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Why Hiring a Safety Consultant to Fix Your Safety Culture Probably Won’t Work

I know you’re probably thinking, why would I write this if I were a safety consultant. Well, occasionally I’ll get a call from an organization leader, usually an operations..

Is It Time to Dump Your Behavior Based Safety Program?

I attended a really great safety conference recently that included a panel discussion of two thought leaders in safety. The topic centered around two huge topics in the safety..

Safety Culture: Are You Sure You have One?

At a recent safety conference, we interviewed vendors and attendees and asked, "What is the most important thing a company needs to create a safe workplace.?" The answer was, "A..

What Safety Leaders Need to Know about “Nested Interruptions”

One of the benefits to safety leaders who have a medical background (and keep dipping that toe into the pool from time to time), is the volume of human factors research that’s..

Fall Prevention for the Real world

Fall Protection violations in the construction industry have been among the highest cited OSHA violations for many years now. The Fall Protection standard, found at 29 CFR..

Don’t Read the Comments - Using the right language - SafetyPro

Every time I read through them, I see something that makes me cringe. “100% preventable.” Ugh. There it is. What’s worse is when it is echoed in the sentiments of others. This was..

What are Your Safety Resolutions for 2017?

Let’s throw the typical weight loss resolutions out the door and commit to a change that can save lives and save money! Injuries on the jobsite, not only cost your company money,..

The 4 “Danger Zones” of OSHA’s Revised Guidelines for Safety Programs

Thirty years ago, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration was leading industry and construction with the initial release of the Guidelines for Safety & Health Programs...

OSHA Contemplating Change to Shipyard Hazards Standard

The Shipyard Hazards Standard (29 CFR 1915) is beginning to get some attention from OSHA, rather predictably, since the standard hasn’t seen a major revision in about 35 years...