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5 Differences Between Construction & Industry Confined Space Rules

Keeping Workers Safe When in Confined Spaces The beginning of August is just right around the corner, and with it, the new Construction Confined Space Rules (26 CFR 1926 Subpart..

Five Elements of an Effective Safety Culture

It takes more than implementing a Behavior-Based Safety Program to transform a company's safety culture.

How To Determine Organizational Context for ISO 45001

The proposed ISO 45001 Safety Management Systems standard creates a new requirement for implementation of the system in Section 4.1: Understanding the organization and its..

Tips for Improving Employee Participation During Safety Meetings

Safety meetings are a great way to keep your workers focused on safety. But, many times employees just listen passively and it can be difficult to get them to participate. In the..

Should You Give Your Workers Stop-Work Authority?

Under current laws, all workers have the right to stop work if they feel that the work they are doing is unsafe. Some companies have extended this to allow employees to stop work..

Archaic Safety Myths from the Jurassic Era

Archaic Safety Myths There are many archaic safety myths that companies still believe to this day. It is almost like living among hazardous dinosaurs. Does your safety culture..

Effective Safety Leaders in Culture Change

Many have written about the need for senior management to actively participate within company safety processes for real culture change to occur. Although they cannot work alone,..

Worker Safety in Hospitals, Tips from SafetyPro Resources

Hospitals and Medical Clinics Beware! Although safety professionals generally focus on general and construction industries when it comes to OSHA compliance, safety in the medical..

How To Prevent Excavation Fatalities

Recently, a trench collapsed at a jobsite not far from our home office where one person died and the other was severely injured. Trench boxes were available on site at the time..