration Is the Best Way to Influence Company Culture

Everything is more exciting when it’s fresh and new—believe it or not, that includes safety training. Companies recognize a noticeable difference in workers when a third-party solution is introduced or a new type of training is delivered because they are excited by it. The most common misconception with safety training is that once a safety…

Why Intimate Partner Abuse Needs More Focus in Workplace Violence Policies

Workplace violence was reported as the third leading cause of workplace deaths in the U.S. in 2019. And the COVID pandemic brought violence in the workplace to a whole new level.  It might shock you to know that there are currently no specific OSHA standards for workplace violence. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t policies…

Understanding Acronyms in Hazard Control

At its core, safety in the workplace is the protection of employees from hazards that could lead to injury or illness. Those hazards could come from anywhere. For example, the HVAC is causing IAQ problems resulting in complaints from everyone in the building, or performing the YMCA actions on the construction site caused an LTI…

Smoking Impacts More Than Just Health: Why You Should Help Employees Quit

It would seem reasonable to think that employees’ smoking habits are not the employer’s business. But smoking does have an impact on their literal business. It negatively affects the long-term health of workers and their colleagues, and it also impacts productivity and the company’s bottom line. When it comes to EHS responsibilities, it can be…

Do Wellness Programs Benefit More Than Just Employees?

Most leaders would generally agree that healthy and happy employees are safer and more productive, so investments in their well-being would therefore be worth it. But the urgency of safety initiatives can stay ahead of long-term health priorities even though both are important. Traditional thinking correctly positions safety first—but only on the surface. Once you…

4 Ways That Supervisors Influence Workplace Safety

In many organizations, frontline supervisors occupy a unique position. They work on the shop floor, which means they know what happens on a daily basis. They often have a personal connection with frontline workers. But they also have certain managerial responsibilities, and as such they play a role in the execution of higher-level company functions…

How Does Your Company Measure up in Safety?

How does your company measure up in safety? When looking at measurement tools to determine the success of your safety program, do you rate your system with the old faithful lagging indicators or the more progressive leading indicators? Lagging indicators Historically, organizations have used lagging indicators to track their safety results. They measure past incidents…

What a Bad Mood Can Do to Your Safety Record

Many leaders realize that the experiences of individual employees can spread and have a way of affecting the whole workforce. This is due to spillover and crossover effects—whatever people experience throughout the day, they carry with them inside and outside of work, passing it on wherever they go.  But relatively few organizations realize that it’s…

The Crossover Effect of the Work-Home Spillover

When it comes to health and safety, employee health tends to receive a little less attention than it should. This might be because it’s perceived as less immediate than other safety concerns and therefore is slightly lower on the importance scale.  But employee health can affect their safety, focus and performance. For example, someone suffering…

Near-Miss Reporting: A Solution to Preventable Accidents

A near miss is an unplanned event that could have resulted in an incident leading to injury, illness or damage. The problem is that since nothing dire happened, a near miss is often misconstrued as a free pass when it should actually be viewed as a life-changing event.  The opportunity for the close call to…

Who is Responsible for Crane Safety?

Safe crane operations require a number of well-trained and committed people to ensure that all safety processes and standards are followed. All workers must receive correct training and follow safety procedures, but there is a number of people whose jobs are vital to crane operations and whose responsibilities and training affect the safety of everyone…

Experts Reveal How to Get Engagement in Safety

True organizational commitment to safety is not easy to achieve. And if you don’t effectively engage employees, even compliance can be hard to get. Most safety professionals understand the importance of employee engagement, but the issue is so complex that sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. Fortunately, there’s an interesting webinar called An…